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Deputy ManagerNHS

Swindon, SN3 6LF Permanent £35,000 to £42,000
Posted 7 September 2026 Closing date 7 October 2026
Swindon Rail Station (2.8 miles, direct) Wallingford (Cholsey & Wallingford Railway) (25.6 miles, direct) Coach Park (14.5 miles, direct)

Job summary

Package Description: Ready to take the next step and make your mark? Join Agincare as a Deputy Manager and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while bringing out the very best in your team. This is your chance to turn your experience into real impactshaping a service that residents are proud to call home. Where you'll be working Care Home in Swindon | Edgehill Nursing Home in Wiltshire | Agincare Care Quality Commission rating - Edgehill Care Home - Care Quality Commission As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy Up to £42,000 per annum Refer a friend scheme up to £1000 Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme What is required from you? A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK Prior experience of leading a team of care assistants QCF level 3 diploma or above in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks Must be available to work 42 hours per week A day in the life of a Deputy Manager As Deputy Manager you will be responsible for leading the care team to ensure that the care delivered to our resident is safe, supportive and person-centred.

Main duties of the job

This position requires a Deputy Manager to join Agincare and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while bringing out the very best in their team. The role involves turning experience into real impact, shaping a service that residents are proud to call home. The Deputy Manager will be responsible for leading the care team to ensure that the care delivered to residents is safe, supportive, and person-centred. Responsibilities include the induction of new team members, supervision and support of existing team members, completion of care audits to ensure good practice, and liaising with family members, care professionals, social workers and residents to ensure a holistic and transparent care provision. Additionally, they will monitor, report, and investigate risks and events of safeguarding concern or harm to mitigate and/or avoid these risks. The position offers up to £42,000 per annum, a refer a friend scheme, outstanding career development, fully funded training, a Blue Light care discount package, and a company pension scheme.

Job description

Package Description: Ready to take the next step and make your mark? Join Agincare as a Deputy Manager and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while bringing out the very best in your team. This is your chance to turn your experience into real impactshaping a service that residents are proud to call home.

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Swindon | Edgehill Nursing Home in Wiltshire | Agincare
  • Care Quality Commission rating - Edgehill Care Home - Care Quality Commission

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • Up to £42,000 per annum
  • Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
  • Outstanding career development
  • Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5
  • Blue Light care discount package
  • Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
  • Prior experience of leading a team of care assistants
  • QCF level 3 diploma or above in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
  • Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks
  • Must be available to work 42 hours per week

A day in the life of a Deputy Manager

As Deputy Manager you will be responsible for leading the care team to ensure that the care delivered to our resident is safe, supportive and person-centred.

You will ensure that these needs are regularly reviewed to ensure they meet their current requirements, and ensurethe general standards of hygiene and cleanliness and equipment are maintained for their safety and wellbeing.

You will support to the Registered Manager in the day to day running of the home, assuming full capacity in their absence.

A typical day could include:

  • Induction of new team members and the supervision and support to existing team members
  • The completion of care audits to ensure good practice and trigger reviews in care provision for residents as needs change. Your care plans would be person-centred, with focus on dignity and individuality
  • Liaising with family members, care professionals, social workers and the residents themselves to ensure a holistic and transparent care provision.
  • Monitor, report and investigate risks and events of safeguarding concern or harm and ensure processes are in place to mitigate and/or avoid these risks
  • Ensuring administrative records such as daily care notes, medication charts and meeting notes are up to date.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

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About us

Agincare is proudly celebrating over 40 years of caring for communities. They are a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and are continuously expanding. Agincare continues to strengthen its services through recent care home developments and the launch of not-for-profit Childrens Services. As one of the UKs largest care providers, Agincare delivers care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, they are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. They support the Armed Forces community through an alliance that offers guaranteed interviews to service leavers and military community members. All services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is an equal opportunities employer, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.

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