Home Manager

Bupa; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension match up to 6%

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

33 days annual leave

Comprehensive induction and training

Discounted gym membership

Free flu vaccine

Discounts on Bupa dental care

Job summary

Sutton Lodge Care Home in Weybridge, part of Bupa, is seeking a Care Home Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team and deliver high-quality, person-centred care. You will manage all aspects of the home, including budgets and regulatory compliance, while developing internal and external relationships to support the home’s success.

The role requires strong clinical expertise, a management qualification, and the ability to drive continuous improvements in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical knowledge and expertise, plus a management qualification.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset for a regulated sector.
• Ability to develop an environment focusing on continuous improvements.
• Effective communicator with confident leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and provide outstanding, personalised care to residents.
• Manage all aspects of the home, including budgets and operating profit, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Build strong internal and external relationships to strengthen the Bupa brand with commissioners.
• Occasionally work out of hours or evenings as required.

Skills

Strong clinical knowledge

Commercial acumen

Leadership style

Regulatory compliance

Education

LMCS / RMA or equivalent management qualification

Job description

Sutton Lodge Care Home (Weybridge, KT13 9LN)

Permanent

Full Time - 40 hours per week

Salary - Competitive plus 30% management bonus and a fantastic benefit package

Do you want to work in a rewarding environment where you can truly make a difference each and everyday? Do you want to work in a fast paced team environment where no day is the same?

What's in it for you? The benefits include;

• Job satisfaction! Being able to make a difference to our residents and their families lives each and every day
• Pension match contribution up to 6% employee and 12% employer, life assurance and individual private medical insurance
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
• Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development to support your career prospects
• Discounted gym membership, free flu vaccine and discounts on Bupa dental care

About the role

As well as being able to lead and inspire a multi-disciplinary team, we'll look to you to provide outstanding, personalised care to our residents. Always putting the needs and wellbeing of our residents first - finding new ways to enrich their lives.

You'll be managing all aspects of the home, identifying business opportunities whilst effectively managing budgets, taking responsibility for the operating profit of the home, and ensuring regulatory compliance is maintained across all relevant areas. Competent in creating and developing strong internal and external relationships, you'll play an important role in strengthening the Bupa brand as a trusted healthcare partner with key audiences including Local Authority and Primary Care Trust commissioners.

For this role you will need to become registered with the regulator and, you also may occasionally be required to work out of hours or evenings.

What are we looking for in our Care Home Managers?

• Strong clinical knowledge and expertise, plus an LMCS, RMA or equivalent management qualification
• You will know how to make a positive difference within a heavily regulated sector, as you'll have a strong commercial acumen and strategic mind
• The ability to develop an environment which focuses on continuous improvements
• An effective communicator, with a confident and influential leadership style

Our home

Set in Weybridge, just off Oatlands Drive, Sutton Lodge is a 20 minute walk from Walton on Thames train station and is accessible by bus from Walton and Weybridge stations. The home provides nursing and residential care in a recently refurbished setting. With a real family feel, the team are passionate about providing person centred care, championing dignity and independence - organising a wide variety of activities meaning there's no typical day here. As part of the team, you're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.