Barchester Healthcare

Deputy General Manager (Clinical)

The closing date is 04 October 2025

Job summary

As a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead with Barchester Healthcare, you'll play a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality care in a Barchester care home. Working closely with the General Manager, you'll take on leadership duties in their absence, ensuring care standards are consistently met and motivating your team to help every resident enjoy the best possible quality of life.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you'll be responsible for leading by example, monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice, and ensuring regulatory compliance. You'll draw on your clinical expertise and people management skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals. This is a rewarding and empowering opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of the residents you care for.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. With a focus on person-centered care, they strive to create a warm and engaging environment where residents can thrive. The company is committed to investing in their staff, offering a range of professional development opportunities and a competitive rewards package.

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£52,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1357463776

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Upminster

RM14 2YP


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead, you'll need be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in helping residents with different health needs is important too, as is a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, an understanding of budget management, and a track record of supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead, you'll need be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in helping residents with different health needs is important too, as is a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, an understanding of budget management, and a track record of supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • To be considered for this role, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Relevant experience in managing residents with different health needs, as well as a successful track record of handling safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments, is also required. Knowledge of HR, sales and marketing, and budget management is desirable.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • To be considered for this role, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Relevant experience in managing residents with different health needs, as well as a successful track record of handling safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments, is also required. Knowledge of HR, sales and marketing, and budget management is desirable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Upminster

RM14 2YP


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Upminster

RM14 2YP


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Barchester Healthcare

Recruitment@barchester.com

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£52,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1357463776

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Upminster

RM14 2YP


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