Registered Care Home Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Leigh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision and peer support

Career development opportunities

Paid NMC membership

24/7 counselling and support

24/7 counselling and support

Job summary

A reputable care organization is seeking a Registered Care Home Manager for their Lakeview Care Home in Leigh. This role requires a first-level nursing registration and a history of effective management within complex care settings. As the Home Manager, you will champion team leadership and drive quality initiatives while ensuring outstanding care for residents. You will have opportunities for professional growth and development, supported by a strong training program tailored for managers.

Qualifications

• At least three years management experience in a complex care setting.
• A valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
• Experience achieving good or outstanding CQC outcomes.
• Ability to lead and develop teams.
• Strong communication with commissioners and professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred and quality driven care.
• Drive continuous improvement within the team.
• Manage recruitment and colleague development.
• Referral management and occupancy.
• Data collection, analysis and interpretation.
• Customer relationships and marketing for sustainability and success.

Skills

Nursing care best practice

Leadership

Communication skills

Time management

Team management

Education

First-level nursing registration

3+ years management experience in complex care

Tools

Digital care systems

Job description

Registered Care Home Manager

Contract type: Full Time, 40 hours per week.

Rate: Competitive salary-dependent on experience

Due to internal progression, we have an exciting opportunity to join us as our new Home Manager at Lakeview Care home in Leigh.

Lakeview was rated Good by the CQC in October 2025, giving you the opportunity to build on previous success and aim to deliver outstanding care for our residents!

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 Lakeview

Located in Leigh, Lakeview has 30 bedrooms thoughtfully divided into three small, purpose‑built units, each designed to provide highly personalised, nurse‑led care for adults with complex needs. This structure allows the home to offer a calm, supportive environment where care is tailored to both clinical requirements and individual lifestyles.

Firetree Unit

Female‑only unit supporting adults with complex mental health needs, dementia, and physical disabilities. Care is delivered in a structured yet homely setting, with a strong emphasis on personalised routines, emotional wellbeing, and maintaining independence wherever possible.

Bridgewater Unit

Male‑only unit specialising in dementia care, including support for individuals who may experience behaviours of concern. Staff are trained in positive behaviour support approaches, focusing on dignity, engagement, and meaningful daily activity as cognitive needs progress.

Pennington Unit

Male‑only unit supports adults with complex mental health needs and neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease. This unit provides specialist nursing care that addresses both the physical and psychological aspects of long‑term and progressive conditions, ensuring residents receive consistent, expert support in a stable environment.

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 focussed 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
• 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. You will have previous experience in achieving good or outstanding outcomes with the CQC, ensuring exceptional care for the individuals we support.

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

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• 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. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Nurse Talent Specialist Craig on 07506991913, or email [e-mail].

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.

Additional Information

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Management, Quality Assurance, and Health Care Provider