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Recruitment Panda Ltd; Worcester; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruitment Panda Ltd is seeking an Operations Manager for a portfolio of nursing homes in the West Midlands. You will take full responsibility for care quality, standards, and strategic direction across the group, acting with autonomy to shape how care is delivered.

The role requires solid operations leadership, the ability to travel between homes in Worcestershire, and a track record of managing complex care operations. Location flexibility within the patch is important.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operations across multiple sites, preferably within care facilities.
• Ability to set and maintain high quality standards across a group of homes.
• Willingness to travel between sites within the patch and surrounding area.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall care provision quality, standards, and direction for the group.
• Lead the autonomous day-to-day operations across the nursing homes.
• Drive growth and maintain high care quality across the West Midlands portfolio.
• Work with senior leadership to uphold family-owned ethos and service levels.

Skills

Operations management

Strategic leadership

Travel willingness

Healthcare operations

Job description

Operations Manager | Nursing Homes | Worcestershire | Up to £80,000

Most

operations roles hand you a patch and a

rulebook, then quietly remove any

freedom to think for yourself. You

inherit

someone else's system, work inside

someone else's straight-jacket, and

spend your days feeding a head office

that has already made the decisions. If

that's what you're after, this isn't

it.

This is the number two seat in a

well-established, family-owned nursing

home group. The owner has spent twenty

years building something he's proud of,

and he's ready to hand full

responsibility for care provision

across the group to one person he can

trust to run it. That

person is genuinely in charge of the

quality, the standards, and the

direction of care. The autonomy here is

real, not a line in a job spec.

The

group runs a portfolio of nursing homes mainly

in the West Midlands, with a reputation

built on genuinely

warm, family-feel care rather than

corporate box-ticking. The strategy

isn't relentless acquisition; it's

keeping the quality of care high and

leading a group that already does

things well.

For

the right person, there's room to grow

into more over time. No promises, but

the ceiling is high and the door isn't

closed.

The non-negotiables

Operations experience across multiple

management

experience and the appetite to step up

A real

understanding of how nursing homes run

at this scale. You don't need to be a

nurse, but you do need to talk the talk

and know what good looks like

The maturity to hit the ground running.

This is an autonomous role and there's

no appetite to hand-hold

Warm and

friendly by default. Curious by nature.

Someone who is always turning over how

things could be done better, even

a little differently, and then actually

makes it happen

Living in the region,

or comfortably close, and happy to be

out among the homes. This role covers a

real geographic patch, so location and

a willingness to travel both matter

If

you've spent years inside a larger

group wishing you

had the freedom to lead your own way,

this is that freedom.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.