Commissioning Home Manager

Barchester Healthcare; Swanley Village; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£2.5k bonus once the home has been opened

Enrolment into profit share scheme

Quality based bonuses up to £10k

8% ER Pension Package

Career and development pathways

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Entry into Barchester’s Excellence Awards

Payment of NMC Annual Registration Fee

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a Commissioning Home Manager to lead a new care home in Swanley Village, UK. This role involves driving recruitment and developing a care team to deliver outstanding person-centred care. You will integrate the home into the community while ensuring it meets high standards for its first inspection.

The position requires strong marketing and leadership skills, experience in managing new builds, and a passion for high-quality care. Barchester offers an excellent rewards package including bonuses, pension, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing or opening a new build.
• Experience in marketing and driving occupancy in a luxury care home.
• Strong leadership abilities and ability to motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive recruitment for the new home and develop a new care team.
• Work with projects team to integrate the home into the community.
• Lead the home to achieve positive inspection results.

Skills

Experience of managing/opening a new build

Community engagement and marketing

Inspirational leadership skills

Passion for person-centred care

Excellent organizational and management skills

Understanding of safeguarding, CQC, and compliance guidelines

Job description

With over 25 years’ experience, nearly 240 care homes, and six independent hospitals, Barchester Healthcare currently have some of the best quality ratings of any large care home provider in the UK. But we’re not stopping there: our mission is to provide the best possible person-centred care to elderly and vulnerable people. As a Home Manager within the Barchester family, you will be a leading face in the delivery of that person-centred care that helps to set us apart.

It is an exciting time to consider joining the Barchester family in one of our multi-million pound new build homes as a Commissioning Home Manager. We are leading one of the fastest growing new build programmes aiming to open 10 brand new purpose-built homes per year. In our state of the art new builds, we have invested time and planning to ensure our homes our adapted to the needs of our residents including our dedicated dementia communities which we call Memory Lane.

As a Commissioning Home Manager you will drive recruitment for the home, building and developing a brand new team to deliver the best quality care for our residents. You will work closely with new builds projects team, as well as other support services to introduce the home into the wider community and welcome each of our new residents. This is a fantastic opportunity to set the foundations of an outstanding care home and successfully drive it through its first inspection.

Rewards Package

• £2.5k bonus once the home has been opened
• Enrolment into our profit share scheme, with the opportunity to earn a bonus of up to 100% of your salary
• Quality based bonuses up to £10k
• 8% ER Pension Package
• Career and development pathways
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Automatic entry into Barchester’s Excellence Awards
• Payment of NMC Annual Registration Fee

About You

• Experience of managing/opening a new build
• Community engagement and marketing a home to drive occupancy
• Experience of managing a luxury care home with high % of privately funded residents
• Inspirational leadership skills
• A passion for person centred care
• A successful track record of developing and motivating teams to deliver outstanding care
• Excellent organisational and management skills
• A strong understanding of safeguarding, CQC and compliance guidelines

In short, your proven track record of marketing and business skills within the care sector, running a commercially successful, Good or Outstanding rated care home will be complemented by your blend of compassion and resilience.

Due to our industry leading rewarding excellence schemes, we are also very proud to have been awarded a two-star outstanding rating by Best Companies, ranked 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for and 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

If you are looking to work with an organisation that provides the quality of care you would expect for your loved ones, Barchester is a rewarding and empowering place to be.