General Manager

Avery Healthcare Group; Virginia Water; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Virginia Water is seeking a General Manager to lead a team in delivering high-quality person-centred care. The ideal candidate must have at least four years of experience in a similar care environment and possess Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent. Responsibilities include managing staff recruitment and development, maintaining staffing levels, and ensuring cost management. Avery Healthcare values a supportive environment that fosters professional growth.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Career development opportunities

DBS Disclosure check cost covered

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver excellent person-centred quality care.
• Manage ongoing recruitment, retention, and development of staff.
• Act as a contact point for residents, relatives, and professionals.
• Review and maintain safe staffing levels.
• Provide inspirational leadership to the staff team.
• Ensure costs are managed within budgetary controls.

Skills

Leadership and Management skills

Effective communication skills

Competency in IT

Adaptability and flexibility

Education

Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day – your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a General Manager. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!

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 requirement, professional and statutory standards, and business performance targets.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality care, person centred care and ensuring residents receive care based on best practice.
• Being responsible for the ongoing recruitment, retention, and development of staff within the Home.
• Acting as a focal point for contact with residents, their relatives, and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in resident’s wellbeing.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels are reviewed and maintained in accordance with both occupancy and dependency.
• Providing on-going 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 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’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes – we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re 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 this role will require:

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

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