Registered Care Home Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Highburton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Registered Care Home Manager for its newly opened care home in Highburton. The ideal candidate will have nursing qualifications and experience managing a care setting. You'll lead a dedicated team, focusing on quality initiatives and business success. This role offers competitive salary and a range of benefits including a pension plan and healthcare coverage.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Bonus scheme upon meeting KPIs

Excellent pension plan

Bupa health care cover

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Paid NMC membership

24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• You identify with Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, and teamwork.
• You need to have management experience in a complex care setting.
• Great communication skills and ability to inspire a team are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead team initiatives and improvements.
• Manage recruitment and colleague development.
• Ensure customer relationships for business sustainability.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Time management

Clinical skills

Business management

Operational skills

Education

First-level nursing registration with a valid NMC PIN

Minimum of three years management experience

Job description

Overview

Registered Care Home Manager – Lepton Heights, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield

Contract: Full Time, 40 hours per week (Monday - Friday). Rate: Competitive salary dependent on experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider. Join us as our new Home Manager at Lepton Heights. The home has 40 bedrooms and three single occupancy apartments across three small, purpose-built units, creating a homely and supportive environment.

Having opened in January 2025, Lepton Heights is a new service with the opportunity to continue building a dedicated care team and work towards the home’s first CQC rating, aiming for Good or Outstanding.

Responsibilities

• Quality initiatives and improvement
• Team leadership and management
• Recruitment and colleague development
• Referral management and occupancy
• Data collection, analysis and interpretation
• Financial management
• Customer relationships and marketing to ensure business sustainability and success

About you (Qualifications and Skills)

• You identify with Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
• First-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
• Minimum of three years of management experience in a complex care setting; suitable for an experienced Deputy Manager seeking the next step.
• Thorough understanding of nursing care best practice, sector-specific and employer governance frameworks.
• Great communication skills; able to build relationships with local commissioners and professionals.
• Ability to inspire, lead and manage a team.
• Excellent time management skills; able to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent range of clinical, business, digital and operational skills.

What we offer

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• Excellent bonus scheme upon meeting KPIs
• Excellent pension plan
• Bupa health care cover
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Paid NMC membership
• Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound good? We'd love to hear from you. Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.