General Manager

NHS; Edenbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury elderly care provider in Edenbridge is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead its team in delivering exceptional person-centred care. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership, effective communication skills, and at least four years of experience in a similar environment. They will be responsible for overseeing recruitment and ensuring high-quality care while managing budgets. This role offers an opportunity to work in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Benefits

DBS Disclosure check covered

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver person-centred care.
• Manage recruitment, retention, and development of staff.
• Act as a focal point for contact with residents and professionals.

Skills

Leadership and Management skills

Effective communication

IT competency

Education

Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated General Manager to join their award-winning team in Edenbridge.

Main duties

As the General Manager, you will lead and inspire a team to deliver excellent person-centred quality care to residents in a safe, caring, and stimulating environment. You will be responsible for the ongoing recruitment, retention, and development of staff, as well as ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. You will act as a focal point for contact with residents, their relatives, and health and social care professionals, while also managing costs within budgetary controls.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, person-centred care based on best practice.
• Ongoing recruitment, retention, and development of staff within the Home.
• Acting as a focal point for contact with residents, relatives, visitors, and health and social care professionals involved in residents' wellbeing.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels are reviewed and maintained according to occupancy and dependency.
• Providing ongoing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensuring costs are well managed and maintained within budgetary controls by reviewing regularly and monitoring stock.

About the role

Your focus as General Manager will be to lead and inspire a team to deliver excellent person-centred quality care to residents in a safe, caring, and stimulating environment, whilst meeting regulatory requirements, professional and statutory standards, and business performance targets.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have a minimum of four years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Have Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent.
• Possess excellent leadership and management skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and be competent in IT.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Post wording

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.