Barchester Healthcare

Clinical Lead/Deputy Manager - Hospital

The closing date is 31 October 2025

Job summary

As Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy of a Barchester Hospital, you'll work closely with the Hospital Director, taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help create an environment that's caring, supportive and safe for your patients and team. It's a role of leadership that will see you providing clinical leadership across the hospital, making sure we're complying with regulations and legislation and delivering against quality key performance indicators.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Hospital Director role calls for management and Mental Health Nursing experience and natural leadership skills. You'll be ensuring each patient's, sometimes complex, care needs are met by your team. You'll also have responsibility for balancing budgets and developing strategies, while always finding time for the people in your care. This is a demanding, but incredibly rewarding role at Barchester; in addition to occasional weekend, bank holiday and out of hours working, this role may require your participation in an on-call rota. Day to day, you'll really make a difference to the lives of patients with complex mental health needs, and to team members who are looking to develop their careers with us.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and specialist services across the UK. They have a strong reputation for delivering high-quality care and supporting their staff to develop their careers.

Details

Date posted

01 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1373188858

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Waltham Abbey

EN9 3JY


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy of a Barchester Hospital, you'll work closely with the Hospital Director, taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help create an environment that's caring, supportive and safe for your patients and team. It's a role of leadership that will see you providing clinical leadership across the hospital, making sure we're complying with regulations and legislation and delivering against quality key performance indicators.

ABOUT YOUThe Deputy Hospital Director role calls for management and Mental Health Nursing experience and natural leadership skills. You'll be ensuring each patient's, sometimes complex, care needs are met by your team. You'll also have responsibility for balancing budgets and developing strategies, while always finding time for the people in your care. This is a demanding, but incredibly rewarding role at Barchester; in addition to occasional weekend, bank holiday and out of hours working, this role may require your participation in an on-call rota. Day to day, you'll really make a difference to the lives of patients with complex mental health needs, and to team members who are looking to develop their careers with us. Need to be either RMN or RNLD qualified.

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 Wellbeing Support Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy of a Barchester Hospital, you'll work closely with the Hospital Director, taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help create an environment that's caring, supportive and safe for your patients and team. It's a role of leadership that will see you providing clinical leadership across the hospital, making sure we're complying with regulations and legislation and delivering against quality key performance indicators.

ABOUT YOUThe Deputy Hospital Director role calls for management and Mental Health Nursing experience and natural leadership skills. You'll be ensuring each patient's, sometimes complex, care needs are met by your team. You'll also have responsibility for balancing budgets and developing strategies, while always finding time for the people in your care. This is a demanding, but incredibly rewarding role at Barchester; in addition to occasional weekend, bank holiday and out of hours working, this role may require your participation in an on-call rota. Day to day, you'll really make a difference to the lives of patients with complex mental health needs, and to team members who are looking to develop their careers with us. Need to be either RMN or RNLD qualified.

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 Wellbeing Support Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Need to be either RMN or RNLD qualified
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Need to be either RMN or RNLD qualified

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

Waltham Abbey

EN9 3JY


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Waltham Abbey

EN9 3JY


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

01 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1373188858

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Waltham Abbey

EN9 3JY


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