Team Lead
Team Lead
Closing date: 22nd January 2026
We are looking for a Team Leader to lead one of our residential wards in our 64-berth registered care home.
Are you ready to inspire, lead, and make a real difference? This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career and join the care home management team as a Team Leader. In this pivotal role, you will champion a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that every aspect of care meets the highest standards set by the Care Quality Commission. Your leadership will empower staff, support development, and create an environment where excellence is the norm.
As Team Leader, you will play a vital part in overseeing the residential Wards, ensuring the physical, emotional, and social well-being of our Pensioners. You will manage day-to-day operations, foster strong communication with families and colleagues, and uphold the values that make our care exceptional. Reporting directly to the Ward Manager, you will be a key link in driving quality and consistency across the service.
If you have some management experience, are passionate about leadership, committed to high standards, and are ready to embrace a new challenge, we want to hear from you.
Important Information:
- This is a full time, permanent role, working 12-hour shifts. The rota will involve working days, nights and weekends.
- Right to work in the UK is essential - the Royal Hospital Chelsea are unable to sponsor work visas.
About Us
The ethos of the Royal Hospital is one that puts a premium on selflessness and companionship. Our values of nurturing belonging, respect individuals, encourage pride and enjoy life underpin that ethos. We are united in a shared purpose, living and working together and ensuring everyone has a place in our diverse social and military community.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion, where all backgrounds and abilities can reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of talent, removing potential barriers, and promoting equal opportunities. We know, the more varied and inclusive our teams are, the better our organisation will be for our community. We are a Disability Confident employer dedicated to hiring diverse talent and ensuring you are treated with respect throughout the recruitment process and upon joining our community.
Our selection process
Should your application be successful you will be invited to a formal interview, where you will be asked questions relating to your experiences and key requirements of the role. If you are successful after the interviews we will:
- Ask for references from those you have listed on your application form
- Check your right to live and work in the UK
- Check any declarations you have made on your application form
- Ask you to complete a medical form
- Carry out an Enhanced DBS application.