Home Manager

Leaders In Care Recruitment Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance-based bonus

Company-supported pension scheme

Fully funded DBS check

Career development and training

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Leaders In Care Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Care Home Manager to lead a 35-bed elderly care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The role focuses on high-quality, person-centred care, regulatory compliance and strong operational performance.

You will oversee budgeting, staffing and engagement with residents, relatives and healthcare professionals, while driving continuous improvement and a positive, safety-conscious culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Care Home Manager or senior care home leader.
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations and quality frameworks.
• Track record of maintaining or improving Good or Outstanding CQC standards.
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Experience managing budgets, staffing and operational performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Commitment to delivering excellent elderly and dementia care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the 35-bed care home.
• Maintain high standards of person-centred care and resident experience.
• Ensure full compliance with CQC regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across quality, care and operational performance.
• Recruit, develop, motivate and retain a high-performing care team.
• Provide visible and supportive leadership to colleagues across the home.
• Manage staffing levels, rotas, agency usage and workforce costs effectively.
• Take responsibility for budgets and overall financial performance.
• Support occupancy and building the home's reputation within the local community.
• Develop strong relationships with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Ensure safeguarding, governance, health and safety and quality assurance procedures are consistently maintained.
• Create a positive culture where colleagues are engaged and residents receive consistently high-quality care.

Skills

Care Home Manager

Leadership

Budgeting

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care

Job description

Care Home Manager

Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum + performance bonus

Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Hours: 40 hours per week | Permanent

Home Size: 35 beds

NMC PIN: Preferred, but not essential

Care Home Manager Benefits

• Salary up to £65,000 per annum.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Clear career development and progression opportunities.
• Hundreds of employee discounts across shopping, holidays, dining, technology and more.
• Employee recognition and long-service awards.
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
• Company-supported pension scheme.
• Fully funded DBS check.
• Ongoing professional development and training.

The Opportunity We are recruiting an experiencedCare Home Managerto lead a well-established35-bed elderly care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
The home provides specialistresidential, dementia and nursing care, and requires a confident, commercially aware leader who can maintain high standards of care while delivering strong operational performance.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experiencedRegistered Manager, Home Manager, Nursing Home Manager or Care Home Managerlooking to join an established care provider offering a competitive salary, performance-related bonus and genuine opportunities for career progression.
Your Role as Care Home Manager As Care Home Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the leadership, quality, compliance and commercial performance of the home.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the day-to-day operation of the 35-bed care home.
• Maintaining high standards of person-centred care and resident experience.
• Ensuring full compliance withCQC regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Driving continuous improvement across quality, care and operational performance.
• Recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining a high-performing care team.
• Providing visible and supportive leadership to colleagues across the home.
• Managing staffing levels, rotas, agency usage and workforce costs effectively.
• Taking responsibility for budgets and overall financial performance.
• Supporting occupancy and building the home's reputation within the local community.
• Developing strong relationships with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring safeguarding, governance, health and safety and quality assurance procedures are consistently maintained.
• Creating a positive culture where colleagues are engaged and residents receive consistently high-quality care.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for an experienced care home leader with a strong understanding of quality, compliance, people management and operational performance.
You will ideally have:

• Proven experience as aCare Home Manager, Registered Manager, Nursing Home Manager or senior care home leader.
• Strong knowledge ofCQC regulations, compliance and quality frameworks.
• A track record of maintaining or improvingGood or Outstanding CQC standards.
• ALevel 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care, or an equivalent management qualification.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills.
• Experience managing budgets, staffing and operational performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• A clear understanding of safeguarding and person-centred care.
• The ability to build an engaged, stable and high-performing team.
• A genuine commitment to delivering excellent elderly and dementia care.

A nursing qualification with an activeNMC PINwould be advantageous, although this isnot essentialfor the position.