Interim Nursing Home Manager.

New Way Recruitment LTD; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

New Way Recruitment is seeking an experienced Interim Nursing Home Manager to provide strong leadership in Stourbridge. A nurse-qualified manager is required to establish credibility, maintain governance and lead a compassionate, outcome-focused team.

The role involves ensuring high-quality clinical care, managing governance and compliance, and driving service improvements during an interim period. Immediate leadership opportunity with professional recruitment support.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a nursing home or similar elderly care service.
• Nurse-qualified managerial background and clinical governance knowledge.
• Strong communication and decision-making in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide confident day-to-day leadership across the nursing home.
• Ensure high standards of clinical care, safeguarding and resident wellbeing.
• Lead, motivate and develop management and care teams.
• Oversee governance, compliance, audits and quality assurance.
• Drive improvements against regulatory and organisational standards.
• Monitor staffing, performance, recruitment, training and workforce planning.
• Collaborate with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and external stakeholders.
• Respond to incidents, complaints and emerging risks.
• Promote a person-centred culture throughout the service.
• Provide leadership during interim management and support sustainable improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Communication

Decision-making

People-management

Education

Nurse qualification

Job description

Stourbridge, United Kingdom | Posted on 08/20/2026

Interim Nursing Home Manager – Stourbridge

New Way Recruitment is seeking an experienced, compassionate and decisive Interim Nursing Home Manager to provide strong leadership within a well-established nursing care environment in Stourbridge.

This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse-qualified manager who can quickly establish credibility, provide operational stability and lead a team with compassion, accountability and a clear focus on high-quality resident outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide confident day-to-day leadership across the nursing home.
  
• Ensure consistently high standards of clinical care, safeguarding and resident wellbeing.
  
• Lead, motivate and develop the management and care teams.
  
• Maintain strong oversight of governance, compliance, audits and quality assurance.
  
• Drive improvements against regulatory and organisational standards.
  
• Monitor staffing, performance, recruitment, training and workforce planning.
  
• Work collaboratively with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and external stakeholders.
  
• Respond effectively to incidents, complaints and emerging risks.
  
• Promote a positive, respectful and person-centred culture throughout the service.
  
• Provide clear leadership during a period of interim management and support sustainable improvements.
  

What’s on Offer

• Immediate interim leadership opportunity.
  
• Opportunity to make a measurable difference to residents and staff.
  
• Supportive professional environment with clear operational expectations.
  
• Scope to influence quality, compliance and service improvement.
  
• A role suited to an experienced manager who enjoys leading from the front.
  
• Professional recruitment support throughout your assignment.
  
• Must be nurse qualified and hold a valid UK nursing registration.
  
• Proven experience managing a nursing home or comparable elderly care service.
  
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, compliance and quality standards.
  
• Confident leadership and people-management skills.
  
• Demonstrable experience managing inspections, audits and service improvement.
  
• Excellent communication, organisational and decision-making abilities.
  
• A compassionate, resident-focused approach combined with strong commercial and operational awareness.
  

At New Way Recruitment, we believe in Heart-Led Hiring in Care . Guided by our ethos of “Recruiting with Care, Placing with Purpose” , we are committed to a recruitment experience where compassion meets opportunity.

Our promise is simple: a heart-led, confidential, and individually tailored approach for every candidate and client we support. You can be assured that our team handles every step of the process with integrity, understanding, and genuine care.