Full time: 35 hours

Salary: circa £46K

Location: Llanhennock Lodge, NP18 1LT (not far from Caeleon)

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This is a challenging yet exciting and rewarding post, offering the opportunity to bring passion and enthusiasm to the largest pan disability charity in the UK, making a real difference to the lives of all our residents. You will receive a healthy retention bonus of up to £4k for staying with us for 12 months as well as many other benefits both financially and personally. You will love working with a great team locally and nationally

Reporting to the Operations Manager and getting support from a friendly local team, you will provide clear direction and be responsible for the day to day management of the service, This include management and supervision of a great staff team ensuring clinical oversight and well being of our residents.

Key responsibilities will include managing a budget in line with occupancy and health & safety management to fulfil our statutory obligations. You will implement systems and procedures designed to promote positive outcomes for people living with a disability, ensuring a flexible, proactive approach whilst meeting the desired outcomes of the people we support.

You will also manage the recruitment, selection and on-going training, development and performance of all staff in the service, to ensure achievement of compliance with RISCA for this care setting.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care or equivalent and be clinically qualified and hold clinical registration and be registered with a professional body ideally the NMC
• Experience in managing nursing and care teams in a residential setting
• Experience of managing a range of different departments such as therapies, transport, catering, administration, care and maintenance (desirable).
• Registration for this service following successful appointment.
• Strong people and communication skills.
• Exemplary customer service and a commitment to promoting the Welsh language
• Ability to provide budgetary compliance. 

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits including:

• An excellent contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• Substantial and flexible annual leave, with the option to buy or sell (salary sacrifice).
• Discounted tariffs with 02.
• Access to great savings and discounts with major UK retailers.
• Access to cash health plan at very favourable rates.
• Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free DBS - Disclosure check

Leonard Cheshire is the leader in enriching the lives of disabled people. We are the largest disability non-profit organisation in the UK, with around 6,000 employees, supporting over 30,000 disabled people across our global operations.

We offer an environment where you can be part of a team who are passionate making a positive impact on the lives of disabled people. You will have opportunities to learn and grow in your role, building your skills and knowledge in partnership with others.