Barchester Healthcare

Peripatetic Deputy Manager (Non Clinical)

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Job summary

As a Peripatetic Care Home Deputy Manager at Barchester Healthcare, you'll travel across the region to support the delivery of high-quality care. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you'll help ensure care standards, motivate your team, and monitor compliance. With your clinical and people management skills, you'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to help residents enjoy the best possible quality of life.

Main duties of the job

The Peripatetic Care Home Deputy Manager role at Barchester Healthcare involves traveling across the region to support the delivery of quality care. You'll work closely with the General Manager, taking on leadership duties in their absence. This includes ensuring care standards, motivating your team, and monitoring regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and use your skills to develop and deliver strategies that help you achieve your goals. The role requires experience in managing residents with different health needs, a track record of safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments, as well as HR, sales, marketing, and budget management experience.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK. They operate a network of care homes and other healthcare facilities across the country, committed to delivering person-centered care and supporting their residents' well-being. Barchester Healthcare offers a rewarding and empowering work environment, with a focus on professional development and a generous benefits package.

Details

Date posted

07 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1451854748

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Peterborough

PE2 7DN


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As Peripatetic Care Home Deputy Manager at Barchester, you'll travel across the region to 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 YOU To join us as a Peripatetic 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 PACKAGE As 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 Refer a Friend bonus schemes

If you would 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 ROLE As Peripatetic Care Home Deputy Manager at Barchester, you'll travel across the region to 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 YOU To join us as a Peripatetic 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 PACKAGE As 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 Refer a Friend bonus schemes

If you would 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 join Barchester Healthcare as a Peripatetic 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. You'll also require some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management. Additionally, you'll need to be compassionate, resilient, and determined to deliver quality care in an engaging and energetic environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • To join Barchester Healthcare as a Peripatetic 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. You'll also require some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management. Additionally, you'll need to 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

Peterborough

PE2 7DN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Peterborough

PE2 7DN


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

07 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1451854748

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Peterborough

PE2 7DN


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