Applications are invited from dedicated and enthusiastic Registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals or Social Workers to join the Adult Learning Disabilities Complex Residential team as Band 5 Team Leader on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.The site is a newly opened purpose-built facility providing support for 14 Service Users in single self-contained flats. The flats are in a fantastic location - flat for wheelchair usersnear the beach, shops and cafés and access to bus routes.Well-equipped and appointed with key-considerations for Service Users with profound leaning and physical disabilities; safely enclosed garden, ceiling track hoists and sensory-sensitive colour schemes.Reporting to the Band 6 Deputy Manager, you will provide and oversee care and support for your Service Users, leading and motivating the Band 3 and Band 4 Support Workers in your team. The Service Users have varying degrees of learning disabilities, including autism, sensory and physical disabilities, including those who require 24 hour care and assistance with daily living tasks, and to access the wider community. Guernsey provides a comprehensive and high quality Health and Social Care service to Adults with Learning Disabilities over 18 across the island.Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scale.The current Band 5 salary range is £38,744 to £49,970 plus an annual bonus of £1,605 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36%The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of the British Isles' finest and best-kept beaches, a mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbor town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.Person Requirements:Registered Nurse, AHP or Social Worker with appropriate UK statutory professional registration as applicable.Current or recent experience supporting Adults with Autism and/or Learning Disability including newly or soon-to-qualify Learning Disabilities Nurses looking to start their post-registration career as part of this specialist Complex Residential team.Current clean driving licence.Personal Qualities to include; Reliability, Honesty, Patience, Resilience, Motivation and Leadership skills.The benefits of working in Guernsey include: - A higher-than-UK salary.- An annual bonus of £1,605 - Registered Nurse applicants will recieve an additional £3,000 bonus on completion of two, then four years service. - A flat rate 20% income tax. - No Council tax or VAT - A relocation payment of £5,000* - On-site Staff Accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation* - A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low. *Full T&C in relocation directive We are a leading healthcare recruitment partner with particular expertise in the placement of the full range of Learning Disabilities staff.As a nurse-led consultancy, our detailed understanding of the complexity of LD roles places us in an excellent position to match your skills with the specific requirements of our Recruiting Managers.For an insight into Jarrodean as a Consultancy and for a summary of all current roles visit jarrodean.com If this role is not for you, please remember we offer a generous £500 Bonus for any successful friend or colleague referrals.....Read more...
· Dealing with all appointments and patient requests, ensuring that surgery time is effectively utilised, allocating pre-bookable and urgent appointments appropriately and monitoring the flow of patients during surgeries.
· Carrying out all clerical tasks to prepare for surgery sessions, ensuring that clinical staff have the patient documentation necessary to undertake consultations and procedures efficiently.
· Providing a comprehensive reception service, responding to a range of enquiries in a polite and efficient manner, adhering to practice protocols and dealing with difficult situations in a calm and controlled manner.
· Dealing with all telephone requests and enquiries in a courteous and efficient manner, referring callers to appropriate personnel and ensuring messages are relayed and in a timely manner, particularly those requesting urgent advice.
· Taking comprehensive details for patients requesting home visits and ensuring that these are recorded in accordance with the protocol to allow steps to be taken for triage.
· Dealing with prescribing requests, ensuring that scripts are approved, prepared, signed and ready for issue within agreed timescales or, if the patient needs to be seen, arranging appropriate follow-up.
· Maintaining manual patient records in a tidy, accurate and up to date condition (both individual files and the overall filing system), tracking missing folders and documents as required by clinical staff.
· Ensuring that any change of patient details/personal circumstances are recorded accurately and actioned on both the manual and computerised record system.
· Undertaking a variety of clerical tasks in support of patient service activity including ambulance bookings, insurance and benefit documentation, vaccinations, breast screenings etc.
· Explaining practice arrangements and requirements for registration and arrangements for new patients seeking care, ensuring that all documentation is fully completed
· Participating in the extended hours rota providing clerical support to the appointment surgery and working with the doctor on call
· Attend all statutory training courses as required.
· Interaction with colleagues in the reception, secretarial and admin team
· Reports to Team Leaders/ Deputy Practice Manager
· Liaises with nursing team and medical/clinical personnel
This Job Description is not exhaustive and is a guideline to the scope of duties involved. It will be reviewed at regular intervals. It is not intended as a rigid inflexible specification and will be subject to the changing requirements of Central Gateshead Medical Group.Training:Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship alongside internal training on policies and procedures.
Training delivered by Access Training through a mixture of projects, training workshops and one-to-one support.Training Outcome:The opportunity for long term permanent employment for the right candidate upon completion of the apprenticeship. The current Reception Team Leader started as an Administration apprentice.Employer Description:As a large practice, the medical group offer a comprehensive range of clinical services within the Gateshead area.Working Hours :37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) working on a rota basis between 7.45am and 6.30pm. Consisting of 3 x 10 hour days, 1 x 7.5 hour day and a rotating day off.Skills: Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Creative,Initiative,Calm in stressful situations....Read more...
To be responsible for all administration, the management of finances and stock control, the maintenance of hygiene and Health and Safety standards as laid down and the care and maintenance of the building/s and equipment.
To support, develop and enable service users towards participation in community life, personal independence, and normal social functioning, consistent with their abilities and preferences.
To lead and support service managers, deputy managers and senior staff to allocate and monitor services to individual service users, in accordance with care and support plans agreed by the Commissioning Teams.
To maintain high standards of confidentiality at all times in accordance with policies and procedures and legal requirements. When information needs to be shared it must be necessary, proportionate, relevant, accurate, timely and secure.
To be familiar with and practice in accordance with the Vulnerable Adults Policy and practice guidelines and always relate any issues or concerns to a line manager.
To monitor the effectiveness of the key-working systems within the registered scheme and to ensure the highest standard of care for service users. To ensure that individual care and support plans are reviewed and implemented by all appropriate people.
To manage service user assessment, including undertaking home visits where necessary.
To ensure that risk assessments are carried out for each service user so that the service is provided in a manner which minimises risk to the service user and staff, and to keep records of all completed risk assessments.
To ensure that financial information is obtained from service users, or via commissioning colleagues and recorded to assist with financial assessments can be made and relevant charges levied and collected.
To ensure the progress of service users is assessed with a view to maximising their independence levels, encouraging them to achieve their full potential. This will include the rehabilitation of service users, wherever possible, and re-enabling them to participate independently within the community.
To enable service users to participate in the recreational and leisure activities of their choice, and to assist them to maintain their personal skills.
To ensure that all Care and Support Plans and information about service users/residents including manual and computerised information, are recorded to an agreed format and an acceptable standard and kept in accordance with Data Protection Legislation (GDPR).
To promote effective communication and positive relationships, and to enable service users to have access to advocates where appropriate.
To operate and promote an effective and responsive complaints procedure in line with policy.
To ensure that service users who are experiencing a change in their care or support requirements and provision are supported and assessed as appropriate.
To liaise with other professional partners and agencies (including medical/nursing where appropriate) at commencement, during and at the end of a service.
To ensure the proper control, recording and issuing of medications as prescribed by the medical practitioner and in accordance with legislation and the Medication Policy. To monitor and support service users who are able to administer their own medication.
To ensure the residential services are compliant with the guidelines and standards set out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and other statutory and legal frameworks and to respond appropriately to inspection reports.
To promote and maintain quality assurance processes in line with agreed monitoring and reporting systems.
To co-ordinate and undertake visits to services, to audit the quality-of-service provision against service specifications and standards and write detailed reports as required.
Requirements
Possession of the Registered Care Manager Award or equivalent is essential.
A recognised social services qualification (e.g., City and Guilds 325/3 Diploma, or a Certificate in Management Studies or a relevant Social Work qualification, and/or Assessor Award/ Level 2/3/4 in Care.
A commitment to and responsibility for personal and professional development and actively to take advantage of upskilling through relevant apprenticeship standards and training opportunities.
A minimum of two years supervisory or management experience in care or support work, including staff supervision and appraisal and either experience of full responsibility for managing a budget, or experience of budget management with supervision.
Good working knowledge and understanding of the Health and Social Care agenda/Inspection and CQC Regulation processes in relation to monitoring residential / nursing Homes.
Knowledge of applying care governance and care management to operational policy.
Negotiation skills and an understanding of and commitment to quality assurance, including customer feedback.
Ability to manage change within a social care setting.
Evidence of mentoring/management and leadership skills within the performance and care governance framework. Ability in using audit to improve quality of care.
The ability and flexibility to work across and support a wide range of services.
Experience of undertaking data analysis with accuracy and attention to detail.
Highly numerate, with the proven ability to understand, analyse, interpret, and explain complicated information and data.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and other IT systems and will develop digital skills as necessary. An ability to manipulate data in excel to produce relevant management information.
If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on 02036913890 between 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri)....Read more...
Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home Location: Camden, London Salary: £50,000 – £65,200 per annum (inclusive of bonuses, depending on home size and experience) Permanent | Full-Time
We are recruiting on behalf of a highly regarded and well-established children’s care provider, seeking experienced and committed Registered Managers for our Ofsted-regulated children’s homes in Camden, London.
We are offering exciting opportunities across 3-, 4-, and 6-bed homes, with each home designed to provide a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment for children and young people with complex needs. You’ll be part of an organisation that genuinely invests in its staff and upholds the highest standards of care.
What We Offer:
Base Salary:
3-bed home: £50,000 pa
4-bed home: £53,000 pa
6-bed home: £55,000 pa (with potential to rise to £58,000)
Total Earnings (Including Bonuses):
3-bed: up to £56,600 pa
4-bed: up to £60,800 pa
6-bed: up to £65,200 pa
Bonus Structure:
Ofsted Bonus: £3,000 for Outstanding, £1,500 for Good
Occupancy Bonus:
3-bed home: £300/month
4-bed home: £400/month
6-bed home: £600/month
Additional Benefits:
Company car or £3,000 annual car allowance
32 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising by 1 day per year for the first 3 years)
Life insurance
Comprehensive induction and ongoing CPD
Supportive senior leadership and progression pathways
Who We’re Looking For:
We’re interested in hearing from experienced Registered Managers, or strong Deputy Managers ready to take the next step, with a track record in regulated children’s homes and a passion for delivering high-quality, child-centred care.
If you are looking to join a respected provider that values its managers and offers real career development, we’d love to hear from you.....Read more...
