Deputy Manager Registered Nurse

£22.14 per hour | Full time | No 1 Lavender Fields

“Leading with passion, making a real difference.”

If you’re an experienced Deputy Manager Registered Nurse ready to move into your next leadership role and help people with disabilities live independently, we’d love to hear from you.

A home with heart

As Deputy Manager Registered Nurse with Leonard Cheshire, you will support the Service Manager in running Lavender Fields, a 10-bed specialist care home in Hitchin, providing high-quality, personalised support for adults with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, and complex needs. 

Set near the famous Hitchin Lavender Fields, our wheelchair-accessible home offers a serene environment, ample on-site parking, and excellent bus and road links to Stevenage.

You’ll help the home run smoothly, make sure residents get high-quality, person-centred care, and lead a team of nurses and care staff with confidence and care.

Your working hours

This is a full-time role, working Monday - Friday 9am - 4:30pm, including the expectation of covering nursing shifts as required.

About the role

As Deputy Manager Registered Nurse, you will:

• Support the Service Manager and deputise in their absence
• Provide effective leadership, management, and supervision for a team of nurses and care staff
• Lead with passion and enthusiasm to ensure a well-run, compliant, and person-centred service
• Deliver high standards of nursing, clinical, and personal support
• Promote independence, choice, and positive outcomes for residents
• Ensure compliance with health and safety and all statutory obligations

This is a challenging but rewarding role with opportunities to grow and develop in a supportive organisation that values great care and leadership.

What helps you shine here

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse
• A level of professional development and registration (may include Level 5 Leadership in Health and Social Care)
• Experience managing a team of nursing and care staff
• Experience providing direct personal and social care
• Experience working with individuals with physical and/or learning disabilities
• Flexibility to work rostered hours

We would really love to hear from you if you are a Registered Nurse with great leadership skills and a sound understanding of safeguarding.

Why you’ll love working here

As well as competitive pay, we offer a wide range of employee rewards, including:

• Stream – access up to 40% of your pay before payday
• Free Blue Light Card – with discounts and perks
• Free DBS check
• Contributory pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit
• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates
• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and recognised qualifications
• Employee Assistance Programme and 24/7 support

About Leonard Cheshire

At Leonard Cheshire, we provide frontline care and support across care homes, nursing homes, and supported living services. Every day, we help over 1,600 people with disabilities live with independence, choice, and dignity

We are one of the UK’s highest-rated providers of care and supported living services, with 87% of our services rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by regulators.

For over 75 years, we have supported disabled people to live, learn, and work as independently as possible.

Ready to apply?

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with disabilities and will support your requirements for reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post, and references will be obtained for all roles.