Peripatetic Home Manager

Willing Care Recruitment Limited; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage covered beyond base travel

Company pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Competitive annual leave package

Employee benefits portal

Job summary

Willing Care Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Peripatetic Home Manager to oversee multiple care homes in the High Wycombe area, providing hands-on leadership as needed. The role involves regular travel between services with mileage covered beyond base travel.

You will lead teams, maintain high standards of care and compliance, and work with senior leadership to ensure consistency across services.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective management and operational support across multiple care homes
• Step into services requiring additional leadership or management cover
• Maintain high standards of person-centred care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance
• Support and develop care home teams, promoting positive working environments
• Monitor service performance and implement improvements where required
• Oversee staffing, recruitment, occupancy and budget management
• Support homes with CQC inspections, action plans and quality improvement
• Work closely with senior leadership to ensure consistency across services
• Build positive relationships with residents, families and colleagues
• Ensure smooth transitions and continuity of leadership when supporting different homes

Job description

High Wycombe & Surrounding Areas

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Care Home Manager to take on a varied leadership role, supporting care homes across High Wycombe and the surrounding areas.

We're looking for an established Home Manager with a strong track record of successful leadership and longevity in previous roles, who can confidently step into different services, support existing management teams and maintain high standards of care.

As Peripatetic Home Manager, you'll provide hands-on leadership wherever it's needed, whether supporting a home through a period of transition, strengthening operational performance or helping teams maintain excellent standards of care and compliance.

The role involves regular travel between services, with mileage covered for travel beyond the designated base journey.

What's On Offer

• Mileage covered beyond base travel


• Company pension scheme


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Competitive annual leave package


• Employee benefits portal

Key Responsibilities

• Provide effective management and operational support across multiple care homes


• Step into services requiring additional leadership or management cover


• Maintain high standards of person-centred care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance


• Support and develop care home teams, promoting positive working environments


• Monitor service performance and implement improvements where required


• Oversee staffing, recruitment, occupancy and budget management


• Support homes with CQC inspections, action plans and quality improvement


• Work closely with senior leadership to ensure consistency across services


• Build positive relationships with residents, families and colleagues


• Ensure smooth transitions and continuity of leadership when supporting different homes

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role.