Home Manager

Leaders in Care; Southampton; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Life insurance

Free DBS

Free on-site parking

Wagestream access

Employee Assistance Programme

Hippo e-learning platform

Fully funded apprenticeships and devop

Career progression

Job summary

Leaders in Care is recruiting a Home Manager for a nursing home in Southampton. The role offers a £65,000 per annum salary, full-time permanent work, and the opportunity to lead a significant development phase after refurbishment.

You will be responsible for day-to-day operations, ensuring safety and high quality of life for residents, strengthening governance to achieve a Good CQC rating, growing occupancy, and supporting your team to deliver outstanding standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a care home and improving services.
• Strong understanding of CQC requirements and safeguarding.
• Proven ability to grow occupancy and manage change.
• Visible, resilient management style.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day running of the home, prioritising residents’ safety, wellbeing and quality of life.
• Strengthen governance and drive progress towards a Good CQC rating.
• Grow occupancy through strong relationships with families, healthcare professionals and local referral partners.
• Support and develop the team, creating a positive culture with clear expectations.
• Maintain effective clinical oversight and consistent care standards.
• Build on refurbishment work as the home continues to develop.

Skills

Nursing home leadership

Clinical nursing

CQC knowledge

Quality assurance

Change management

Occupancy growth

Team development

Stakeholder relationships

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Home Manager | Nursing Home Southampton | £65,000 per annum | Full-time, permanent

An opportunity to lead a home’s next chapter Are you an experienced Home Manager who can improve care standards, build a strong team and grow occupancy?

We are recruiting for a nursing home in Southampton entering a new phase of development. Following previous regulatory challenges and recent refurbishment work, the home needs a hands-on leader to drive lasting improvements and create a positive environment for residents and colleagues.

This is an opportunity to shape the home’s future, strengthen its reputation and build on the progress being made.

The role

• Lead the day-to-day running of the home, putting residents’ safety, wellbeing and quality of life first.
• Strengthen governance and drive progress towards a Good CQC rating.
• Grow occupancy through strong relationships with families, healthcare professionals and local referral partners.
• Support and develop the team, creating a positive culture with clear expectations.
• Maintain effective clinical oversight and consistent care standards.
• Build on recent refurbishment work as the home continues to develop.

About you

• An experienced care home leader with a strong background in nursing homes.
• Clinical nursing experience is preferred. Applicants without this must bring several years’ nursing home experience.
• A sound understanding of CQC requirements, safeguarding and quality assurance.
• Experience of improving services, supporting teams through change and building occupancy.
• A visible, resilient and approachable management style.

Salary and benefits

• £65,000 per annum.
• Full-time, permanent contract, working 40 hours per week.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, pro rata for part-time employees.
• Annual salary review.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Free DBS, subject to terms and conditions.
• Free on-site parking.
• Wagestream, giving you access to earned wages before payday.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering healthcare and wellbeing support.
• Free access to the Hippo e-learning platform.
• Fully funded apprenticeships and development opportunities.
• Excellent career progression across a growing organisation.