Head of Care
We are looking for an experienced Head of Care to be based at our beautiful Care Home - Holly Lodge, St Catherine’s Road, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey GU16 9NP - a care home with a CQC rating of “good” in all five areas. These accolades are only achieved through the teamwork of like-minded individuals passionate about delivering person-centered care. Our Care/Nursing staff to resident ratio is higher than the national average and nearly 50% of our team have been with us for over 5 years.
** Nursing Home of the Year Winner – Surrey Care Awards 2022**
**Featured Home for 3 years in Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Guide**
**10.0 Review Score on carehome.co.uk**
Holly Lodge is a 60-bedded care home providing nursing, residential and dementia care. As Head of Care, you will be required to work closely with the Registered Manager, taking on leadership duties in their absence, in helping to deliver the best possible care standards across the home and ensuring our residents enjoy the best possible quality of life. You will need to lead by example and monitor standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking regulatory compliance, using your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions and evolve person-centred care plans to make sure every residents’ needs are met.
You will need be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and ideally with a training/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in helping residents with different health needs is essential, along with a successful track record in managing clinical risk assessments and a strong knowledge of clinical policy frameworks, medication management and care planning. You will need to be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver person-centred quality care.”
Salary from £53,000 per annum plus discretional bonus scheme on completion of probationary period. This is a full-time role of 42 hours per week.
As well as a competitive rate, we offer the following benefits;

• 28 days Holiday (for full-time workers)
• Enhanced pay for Bank Holidays
• Comprehensive induction training
• Ongoing training and development
• Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme
• NVQ Training
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Paid breaks
• Free Uniform
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 covering a full range of issues. Includes perks and discounts too!
• Blue Light Staff Discount Card, Employee of the Month, Appreciation weeks and many more!

Forest Care
Forest Care is a family owned and managed company, currently with four care homes in Hampshire and Surrey. Our focus is to ensure we provide the highest standards of care to our residents, and their ongoing welfare, comfort and needs are central to how we run our homes. We want our homes to be a home in the truest sense, and we are committed to making our residents feel at home from the outset.
Purpose of Position
· To provide high quality nursing care and to assist in identifying and addressing the health and social care needs of all the home’s residents.
· To support the Registered Manager in all aspects of the home's management, including taking temporary complete charge during the Registered Manager’s absence.
· To assume responsibility for the nursing services and clinical governance within the home
Skills and Experience of our Head of Care:-

• Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration
• Experience with medication management and care planning
• Experience with training/mentoring/supervising a large team
• Have a strong knowledge of clinical policy frameworks
• Experience in managing clinical risk assessments
• Be compassionate and caring
• High level of written and spoken English

Please note this position is subject to a DBS check.
While it is no longer a requirement that people we employ are vaccinated against Covid-19, we still strongly believe that vaccination remains the best line of defence and we therefore continue to encourage all current and prospective staff to be fully vaccinated.
#HLHOC
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Are you a Registered Nurse with NMC registration?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence and vehicle (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: #HLHOC