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Position: Dementia Specialist Night Manager (RGN, RMN, RNLD)
Care home: Springfield Vale
Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD
Contract type: Full time (must be flexible with day and night shifts)
Rate: £23.50 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing leadership skills to make a real difference every day, in a brand new home!
Join us as our new Dementia Specialist Night Manager at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley.

In this role, you’ll work at a senior level, under the leadership of the Clinical Nurse Manager, to manage a team of nursing and care colleagues, drive quality and maintain high standards of care within the home.
As a Registered Nurse with us, you’ll be empowered to really make a difference.
Our high staffing levels give you the time to provide truly person-centred nursing care, with a supportive team around you.
And our excellent training and career development pathways support you to be the best Nurse you can be.

About Exemplar Health Care
Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.
When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.
As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Designing for dementia
We’re proud to work alongside the University of Stirling to design a purpose-built home with dementia friendly spaces.
The University of Stirling has a distinct reputation in the field of dementia and ageing. Their international centre for knowledge exchange - the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) - is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of dementia design.
At Springfield Vale, we’re implementing their evidence-based environmental design principles to offer a non-pharmacological approach to support responsive behaviours associated with dementia.

Springfield Vale will offer a caring environment where people receive the support they need, close to their loved ones.
The home will feature 33 en-suite bedrooms, across three units. With this small group living, we’re able to provide a homely and supportive environment that’s more responsive to individual needs.
Springfield Vale's 3 week bespoke Induction will start January 2026!

About the role
As a Night Nurse Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll be at the forefront of clinical care delivery for the people living at Springfield Vale.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Leading your home's care and nursing teams to ensure we meet the medical, physical and emotional needs of the people we support.
• Providing strong leadership to maintain and continuously develop high standards of care and drive continuous improvement.
• Overseeing and managing all your unit’s clinical elements and risks.
• Ensuring care plans and risk assessments are completed and reviewed in a timely manner and reflect care interventions appropriately.
• Acting as the Named Nurse for residents allocated to you, with responsibility for the oversight, review and update of their care profiles.
• The supervision and management of your unit’s ordering, handling, storage, administration, recording and disposal of medication.

About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
You’ll be a natural role model with the ability to manage your unit’s team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and Health Care Assistants.
You’ll also have:

• A thorough understanding of best practice in nursing care.
• An excellent range of clinical and communication skills that you’re able to demonstrate.
• An enthusiastic approach to encouraging and motivating people.
• The ability to work confidently on your own initiative.
• A good standard of digital skills.

To apply for this role, you must have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
We’re looking for experienced Nurses from all backgrounds: Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses / RGN, RMN, RNLD.
As this is a management role, you should also have post-registration and management or supervisory experience and/or training or qualifications.

What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects.
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts.
• Free DBS check.
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• Paid NMC membership.
• Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform.
• 24/7 counselling and support.
• Blue Light Card eligibility.