Unit Nurse Manager; RGN - Care Home

About the role

As a Unit Nurse Manager (General) at Derham House care home in Upminster, 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 nursing that meets all of our residents’ needs. This means you will implement person‑centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents’ day‑to‑day lives.

In this role you are responsible for planning rotas, recruiting, training and mentoring staff, and building relationships with local regulators and social services. 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.

To join us as a Unit Nurse Manager (General), you must be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in producing well‑developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is up‑to‑date knowledge of recent clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You should be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship.

Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you should have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

Competitive salary plus sector‑leading benefits and rewards package including:

• NMC registration paid every year
• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes
• And so much more...

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.