The Team Leader role at Barchester Healthcare involves leading and supervising a team of Carers and Senior Carers, ensuring that residents receive the highest quality person-centred care. You'll be responsible for following individual care plans, providing one-on-one time with residents, and carrying out some clinical tasks like recording observations and basic wound care. As a role model for your team, you'll need to have strong communication, leadership, and clinical skills to create a supportive and empowering environment for both the staff and residents. Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Team Leader at a Barchester care home, you'll help to make our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling so that we can deliver the person-centred care and support they deserve. Always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice, you'll lead and supervise our Carers and Senior Carers with the support of a Registered Nurse or Care Practitioner. We'll rely on you to make sure individual care plans are followed to the letter so that we can achieve the highest standards. You'll also ensure each resident has lots of quality one-to-one time. The role of Team Leader here also involves some clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on things like weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. Across everything you do, you'll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. Person Specification
Qualifications
You'll need senior-level care experience, supervisory skills, and a good understanding of providing clinical care for older people. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, as well as a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, are required. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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