Team Leader, Nursing

Team Leader

Team Leader | £15.32ph
Team Leader – Haviland House, Worthing

Please note:

Sponsorship is not available.

Start a role where your leadership, compassion, and experience shape the quality of life for every resident. As a Team Leader at Haviland House, you’ll guide and support our care teams to deliver person‑centred care in a warm, dementia‑friendly environment. If you’re passionate about leading others and ensuring the highest standards, this is the place to be.

We value professionalism, empathy, and a commitment to best practice.

Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: Haviland House

As a Team Leader, you will oversee the day‑to‑day running of an allocated household or suite, ensuring residents receive safe, dignified, person‑centred care. You will provide clear direction, support and supervise care staff, and act as a confident, knowledgeable presence on shift.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the shift and ensuring the smooth running of the household or suite

• Allocating tasks and ensuring effective use of time for engagement, tidying, and resident support

• Maintaining a calm, safe, clean, dementia‑friendly environment

• Completing monthly assessments and updating care plans as needs change

• Ensuring accurate medication administration, ordering, and documentation

• Monitoring residents’ wellbeing and escalating concerns appropriately

• Providing day‑to‑day supervision, coaching, and guidance to the care team

• Supporting new staff during induction and contributing to ongoing learning

• Communicating clearly with staff, managers, families, and external professionals

• Using advanced dementia care techniques such as validation, de‑escalation, and sensory approaches

• Supporting residents experiencing distress or behavioural changes

• Ensuring meaningful activities and engagement opportunities are encouraged

• Overseeing mealtime experience and ensuring dietary needs are met

• Maintaining accurate digital care records and ensuring confidentiality

• Leading compassionate, dignified end‑of‑life care

• Acting as a positive role model and upholding Guild Care’s BELIEF values

Every shift is an opportunity to lead with integrity, inspire your team, and ensure residents feel valued, understood, and supported.

Essential:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in care or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)

• Experience supervising or guiding others in a care environment

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)

• Ability to read, write, and complete basic calculations

• Up‑to‑date mandatory training

• Ability to maintain medication competency

• Satisfactory DBS check

Desirable:

• Level 3+ Health & Social Care qualification

• Health & Safety or First Aid training

• Experience leading a team in dementia care

• Understanding of person‑centred dementia approaches and behaviour support

• Experience using digital care planning systems

• Awareness of budget considerations in a care setting

We welcome leaders who are compassionate, confident, and committed to delivering exceptional care.

Guild Care offers more than a job, it offers a meaningful, supportive career. Benefits include:

• High staffing levels: We overstaff by 10% to ensure residents and staff feel supported

• Supportive environment: Experienced leaders, on‑site trainer, structured guidance, and access to external counselling

• Values‑driven culture: Our BELIEF values (Brave, Engaging, Loving, Integrity, Everyone Matters, Free to be Me) shape everything we do

• Career progression: We invest in your development and help you grow professionally

• Resident‑focused care: We prioritise enabling people to live well and love every dayLead a Team That Makes Every Day Meaningful

  If you’re ready to take the next step in your care career and lead with compassion, confidence, and purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

  Join Guild Care and help shape a home where residents, and staff, truly thrive.

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We are Worthing’s leading and most established social care charity, supporting people to live well, enjoy life and love every day.

• Must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.
• Must possess leadership skills to guide and support care teams.
• Must have experience in delivering person-centred care.
• Must demonstrate professionalism, empathy, and a commitment to best practice.
• Must have previous experience in a team leader or supervisory role within a care setting.

• Experience working in a dementia-friendly environment.
• A passion for leading others and ensuring high standards of care.
• Experience working in a dementia-friendly environment.
• A passion for leading others and ensuring high standards of care.

• Quality Management
• Team Management
• Leadership
• Providing Care