Deputy Manager

Job overview

The post is part of the senior clinical management team, which consists of the Registered / Clinical Manager, fellow Deputy Managers / Senior Nurses. This post will assist in ensuring the smooth running of the Home and the provision of good quality care, activity, and nutrition including the maintenance of a clean, safe environment,. The post holder will also act as duty manager, in the absence of the Clinical / Registered Manager. The Deputy Manager will provide clinical leadership and management alongside the Clinical Manager for the unit.

Main duties of the job

Thorough supervision of Band 5 nurses, to ensure that a detailed nursing assessment is carried out for new residents, and that they have a comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date plan of care designed to meet the individuals identified care needs, and that these plans are regularly reviewed

Quality assurance through the auditing of care plans and drug charts, identifying best practice and identifying areas of improvement back to the senior clinical management team

To ensure the appropriate involvement of residents, their relatives, and friends in their care and to ensure that clear, effective communication occurs with the person identified as the main carer, or appropriate contact, for the resident

To maintain and improve communication systems within Birch Avenue, and with community professionals who come into the Home

To ensure that qualified staff are supported in developing best practice within the home, through working alongside them, and through supervision and formal and informal teaching

To provide clinical advice and expertise to colleagues in Birch Avenue, taking a lead role in particular areas, working with the Manager and Senior Management Team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• To assess people on the waiting list to ensure the environment can meet their needs, and to ensure a smooth transition of care as they take up their tenancy by drawing up an initial care plan, communicating this to staff and supporting residents, their relatives, and staff through the transition
• Thorough supervision of Band 5 nurses, to ensure that a detailed nursing assessment is carried out for new residents, and that they have a comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date plan of care designed to meet the individuals identified care needs, and that these plans are regularly reviewed
• Quality assurance trough the auditing of care plans and drug charts, identifying best practice and identifying areas of improvement back to the senior clinical management team
• To ensure the appropriate involvement of residents, their relatives, and friends in their care and to ensure that clear, effective communication occurs with the person identified as the main carer, or appropriate contact, for the resident
• To maintain and improve communication systems within Birch Avenue, and with community professionals who come into the Home
• To be responsible for monitoring that structured handovers are taking place in the format agreed by the management team
• To ensure that qualified staff are supported in developing best practice within the home, through working alongside them, and through supervision and formal and informal teaching
• To accompany the GP on doctor’s rounds and reviews of residents when necessary and communicate this back to staff through handovers and care records
• To provide clinical advice and expertise to colleagues in Birch Avenue, taking a lead role in particular areas, working with the Manager and Senior Management Team
• Principal duties To work flexibly to meet service requirements within contracted hours which will involve acting as duty manager, and also working shifts on clinical areas when the need arises. This will involve working some evenings and weekends and other variable hours should the need be identified To manage and lead junior staff in the delivery of high-quality care to residents. To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff To work to Professional Codes of Conduct, Care Quality Commission Outcomes and SHSC Policies and Procedures in conjunction to close working with relevant Housing Association and to ensure junior staff also comply with these standards Be personally responsible for maintaining professional registration with the NMC. Failure to produce evidence of periodic registration on time may lead to regrading/dismissal
• To work flexibly to meet service requirements within contracted hours which will involve acting as duty manager, and also working shifts on clinical areas when the need arises. This will involve working some evenings and weekends and other variable hours should the need be identified
• To manage and lead junior staff in the delivery of high-quality care to residents. To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff
• To work to Professional Codes of Conduct, Care Quality Commission Outcomes and SHSC Policies and Procedures in conjunction to close working with relevant Housing Association and to ensure junior staff also comply with these standards