Community Lead

As a Community Lead at Alex Wood House Care Home, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management on our residential community within the home. 

About Alex Wood House Care Home: 
Alex Wood House is an exceptional residential care home in Cambridge. At Alex Wood House we pride ourselves on our family-feel, attractive gardens and providing outstanding care to each of our residents. 

We’re based in a quiet nook in Arbury on the north eastern side of Cambridge, three miles from the city centre. Our home offers 24-hour residential care and 36 en-suite bedrooms. 

About the role: 
The role of Community Lead will involve completing clinical audits, safe management of medication and team member supervision. 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. 

Salary: 
£15.87 per hour. 

Shift Pattern: 
45 hours per week, 12-hour shifts worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday. 

Home Location: 
Fortescue Road, Cambridge, England, CB4 2JS – 3 miles from the city centre. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Take responsibility for pro-actively managing the unit. 
• Ensure timely completion of monthly audits: medication management, pressure ulcer prevention, diet and hydration and care planning. 
• Monitor the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of residents’ care through monthly audit of care plans using a planned approach, for example Resident of the Day. 
• Ensure planned supervision is carried out for all team members in line with company policy.  

Training, Skills & Experience Required: 

• A passion for care – we’re looking for a genuinely caring individual who will put the needs of our residents first. 
• Minimum of two years’ shift leadership and management experience. 
• Proven track record leading, empowering, supporting and motivating a clinical team. 

What we can offer: 

• Fully comprehensive induction. 
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays. 
• 28 days of holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays. 
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform. 
• Refer a friend scheme. 

About Athena: 
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk). 

Our aim is to be the provider of choice for our residents and the employer of choice for our team members. 

Our purpose is to create excellent quality homely environments with the highest standards of care, catering, housekeeping and activities. 

We aim to enhance the lives of our residents and enable them to enjoy life to the full as individuals in happy, comfortable and safe surroundings.