Registered Manager (12 month Maternity Cover)

Bluebird Care Sevenoaks

Registered Manager – 12-month fixed contract (maternity cover)

Reports to: Operations Manager

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 DOE

Performance bonus

Entry level Healthcare Plan

 The Bluebird Care franchise network is the UK’s leading provider of Home Care to privately paying customers, with more than 200 offices nationwide.

The Sevenoaks franchise is a key member of a South Eastern franchise ownership group, which includes the Bromley and Lewisham & Southwark branches. The office is now in its 15^th trading year and is one of the leading providers of privately funded Home Care in the District, making an important contribution to the options available to the area’s vulnerable older people as they contemplate the later stages of life.

An opportunity has arisen to join this team as Registered Manager on a fixed 12-month contract (maternity cover), leading the office team and team of community-based Home Care Assistants.

You will have previous experience as a Registered Manager (or will have worked closely in a supporting role), and ideally will be qualified at NVQ Level 5 in Management and Leadership in Health & Social Care, or working towards it. 

Reporting to the Operations Manager, your role will involve:

• overseeing and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality service to customers
• setting a leadership agenda that will motivate and enthuse office colleagues and the Care team, who are the “crown jewels” of the agency
• nurturing a process of continuous improvement through further developing our culture of openness, transparency and drive for continued professional development
• managing the office team, overseeing their personal development and fostering their commitment and loyalty
• working with the Head of Marketing, Recruitment Manager and the Community Liaison Lead to grow the team of Care Assistants
• working with the Training Manager to contribute to the development of the training programme for newly-recruited Care Assistants and developing update programmes for those who are established in the role
• working with the Community Liaison Lead to represent the agency within the local Health & Care communities in order generate demand for the agency’s service so as to ensure that care resources are substantially utilised
• dealing with all matters relating to quality assurance, compliance and interfacing with the Care Quality Commission as necessary

We are looking for a person of substance, empathy and with excellent interpersonal skills who will gain the respect of the office team, understand the agency’s ethos of great care and outstanding customer service and work constructively with colleagues. 

We are collectively determined to provide our customers and the community with the best Home Care experience available in the Sevenoaks area, and it’s important that you buy into this mission.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please forward your CV – with a short statement of your main credentials for this role.

Bluebird Care Sevenoaks is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practices.