Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Are you a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse seeking a rewarding leadership role? Do you consider yourself a positive, proactive, and professional individual? Do you want to go home feeling like you are making a real difference to older people's lives?
Then come and join our team as Nurse Unit Manager!
Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 100 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.
With a person-focused approach to care, Perrins House is a picturesque home situated in beautiful grounds in Malvern. Specialising in care for people with dementia and nursing care, we have a dedicated, well-trained and compassionate team of staff on hand to ensure that Malvern feels like home.
As our Nurse Unit Manager, you will assist the General Manager in the day-to-day management of Perrins House and in the delivery of high standards of resident-led care; initiating and managing quality, clinical, dementia and palliative care. In this all-encompassing role, you will oversee 5 key areas of the business:
- Resident Care
- Quality Assurance and Regulator Compliance
- People Management
- Financial Management
- Family Services
This is an excellent opportunity to manage and lead a devoted team to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality care.
Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.
Who we are looking for:
A Registered Nurse who holds a NVQ 4 or 5 / QCF 5 in Health & Social Care (or working towards), you will have proven experience in managing, developing and leading staff and promoting wellbeing. With a strong understanding of CQC regulations and adult safeguarding, you will have strong communication and leadership skills and will be comfortable liaising with representatives of health and social care organisations and local/ national government bodies.
This isn't just a job; it's about making a difference to older people's lives every day.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:
- Learning, development, and progression.
- Paid breaks.
- Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
- Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme and Unmind.
- Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
- Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earnt.
- Health cash plans for you and your family.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Long service awards, that increase with length of service.
- Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
- Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
- Free DBS checks
Safeguarding:
Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity's core values, and is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.
Criminal record checks:
As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other's differences. A charity where everyone is equal but definitely not the same.
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and retains the best people. People that care and can make a difference.
We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Don't delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.