Interim Manager

Leaders In Care Ltd; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive day rate

Immediate start

Support from senior team

Job summary

Leaders In Care Ltd invites applications for an Interim Home Manager in Harrogate, a hands-on leadership role within a residential and dementia care setting. You will drive safe, person-centred care, ensure CQC compliance, and guide the care team through operational and quality challenges.

Immediate start available, with support from an experienced senior team. The role requires proven experience in managing a CQC-regulated home, safeguarding expertise, and the ability to maintain credibility

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing a CQC-regulated care home.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and care governance.
• Experience leading teams through operational or quality challenges.
• Confident with audits, care planning, medication management and action planning.
• Ability to establish credibility quickly with staff, residents and families.
• Calm, organised and practical approach.
• Available to start at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible day-to-day leadership across the home.
• Maintain safe, person-centred care for residents.
• Support and direct the management and care team.
• Ensure CQC compliance and safeguarding duties.
• Review care plans, medication processes, risk assessments, audits and action plans.
• Manage staffing, rotas, agency use and recruitment requirements.
• Address performance, absence and capability matters appropriately.
• Build confidence with residents, families, commissioners and healthcare professionals.
• Manage incidents, complaints and safeguarding concerns effectively.
• Identify immediate risks and implement clear, sustainable improvements.
• Keep senior management updated on quality, workforce and operational performance.

Skills

People leadership

CQC compliance

Safeguarding

Care governance

Medication management

Education

NMC PIN (beneficial)

Job description

Interim Home Manager

Harrogate | Residential and Dementia Care | Competitive Day Rate

An established care provider is seeking an experienced Interim Home Manager to provide strong leadership within a residential care home in Harrogate.

This is a hands-on role for a capable manager who can quickly assess the service, support the team and maintain safe, high-quality care. You will be confident managing operational pressures, addressing concerns promptly and ensuring the home remains compliant and well led.

The role.

As Interim Home Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Providing visible day-to-day leadership across the home.
• Maintaining safe, person-centred care for residents.
• Supporting and directing the management and care team.
• Ensuring compliance with CQC requirements, safeguarding duties and company policies.
• Reviewing care plans, medication processes, risk assessments, audits and action plans.
• Managing staffing, rotas, agency use and recruitment requirements.
• Addressing performance, absence, conduct and capability matters appropriately.
• Building confidence with residents, families, commissioners and healthcare professionals.
• Managing incidents, complaints and safeguarding concerns effectively.
• Identifying immediate risks and implementing clear, sustainable improvements.
• Keeping senior management updated on quality, workforce and operational performance.

About you.

You will be an experienced Home Manager, Registered Manager or turnaround-focused Interim Manager with a background in elderly residential, dementia or nursing care.

You will need:

• Proven experience managing a CQC-regulated care home.
• A strong working knowledge of safeguarding, care governance and CQC compliance.
• Experience leading teams through operational or quality challenges.
• Confidence with audits, care planning, medication management and action planning.
• The ability to establish credibility quickly with staff, residents and families.
• A calm, organised and practical approach.
• Availability to start at short notice.

An active NMC PIN would be beneficial, but is not essential.

What is on offer.

• Competitive interim day rate, dependent on experience.
• Immediate start available.
• The opportunity to make a direct difference to quality, team stability and resident experience.
• Support from an experienced senior operational team.