Registered Care Home Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Ledsham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent bonus scheme upon KPIs

Bupa health care cover

Pension plan

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking an experienced Home Manager for Wheldale Heights in Castleford. You will lead a two-unit care home with a focus on person-centred, quality-driven care and strong governance, while shaping the service and team to deliver outstanding outcomes.

You will have autonomy to drive improvements, manage recruitment and occupancy, and oversee data-driven decision making to support sustainable business and excellent resident care.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN and nursing registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality initiatives and continuous improvement in the home.
• Manage and develop the team to deliver person‑centred care.
• Oversee recruitment and staff development.
• Oversee referral management and occupancy.
• Collect, analyse and interpret data for service improvement.
• Manage financial performance and budgets.
• Maintain strong relationships with local commissioners and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

NMC PIN

Care home management

Budgeting

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Care home: Wheldale Heights - Castleford

Contract type: 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 Wheldale Heights, Castleford.

This role offers you the opportunity to shape your own service and team, and really make a difference to people’s lives in a purpose built, state of the art home.

We have innovative digital systems to support you in all aspects of running your home, so you can spend less time doing paperwork and more time with your team and the people you support.

For Managers wishing to develop and grow, our training is second to none. We have a range of in-house leadership and management development programmes to support your career development.

About Wheldale Heights

Located on Wheldon Road in Ferry Fryston, Wheldale Heights has 24 bedrooms across two small, purpose-built units, creating a homely and supportive environment that’s more responsive to individual needs.

Wheldale Heights is split into two units, the Lynx Unit and the Orion Unit. The Lynx Unit is a male only unit, providing care for complex mental health needs arising from brain injury or neurological diagnosis, such as acquired brain injury or dementia. The Orion Unit provides care for complex mental health needs linked to the early to mid-stage of a neurological diagnosis such as Huntingdon's disease.

We are thrilled to share that Wheldale Heights achieved a Good rated CQC as of April 2026! Creating an ideal environment for a new Home Manager to lead an engaged and passionate team, as the home continues to strive for outstanding care!

About the role

As a Home Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you won’t just manage your home, you’ll be the heartbeat of everything that happens there.

You’ll be given a great deal of autonomy and will lead by example, driving your team and pushing for continuous improvement daily. You’ll provide person-centred and quality driven care to ensure that you make every day better for the people who live and work in your home.

This is both an inward and outward focused position, demanding attention to multiple factors, including but not limited to:

• 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

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You must also have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.

As this is a leadership role, you should have a minimum of three years management experience, ideally in a complex care setting. The role is also ideal for an experienced Deputy Manager looking for the next step in their career.

You’re also someone with:

• a thorough understanding of nursing care best practice, sector specific and employer legislation and governance frameworks
• great communication skills, able to build relationships with local commissioners and professionals
• the ability to inspire, lead and manage a team
• excellent time management skills, able to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines
• an excellent range of clinical, business, digital and operational skills.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• 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
• life assurance
• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

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