Deputy Manager (Non Clinical)
Job title: Deputy Manager (Non Clinical)
Location: Parkside Road, Reading, RG30 2DP.
Salary: £36,878-£49,358 per annum, Depending on experience.
Contract:40 hours per week.
Shift Pattern: Generally Monday to Friday , but some flexibility will be required in order to conduct night visits or weekend working to support the team.
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
- You’ll oversee and assist all aspects of nursing care/activities within the home
- With the help of your team you’ll create and update individual care plans for our residents, maintaining clear, accurate and up-to-date medication records
- It’s imperative that the correct staffing levels are maintained through efficient management of rotas, you’ll ensure adequate staffing is always maintained within the home
- Drawing on your clinical experience, you’ll provide day to day support and guidance to the team - promoting our residents' independence, choice and dignity
- You’ll build lasting relationships with the residents and the people they care about, as well as caring about the home itself - fostering a sense of community
- Creating and developing strong relationships with local partners, you will liaise with these partners, playing an important role in raising the care home’s profile in the local area and beyond
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
- Experience of working within a care home environment with a genuine commitment to adhering to CQC standards and expanding your professional development
- With a real understanding of the benefits that the right nursing care can bring to resident’s lives, you’ll champion independence, choice and dignity by delivering the highest quality care to our residents
- An effective communicator who’s able to build strong and honest relationships with residents and their families
- You’re a natural leader, someone who’s ready to share their clinical experience – leading and mentoring a team, able to delegate effectively and promote excellent customer service and relationships
- Someone with excellent time management who can effectively prioritise their workload
- A respectful and compassionate team player with the belief in giving your personal best
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7
- Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
- Free meal on every shift
- 28 days holiday
- Sick pay - We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
- Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
- Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
- Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
- We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
- Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
- Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email:
Health & wellbeing programme, Discounted or free food, Work from home, Referral programme, Free flu jabs, Cycle to work scheme, Gym membership, Employee mentoring programme, Company pension, Financial planning services
