Clinical Deputy Manager

As the Clinical Deputy Manager at Langdon House Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the General Manager in leading the care home team to deliver high quality relationship centred care for our residents.

About Langdon House Care Home

Langdon House is an exceptional residential care home in Cambridge. At Langdon House we pride ourselves on our family-feel, attractive gardens and providing outstanding care to each of our residents.

We're based in a quiet nook in Chesterton on the north eastern side of Cambridge, three miles from the city centre. Our home offers fantastic 24-hour care to up to 51 residents.

About the role

Championing independence and personal choice whilst developing care plans to meet our residents changing physical, social and psychological needs whilst building on the positive reputation of the Home.

Salary

Up to £40,000 per annum.

Shift Pattern

37.5 hours per week, worked across Monday to Sunday.

Home Location

20 Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1QB - 3 miles from the city centre.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory and best practice guidelines ensuring all risks are proactively managed and issues identified, investigated and resolved.
• Ensure the delivery of quality care continually assessing our residents’ needs and wishes, developing the service to enhance their quality of life.
• Promote high standards of care for your team, actively seeking ways to improve levels of service.
• Take a leadership role for the team, ensuring all staff are supervised appropriately and rotas are in place to enable the smooth, efficient running of the business.
• Be responsible for supervising staff, allocating work, encouraging staff development and ensuring Athena policies are followed.

Training, Skills & Experience Required

• Experience in a management or leadership role within a care home.
• Holds an NVQ level 3 or 5 in Health & Social Care.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.
• Proven experience of delivering quality care and achieving financial targets.
• Good understanding of clinical governance and CQC regulatory framework.

What we can offer

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary.
• 33 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.