New Job Opening: Deputy Nurse Manager in Heron Lodge

Job Description

Deputy Nurse Manager – Luxury Nursing Home | £50,000 per annum | 40 hours per week

Ready to take the next step in your nursing career? This is your chance to join a beautifully designed, luxury nursing home where clinical excellence and compassionate care truly come first. As Deputy Nurse Manager, you’ll have the time and support to focus on what matters most — leading your team to deliver outstanding care every single day.

Set within peaceful, landscaped surroundings, this home offers specialist nursing, dementia, and palliative care, creating a calm and nurturing environment for residents and staff alike.

In this position, you’ll oversee care quality, support your clinical team, and ensure full compliance with CQC standards. Working alongside the Home Manager, you’ll act as a role model for best practice — balancing leadership, empathy, and expertise to make a meaningful impact on residents’ lives.

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) with active NMC registration.


• Proven leadership experience in a nursing home setting.


• In-depth understanding of CQC regulations, safeguarding, and best practice care standards.


• Strong organisational, communication, and mentoring skills.


• A genuine passion for delivering compassionate, dignified, person-centred care.

What’s on Offer:

• £50,000 per annum – competitive and reflective of your experience.


• NMC renewal paid – we invest in your professional growth.


• Blue Light Card – access exclusive discounts and offers.


• Free parking and uniform – we take care of the little things.


• Company pension scheme – plan for your future with confidence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Home Manager in the effective day-to-day running of the service.


• Lead, mentor, and develop nursing and care teams to deliver person-centred care.


• Ensure regulatory compliance and high-quality documentation across all areas.


• Oversee care planning, medication management, and clinical governance.


• Build strong relationships with residents, families, and external healthcare professionals.


• Promote a positive, inclusive workplace culture where dignity and respect are at the heart of everything you do.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role, including verification of NMC registration.

Reference: WILL257568/DB

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