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Ridley Manor

Head Chef

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Job reference

SYS-12649

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

19.15

Max pay rate

19.15

Role highlights

Head Chefs at Care UK are well organised, highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic. They have what it takes to build trust, maintain team discipline and boost morale. They enjoy collaborating with others and sharing ideas and information. They're great at delegating and stretching people’s responsibilities in order to develop them. And, they have full access to  a large supply chain for all catering requirements and the autonomy to create nutritious well balanced menus for everyone. Do you have the same sort of attributes? Then we could have just the role for you.

What you’ll be doing
Being a Head Chef isn’t just about maintaining high standards in all areas of the kitchen. It's about using modern kitchen equipment and fresh local produce to develop full diet sensitive meals for residents so they can enjoy the same flavour and nutrition. It’s about recruiting, training, supervising and developing a team to help them make the most of their potential. And, it’s about ordering supplies, maintaining agreed stock levels, working to a budget and completing monthly audits. Put simply, it’s about making a difference. A real difference.

What you’ll need
A Catering Diploma (City & Guilds/BTEC), NVQ 2/3 in practical cookery and Health and Safety and Food Hygiene Certificates (minimum level 2) are essential. You’ll also need to have relevant high cover kitchen experience and a good understanding of HACCP. Great at planning nutritionally balanced menus and catering for specific dietary needs, you're efficient at ordering, stock control and working within a budget and comfortable carrying out staff meetings and training. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

  • Alternate weekend working and sociable working hours
  • Competitive rates of pay – we continuously review pay in your local market
  • Opportunities to progress through our personalised career paths into regional support roles
  • Competitive refer a friend scheme of up to £1000 depending on role
  • Quality and free training to help develop and enhance your skills
  • Bank holiday enhancements
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free DBS
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts across big known retailers enabling our colleagues to make big savings on every day shopping such as holidays, supermarkets and travel.
  • Employee Assistance Programme – Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Care Assistant

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Job reference

SYS-12659

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

£11.00

Max pay rate

£11.60

Role highlights

If you're passionate, caring and looking for a rewarding job with excellent training and great opportunities, join Care UK and make a real difference.

Are you interested in gaining access to your wages as you work? Care UK has a money management app that gives you instant access to your pay and is one of the many reasons to join the Care UK family.

Care Assistants at Care UK come from all walks of life, healthcare, support work, domiciliary, hospitality, retail, education and many others. We are looking for caring people to join the Care UK team who share the same values as us: care, passion and teamwork. You will have a strong desire to help people and put the residents at the heart of everything you do.

New to Care?

We have our own Learning Academy to provide excellent training and induction programs for all new staff members, meaning we will give you all the tools and knowledge you need to have a successful career with us. Our high quality, innovative training and coaching will support the development of your skills throughout your career with us.

We see the potential in everyone, let us help fulfil yours.

Here's what you can benefit from working with Care UK:

  • Wagestream – a money management app that gives you instant access to your pay
  • Award Winning Care Provider (Residential Care Provider of the Year - Health Investor Awards 2022 & more)
  • Long service awards
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Concerts for Carers (apply for free tickets to concerts at a various venues)
  • Competitive refer a friend bonus
  • GEM Awards - we recognise colleagues who go the extra mile
  • Career development, training and access to our approved apprenticeship scheme
  • Hundreds of online and in-store discounts
  • Cycle 2 work scheme
  • Annual purchase holiday scheme
  • Wellbeing support
  • Pension contribution
  • Free uniform
  • Access to PPE
  • Weekly Covid testing

What you’ll be doing:

  • Helping residents to remain as active and independent as possible
  • Respecting residents’ rights of choice, privacy and dignity
  • Support residents with personal care and mealtimes.
  • Working as part of a team to identify residents’ unique goals and implement personalised care plans.
  • Working flexibly to help residents explore new interests, engage in physical activities, and make sure they enjoy themselves in a stimulating and homely environment.

So, if you're passionate, caring and looking for a rewarding career, please click the apply button to speak to one of our team for more information.

Fulfilling lives, fulfilling Careers

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Sous Chef Bank

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Job reference

SYS-12871

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

13.50

Max pay rate

14.50

Role highlights

Sous Chefs at Care UK are great at working with others. They enjoy sharing information and raising standards through culinary development, innovation and new ideas. They have access to a large supply chain for all catering requirements and the autonomy to create nutritious well balanced menus for everyone. They’re  self-motivated, flexible, enthusiastic and happy to take responsibility for resolving issues that arise. And, they know how to maintain team discipline and morale within the kitchen. Do you have the same sort of attributes? Then we could have just the role for you.


What you’ll be doing
Being a Sous Chef isn’t just about helping the Head Chef ensure food is prepared to the agreed standard and that deadlines are met. It’s about taking control of running the kitchen in their absence. It's about using modern kitchen equipment and fresh local produce to develop full diet sensitive meals for residents so they can enjoy the same flavour and nutrition. And it's about helping to come up with menus, consulting with residents to ensure their needs and choices are met and preparing food in line with specific diets. Put simply, it’s about making a difference. A real difference.
What you’ll need

As well as a Catering Diploma (City & Guilds/BTEC) and NVQ 2/3 in practical cookery and Health and Safety. Food Hygiene Certificates (minimum level 2) are essential. You’ll also need good knowledge of nutritionally balanced menu planning and a proven ability to cater for specific dietary needs. And, if you’ve worked in a care home and/or have experience of stock control or working with a budget, even better (but not essential). Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

The benefits

  • Alternate weekend working and sociable working hours
  • Competitive rates of pay – we continuously review pay in your local market
  • Opportunities to progress through our personalised career paths into Head Chef opportunities
  • Competitive refer a friend scheme of up to £1000 depending on role
  • Quality and free training to help develop and enhance your skills
  • Bank holiday enhancements
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free DBS
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts across big known retailers enabling our colleagues to make big savings on every day shopping such as holidays, supermarkets and travel.
  • Employee Assistance Programme – Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Maintenance Bank

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Job reference

SYS-13235

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

£14.57

Max pay rate

£14.57

Role highlights

You

You’re a caring, can-do person with experience working in building maintenance. Ideally, some of that has been gained in a care home setting. You’ve got a good basic education with GCSEs (or the equivalent) including English and Maths. As well as being very practical, you like dealing with people. You’re happy building good relationships with residents, colleagues and contractors. You’re a multi-tasker who can work well under pressure and use your initiative to solve problems. Above all, you’re a team player who takes pride in your work and is committed to maintaining a safe, comfortable environment for our residents.


Your role

The safety of our care home residents and staff is really important. So your role will be to make sure the premises and grounds are maintained to a high standard. You’ll perform regular checks, carry out repairs and, when needed, contact engineers or service agents. You’ll be confident doing fire, basic electrical and appliance checks. Faults must be reported and actioned promptly. We’ll also expect you to keep the grounds looking tidy and carry out general redecoration work. As our Maintenance Person, you’ll be a valuable member of our friendly, close-knit team, promoting the well-being of our residents and the successful running of our care home.

As Maintenance Person at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive pay – we pay more than the average
  • Flexible hours
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Career progression
  • Bank holiday enhancements
  • Stakeholder pension
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts


About Care UK

We run over 120 homes and day clubs across the UK. We provide residential, nursing, dementia and end-of-life care for older people. As one of the UK’s leading care home providers, our goal is to help every employee fulfil his or her potential – with first-class training and support.

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Kitchen Assistant Bank

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Job reference

SYS-12975

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

£10.90

Max pay rate

£11.25

Role highlights

You

You’re a hard-working individual with experience working in a busy kitchen. Ideally, you’ve already got some experience in a care home setting. You’re also a caring person who understands how important mealtimes are to older, vulnerable people. You’re a good team player who takes pride in your job and is happy to go the extra mile. You know the importance of food hygiene and health and safety rules. Above all, you want to be a valued member of a friendly team. You’re keen to progress in your catering career and do your bit to improve the nutrition of older people.


Your role

Reporting to the Head Chef, you’ll make sure all kitchen equipment and areas are properly cleaned. As part of our hard-working team, you’ll also help prepare tasty, nutritious meals that our residents and guests will enjoy. For example, you’ll take pressure off the chefs by cooking breakfast in the mornings. At main mealtimes, you’ll add those much-loved finishing touches like custard or gravy. You’ll be responsible for safe, hygienic food storage and for making sure kitchen equipment and cleaning materials are kept in their correct places. In return, we’ll give you lots of support, training and opportunities to progress in your career.

As a Kitchen Assistant at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive pay – we pay more than the average
  • Flexible hours, including a choice of day, night or weekend shifts
  • Bank holiday enhancements
  • Fast-track career options, e.g. to chef
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Stakeholder pension
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts
  • Access to our Chef Training Academy, where you can learn new skills from experienced trainers and progress towards more senior positions within the company


About Care UK

We run over 120 homes and day clubs across the UK. We provide residential, nursing, dementia and end-of-life care for older people. As one of the UK’s leading care home providers, our goal is to help every employee fulfil his or her potential – with first-class training and support.

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Hospitality Assistant Bank

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Job reference

SYS-13390

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

10.90

Max pay rate

11.25

Role highlights

Helping to create a warm, inviting atmosphere, the Hospitality Assistant links the kitchen team to the care team by delivering a positive, professional dining experience to our residents. 

About you

  • Experience in the catering services is beneficial although not essential
  • Food handling course qualification desirable
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Good judgement, problem solving and decision making skills

What we will give you

As a Hospitality Assistant at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive salary
  • Career pathways
  • Long Service awards
  • Cycle to work
  • Free eye tests
  • Pension Scheme
  • Annual holiday purchase scheme
  • Health Cash plans
  • GEM awards
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Team Leader

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Job reference

SYS-12660

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

£13.80

Max pay rate

£15.10

Role highlights

As a Team Leader, you will assist with daily activities, providing residents with both physical and emotional support and personal care as needed. You will be responsible for the smooth running of the shift, assigning specific tasks to the Care Assistants and monitoring their completion. Other responsibilities include developing, reviewing and updating residents’ personal care plans to meet their changing physical, social and psychological needs, as well as completing risk assessments and arranging on going care reviews with family and other medical professionals.

About you

  • NVQ 2/3 in Health and Social Care 
  • Proven experience in long term care, assisted living or home health preferred
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Good judgement, problem solving and decision making skills
  • Ability to react calmly in emergency situations and be considerate
  • Exhibits a caring and compassionate attitude while articulating true concern for people
  • Ability to work flexible hours
  • Medication administration training or/and a willingness to undertake training if required
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel)

What we will give you
As a Care Team Leader at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive salary
  • Career pathways
  • Long Service awards
  • Cycle to work
  • Free eye tests
  • Pension Scheme
  • Annual holiday purchase scheme
  • Health Cash plans
  • GEM awards
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Registered General Nurse Bank

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Job reference

SYS-12868

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

23.00

Max pay rate

24.30

Role highlights

As a Registered Nurse, you’ll be responsible for looking after our residents’ health and wellbeing, making sure they can get the most out of life and live it to the full. You’ll work across our nursing services, attending to each resident’s personalised care plan, administering medicine and maintaining our high standards. You’ll be a crucial link between our residents and their families, and the role also gives you the opportunity to build your leadership skills.

About you

  • Solid experience in long term care, assisted living, or healthcare
  • Registered with the NMC as a practitioner on part one of register
  • Good assessment skills
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Able to work flexible hours
  • Good at communicating with all sorts of people, in person and in writing
  • Able to supervise, develop and teach other nurses

What we will give you
As a Registered Nurse at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive salary
  • Career pathways
  • Long Service awards
  • Cycle to work
  • Free eye tests
  • Pension Scheme
  • Annual holiday purchase scheme
  • Health Cash plans
  • GEM awards
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Registered General Nurse

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Job reference

SYS-12657

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Min pay rate

23.00

Max pay rate

24.30

Role highlights

About Registered Nurses at Care UK

Registered Nurses at Care UK are role models for great clinical and care governance practice and act as a champion for residents’ safety and dignity. They’re flexible with regards to the role and duties and can deal with difficult situations with tact and diplomacy. They may have come from a Care Home, Hospital, General Practice or Primary Care background. They enjoy being part of a team and raising standards through innovation and new ideas. And they consider it a privilege to be trusted to look after others. Do you share their values? Then we could have just the role for you!

What you’ll be doing

Being a Registered Nurse doesn’t just mean providing leadership for care staff and supporting residents with a range of complex needs and dependency levels. It means getting to use your wide variety of nursing skills in a unique environment where no two days are the same. It means ensuring the ongoing safety of residents, staff and visitors alike through systematic assessment, monitoring and reviewing processes. And it means spending quality time with residents and being integral to creating long-term care plans for them. Put simply, it means making a difference. A real difference.

What you’ll need

An NMC Registered Nurse who’s used to working with older people, you know how to use clinical assessment tools like Waterlow and MUST. You’re also well-organised, understand care planning processes and have a proven ability to write comprehensive care plans. Supervising others and building effective and credible relationships, both internally and externally, comes naturally to you too. What’s more, you’re great at inspiring professionalism and positively influencing others. Above all, you know how to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

The Benefits

Enhanced overtime rates and bank holiday enhancements
NMC Revalidation support
Comprehensive clinical training programme and career development
Free parking and uniform
Thousands of online and in-store discounts
Wagestream- access your wages at any time
Wellbeing Support

Do not miss out, Apply now!!

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Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!

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Ridley Manor

Clinical Nurse Manager

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Job reference

SYS-14010

Location

The Row, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3JS

Role highlights

The Clinical Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring the assessment of nursing needs and subsequent planning, implementation and evaluation of care for residents. Working under the overall supervision of the Home Manager/Deputy Manager, you will undertake the duties of the post without direct supervision, providing day to day clinical leadership and promoting both excellence in nursing practice and an integrated team approach to the delivery of care.

About you

  • A qualified Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
  • Competence across a range of nursing skills, supported by professional and clinical knowledge
  • Experience of leading a team
  • Demonstrate principles of accountable practice as a Staff Nurse
  • Passion for customer service
  • Effective interpersonal communication and influencing skills
  • Strong business acumen, as well as the ability to plan and maintain organisation
  • Empathy for vulnerable and sick residents
  • Passionate about importance of equal opportunities and dignity at work

What we will give you

As a Clinical Nurse Manager at Care UK, you can look forward to:

  • Competitive salary
  • Career pathways
  • Long Service awards
  • Cycle to work
  • Free eye tests
  • Pension Scheme
  • Annual holiday purchase scheme
  • Health Cash plans
  • GEM awards
  • Quality training to develop your skills
  • Free uniform
  • Thousands of online and in-store discounts

Where you'll work

Ridley Manor (part of the Care UK family) is a luxury care home in the village of Lane End, surrounded by the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our beautifully appointed home, which even features a cinema room, is the ideal setting for providing personalised care of the highest standard. We provide nursing, dementia and residential care. Ridley Manor would love to welcome you to the team to show you what a career at Care UK has to offer!