Head Of Nursing

Please note that this role DOES NOT offer Tier 2 sponsorship

This role sits within a welcoming nursing home providing care for people with a wide range of needs, including dementia. As Head of Nursing, you will support the Home Manager with clinical leadership across the service, helping to maintain safe, consistent, and person-centred nursing care. Some supernumerary time is included to allow space for leadership, oversight, and assessments.

The home has been thoughtfully designed to support people living with dementia, with specialist features that help residents navigate and feel comfortable in their environment.

• This role requires current NMC registration and at least two years’ experience in a nursing home setting
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• Applicants must have previous leadership or management experience (for example Clinical Lead, Deputy Manager, or Head of Nursing).
• This position is not suitable for newly qualified nurses
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• Pay: £26.65 per hour
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shifts: Day shifts only
• Weekend working: Alternate weekends
• Contract: Permanent
• Setting: Nursing home, including dementia care

• Clear clinical leadership focus with allocated supernumerary time
• Stable working pattern with day shifts only
• Opportunity to influence standards of care in a well-established home
• Working within a service that values personalised, dementia-informed care
• Benefits: Training and accredited qualifications, benefits portal, pension scheme, life assurance, competitive annual leave, paid DBS check and NMC renewal fees.

• Active NMC registration and nursing qualification
• Minimum of two years’
  experience in a nursing home environment
• Previous leadership or management experience (Clinical Lead, Deputy Manager, Head of Nursing, or similar)
• Strong clinical knowledge and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Commitment to promoting and maintaining high standards of care
• Experience working within dementia care
• Involvement in audits, assessments, or clinical governance

• Provide visible clinical leadership across the nursing and care teams
• Support the Home Manager in the overall clinical management of the home
• Maintain and develop high standards of nursing care and safeguarding
• Complete initial assessments for prospective residents
• Support residents and families throughout the admission process
• Develop, review, and oversee individual care plans
• Administer medication and ensure safe medicines management
• Act as a positive role model, offering guidance and support to staff

Applications are reviewed promptly. Suitable candidates will be contacted to discuss the role in more detail and outline next steps.

Reference: WILL
236421/DB

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