Nursing Home Manager

Willing Care Recruitment Limited; Bedford; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus scheme

Training & development opportunities

Annual leave increases with length of‑

NMC renewal fee paid for nurse‑qualif.

Benefits and discounts portal

Opportunity to lead a small, luxury护理与

Job summary

Willing Care Recruitment Limited is seeking an accomplished Registered Home Manager to lead a luxury nursing and dementia care home in Bedford, United Kingdom. You will provide strong leadership, ensure high-quality, person-centred care, and drive occupancy while maintaining premium standards and stringent regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes commercial performance, community engagement, and staff development, with responsibilities for budgets, marketing, governance, and relationships with

Qualifications

• Experience running a commercially successful private care home with strong care knowledge.
• Ability to drive occupancy and build the home’s reputation.
• Maintain excellent regulatory standards (CQC) and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong and visible leadership across the nursing home.
• Ensure residents receive consistently high-quality, person-centred nursing and dementia care.
• Maintain excellent standards of CQC compliance, safeguarding and governance.
• Lead the home through inspections and ensure continuous regulatory readiness.
• Recruit, develop and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Create a positive culture where colleagues understand expectations and feel supported to perform at their best.
• Take ownership of occupancy, budgets and commercial performance.
• Develop effective marketing strategies to strengthen the home's profile within the local community.
• Build relationships with families, healthcare professionals, commissioners and referral partners.
• Monitor enquiries and admissions and identify opportunities to increase occupancy.
• Oversee quality audits, improvement plans and operational performance.
• Maintain the premium standards and resident experience expected within a luxury care environment.
• Ensure the home remains financially sustainable without compromising the quality of care.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Regulatory compliance

Team management

Relationship building

Job description

£60,000 per year + Bonus Scheme | Luxury Nursing & Dementia Care

We're looking for an accomplished Registered Home Manager to lead a luxury nursing home providing nursing and dementia care for a small number of older adults.

The home has been thoughtfully designed to combine excellent clinical care with a comfortable, high-quality environment, creating a service where residents receive individual attention while enjoying the surroundings and experience expected from premium care.

This position requires more than strong care knowledge. We're looking for a manager who understands how to run a commercially successful private care home, with experience driving occupancy, building the home's reputation and maintaining excellent regulatory standards.

What You'll Receive

• £60,000 per year
• Performance-related bonus scheme
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Annual leave increasing with length of service
• NMC renewal fee paid for nurse-qualified managers
• Benefits and discounts portal
• Opportunity to lead a small, luxury nursing and dementia care home

Leading the Home

• Provide strong and visible leadership across the nursing home.
• Ensure residents receive consistently high-quality, person-centred nursing and dementia care.
• Maintain excellent standards of CQC compliance, safeguarding and governance.
• Lead the home through inspections and ensure continuous regulatory readiness.
• Recruit, develop and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Create a positive culture where colleagues understand expectations and feel supported to perform at their best.
• Take ownership of occupancy, budgets and commercial performance.
• Develop effective marketing strategies to strengthen the home's profile within the local community.
• Build relationships with families, healthcare professionals, commissioners and referral partners.
• Monitor enquiries and admissions and identify opportunities to increase occupancy.
• Oversee quality audits, improvement plans and operational performance.
• Maintain the premium standards and resident experience expected within a luxury care environment.
• Ensure the home remains financially sustainable without compromising the quality of care.
• All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, qualification and NMC registration checks where applicable, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role.