Assistant Manager

Location: Nottingham
Pay rate/Salary: £50,000 per annum
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week (flexible to service needs)
Type: Permanent
Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)

We are hiring for an Assistant Manager that is experienced in dementia care, clinical leadership, and operational management in the Nottingham area. This is a dynamic, high-quality nursing care environment, and you will be supporting the Registered Manager to deliver exceptional, person-centred care while overseeing daily operations and staff leadership.

Duties of an Assistant Manager

Reporting to the Registered Manager, you will be responsible for:

Leading and managing a dedicated dementia unit, ensuring safe, compassionate, and person-centred care for residents.

Providing RMN clinical leadership and operational oversight in line with CQC standards, NICE guidance, and best practice.

Supporting the Registered Manager in overseeing administration, care, catering, housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance functions.

Deputising for the Registered Manager during their absence while supporting their decisions.

Ensuring staff maintain up-to-date skills and undertake required training and development.

Managing the service in accordance with legislative requirements, regulations, financial plans, and organisational standards.

Protecting staff, residents, and visitors from infection risks and complying with infection control policies.

Overseeing assessment, care planning, and review (digital records) to ensure trauma-informed, person-centred care.

Leading management of BPSD, medication monitoring, clinical risk (falls, nutrition, pressure care, delirium).

Chairing or attending MDTs and coordinating input from GPs, CMHT, SALT, OT, physio, and pharmacy.

Maintaining accurate documentation, incident reporting, and clinical audit cycles (medications, care plans, falls, IPC, MCA/DoLS).

Skills and Experience of an Assistant Manager

As an Assistant Manager, you need to have experience with:

Leadership within a nursing or dementia care environment.

Clinical oversight of medication, care planning, and risk management.

Operational management of care, housekeeping, and ancillary teams.

Staff supervision, development, and support.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.

IT literacy and experience with digital care records.

It would be beneficial if you also had:

RMN qualification or equivalent clinical background.

Experience deputising for a Registered Manager.

Strong understanding of CQC, MCA, DoLS, and dementia care best practices.

What the client offers an Assistant Manager

This client offers:

Competitive salary of £50,000 per annum

Company pension

On-site parking

Referral programme

Extensive induction and training opportunities

Ongoing support to develop leadership and clinical skills

Access to wellbeing programmes and employee assistance services

A positive, values-driven care environment

About the Client

Our client is a specialist provider of dementia and nursing care in Nottingham. They are committed to delivering person-centred, high-quality care, with a focus on dignity, independence, and excellence across all services.

Next Steps:

Apply to this Assistant Manager role through this advert. If you would like more information, please contact Asha in our Health care team on (phone number removed).

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if not already done). If you have not heard from us within 7 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful; however, your application will be retained for suitable future roles.

About Regional Recruitment Services 

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