Barchester Healthcare

Unit Nurse Manager (RMN) - Care Home

The closing date is 18 July 2025

Job summary

This role as a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) at a Barchester care home offers the opportunity to use your compassion and initiative to ensure residents receive high-quality care. You will be responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring the delivery of nursing and mental health care, assessing residents' needs, and implementing person-centered care plans. Additionally, you will have the chance to lead, train, and mentor staff, build relationships with regulators and social services, and drive continuous improvements in care quality.

Main duties of the job

As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) at a Barchester care home, you will use your compassion and initiative to ensure residents receive the quality care they deserve. You will be responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring the delivery of nursing and mental health care, assessing residents' needs, and implementing person-centered care plans. Your wide range of responsibilities will also include planning rotas, recruiting, training, and mentoring staff, and building strong relationships with local regulators and social services. As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you will have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development along the way.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering a range of care services to support the diverse needs of its residents. The company is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centered care and supporting its staff through comprehensive training and development opportunities.

Details

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21.74 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1306428621

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Ruchill

G20 9NU


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

A £2,000 'Golden Hello' Welcome Bonus is just one of the ways we'll reward you when you join Barchester in this role.

As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your compassion and initiative to make sure our residents get the quality care they deserve. We'll look to you to plan, manage and monitor the delivery of the highest quality nursing and mental health care. You'll assess the needs of your residents and implement people-centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents' day-to-day lives. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll plan rotas, recruit, train and mentor staff and build strong relationships with local regulators and social services. As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development along the way.

ABOUT YOU To join us as a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you'll be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is important, as is a successful track record of well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments. We'll also look for an up-to-date knowledge in the most recent clinical practices and an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

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 Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

Golden Hello T&C's apply

If you'd 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

A £2,000 'Golden Hello' Welcome Bonus is just one of the ways we'll reward you when you join Barchester in this role.

As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your compassion and initiative to make sure our residents get the quality care they deserve. We'll look to you to plan, manage and monitor the delivery of the highest quality nursing and mental health care. You'll assess the needs of your residents and implement people-centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents' day-to-day lives. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll plan rotas, recruit, train and mentor staff and build strong relationships with local regulators and social services. As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development along the way.

ABOUT YOU To join us as a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you'll be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is important, as is a successful track record of well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments. We'll also look for an up-to-date knowledge in the most recent clinical practices and an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

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 Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

Golden Hello T&C's apply

If you'd 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 as a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you will need to be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is important, as is a successful track record of developing well-designed care plans and detailed risk assessments. You should also have an up-to-date knowledge of the most recent clinical practices and an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Additionally, you should have a strong track record of acting as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • To join as a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), you will need to be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is important, as is a successful track record of developing well-designed care plans and detailed risk assessments. You should also have an up-to-date knowledge of the most recent clinical practices and an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Additionally, you should have a strong track record of acting as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship.

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

Ruchill

G20 9NU


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Ruchill

G20 9NU


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

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21.74 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1306428621

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Ruchill

G20 9NU


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