Job Description

Reports To:

Registered Home Manager

The Registered General Nurse (RGN) Home Manager supports the Registered Home Manager in the effective and compliant running of the care home, ensuring high standards of nursing and residential care are consistently delivered.

This role combines clinical leadership with operational management, promoting a person-centred approach and maintaining a safe, caring, and well-led environment for residents.

The postholder will lead the nursing team and provide clinical guidance and leadership, deputise for the Registered Home Manager when required, and play a key role in ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care is at the heart of all practice.

Responsibilities

Support the Registered Home Manager in the overall day-to-day running of the home.

Provide visible and proactive leadership to all trained nurses, ensuring effective supervision, clinical oversight, and professional accountability across all shifts.

Lead the nursing team and provide clinical guidance, leadership, and mentorship to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care delivery.

Oversee supervision completion and performance management of all trained nursing staff with Clinical Led, ensuring regular clinical supervisions, competency checks, and reflective practice discussions are undertaken and documented.

Ensure training compliance for all registered nurses, maintaining accurate training statistics and proactively identifying and addressing any gaps in mandatory or specialist training.

Provide strong clinical and operational leadership to the nursing and care teams, fostering a culture of professional excellence and continuous improvement.

Assist in maintaining compliance with CQC standards, company policies, and all relevant legislation.

Lead by example to promote a culture of quality, safety, compassion, and continuous learning.

Participate in audits, inspections, and reviews, ensuring any required actions are implemented effectively and lessons learned are embedded into practice.

Contribute to staff recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, and training programmes, ensuring nursing staff are supported to reach their full potential.

Act as a point of escalation for clinical and operational concerns in the absence of the Registered Home Manager.

Clinical Responsibilities

Deliver and oversee safe, evidence-based nursing care to residents with varying health and social care needs.

Undertake clinical assessments, develop and review care plans, and ensure documentation is accurate, person-centred, and up to date.

Provide clinical supervision and oversight of Clinical Led and RMN, ensuring consistency and compliance with clinical governance standards.

Oversee and support medication management, infection prevention, wound care, and all other clinical interventions in accordance with current best practice and regulatory guidance.

Lead the investigation of clinical incidents, medication errors, and other adverse events, ensuring root cause analysis, accurate documentation, and effective implementation of learning outcomes.

Promote best practice in end-of-life care, dementia care, and long-term condition management.

Ensure all nursing staff are competent, confident, and supported in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.

Conduct regular clinical observations, spot checks, and practice reviews to monitor and improve standards of nursing care.

Quality and Compliance

Take a lead role in clinical governance and quality assurance activities, ensuring robust monitoring and continuous improvement of nursing standards.

Oversee and monitor all clinical audits (including medication, wound care, infection control, falls, nutrition, and care documentation), ensuring timely completion, accurate reporting, and implementation of action plans.

Ensure that clinical audit findings are reviewed with the nursing team and used to drive service improvement.

Assist with quality assurance processes including audits, care plan reviews, and incident investigations, maintaining full and accurate audit trails.

Maintain robust records and reporting to demonstrate compliance with CQC Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs) and company governance frameworks.

Contribute to the development and implementation of quality improvement and service development plans.

Monitor compliance with professional standards, NMC Code, and internal clinical policies, escalating concerns where necessary.

Communication and Collaboration

Work collaboratively with residents, families, healthcare professionals, and external stakeholders to promote person-centred and coordinated care. Support effective communication across all levels of the team to promote consistency, transparency, and shared accountability. Participate in regular management, clinical governance, and multidisciplinary meetings, presenting updates on nursing performance, audit outcomes, and training compliance. Foster positive working relationships with external agencies, regulators, and partner organisations to support continuous service improvement and best practice.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

:

Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a valid NMC pin.

Proven post-registration experience within a nursing home or similar care setting.

Strong clinical knowledge and leadership experience.

Good understanding of CQC regulations, safeguarding, and clinical governance.

Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

:

Previous experience in a deputy or home management role.

Experience managing staff rotas, budgets, or audits.

Additional qualifications in management or leadership (e.g., NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social Care Management).

Personal Attributes

Compassionate and resident focused.

Confident leader with a collaborative and supportive approach.

Committed to continuous professional development and high standards of care.

Ability to work flexibly and respond to the changing needs of the service.

Key Relationships

Registered Home Manager

Nursing and Care Teams

Residents and Families

Allied Health Professionals

Quality and Compliance Teams

External Regulators (CQC, Local Authority, etc.)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 23.00-25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.50 per week

Application question(s):

We are not currently recruiting people who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Do you require sponsorship to work in the UK?
Experience:

Clinical Leadership : 3 years (required) Nursing: 5 years (required)
Licence/Certification:

NMC PIN (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person