Barchester Healthcare

Care Home Deputy Manager

The closing date is 10 October 2025

Job summary

As the Care Home Deputy Manager of a Barchester care home, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality care to residents. You will work closely with the General Manager, taking on leadership duties in their absence, and be responsible for ensuring care standards, motivating your team, and overseeing the well-being of every resident.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will be expected to lead by example, monitor standards through regular audits and supervised clinical practice, and ensure regulatory compliance. You will develop and deliver strategies to help you achieve your goals and provide the best possible quality of life for the residents. You will need experience in managing different health needs, safeguarding investigations, and clinical risk assessments, as well as HR, sales, marketing, and budget management skills.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, renowned for its commitment to delivering exceptional care. The company operates a network of over 200 care homes across the country, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, and dementia care.

Details

Date posted

12 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1360582498

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Exeter

EX1 3ZU


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager 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 you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and 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 and an understanding of budget management. 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 Tier 2 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 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 you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and 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 and an understanding of budget management. 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 Tier 2 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 successful in this role, you will need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a proven track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You should also have some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management. Additionally, you should be compassionate, resilient, and determined to deliver quality care in an engaging and energetic environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • To be successful in this role, you will need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a proven track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You should also have some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management. Additionally, you should be compassionate, resilient, and determined to deliver quality care in an engaging and energetic environment.

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

Exeter

EX1 3ZU


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Exeter

EX1 3ZU


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

12 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1360582498

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Exeter

EX1 3ZU


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