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Registered Manager

  • Manchester, Greater Manchester
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable
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Job Overview

Job Purpose

To lead and manage the day-to-day operation of a mental health nursing home based in Manchester, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care that complies with regulatory, legal, and clinical standards. The Registered Manager is responsible for safeguarding residents, leading staff teams, managing budgets, and promoting recovery-focused care for individuals with mental health needs.

Job description

Registered Mental Health Manager UK Based applicants only

Join the Next Steps team, where we transform lives in cosy community houses across Manchester and Bolton! With up to 7 adults per house, we offer specialist, intensive, and therapeutic services for adults aged 18-65 with various mental health disorders. We're all about creating a home away from home. Join us in making a real difference in people's lives!

Calling all compassionate leaders! Join our Nursing Home team as a dedicated Registered Manager. As a CQC Registered Manager, you'll take the reins in day-to-day operations, ensuring top-notch quality of service and readiness for inspections. Ready to lead with excellence? Apply now and make a difference!

You'll need to:

  • Lead with CQC registration, ensuring high-quality service 24/7, 365 days a year.
  • Ensure residents receive safe, effective, person-centred care.
  • Oversee care planning, risk assessments, and mental health support plans.
  • Monitor clinical practices and nursing standards.
  • Support positive behaviour management and recovery-focused approaches.
  • Ensure safe administration and storage of medication.
  • Take charge of service development, ensuring compliance and safety standards are met.
  • Lead by example, fostering a culture of excellence and trust among residents, relatives, and staff.
  • Drive marketing efforts, maintaining competitive pricing and safeguarding resident welfare.
  • Keep documents up-to-date, from the Statement of Purpose to risk assessments, ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Champion the Mental Capacity Act, guiding staff on decision-making and promptly reporting safeguarding concerns.
  • Play a key role in strategic planning and evaluation, shaping the future success of the home.

Requirements:

  • Valid NMC PIN
  • 3+ years managing experience, ideally in home health
  • Expertise in nursing principles and care plan development
  • Stellar communication and teamwork skills
  • Bonus points for CQC experience
  • Proficiency in medication management

Join our team of healthcare heroes and impact lives daily. Apply now!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Experience:

  • Mental Health Management: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)
  • NMC Pin Number (required)

Benefits:

We offer a unique, comprehensive package of benefits to employees and their families. This includes:

  • Medicash benefits include additional perks and financial help with health-related costs such as: optical, dental, specialist consultations and diagnostic tests, complementary therapies, alternative therapies, prescriptions, inoculations & flu jabs, chiropody, health screening, stress support, virtual GP, gym discounts
  • Life Assurance/ Critical Illness Insurance
  • Discretionary Bonus scheme