Registered Home Manager

Willing Recruitment; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Enhanced DBS check

Benefits portal

Employee Assistance Programme

Modern working environment

Job summary

Willing Recruitment is seeking a Registered Care Home Manager in Salisbury to lead a modern, purpose-built home delivering high-quality residential and dementia care for older adults. The role focuses on ensuring exceptional person-centred care while managing people, quality, occupancy, budgets and operations.

The successful candidate will have Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care or equivalent, a strong track record in older peoples care, and deep knowledge of CQC regulations

Qualifications

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Proven management experience within an older people\'s residential or nursing care home.
• Strong track record of successfully managing and developing a care service.
• Excellent understanding of CQC regulations, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
• Experience managing budgets, financial performance and cost control.
• Strong understanding of occupancy management and the ability to support sustainable growth.
• Experience leading, recruiting, developing and retaining high-performing teams.
• Confidence monitoring quality and implementing effective improvement plans.
• Good knowledge of dementia care and the needs of older adults.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong and visible leadership across the home.
• Ensure residents receive consistently high-quality, personalised care.
• Maintain compliance with CQC requirements and work towards achieving the highest possible regulatory standards.
• Lead, motivate and develop the home\'s management, care and support teams.
• Take responsibility for budgets, staffing costs and overall financial performance.
• Monitor and develop occupancy, supporting enquiries and admissions while building positive relationships within the local community.
• Oversee safeguarding, complaints, incidents and risk management.
• Use audits, feedback and quality indicators to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Build positive relationships with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the home operates safely, effectively and sustainably.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Occupancy management

Regulatory compliance

Team development

Dementia care knowledge

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care

Job description

Registered Home Manager Willing Recruitment Salisbury, United Kingdom

Registered Care Home Manager

Up to £85,000 per year | Full Time | Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm | Good CQC

This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished Registered Care Home Manager to take the lead of a modern, purpose-built home providing high-quality residential and dementia care for older adults.

Rated Good by the CQC, the home benefits from state-of-the-art facilities that have been thoughtfully designed around residents' comfort, independence and changing care needs. The focus is on creating somewhere that feels like home while maintaining excellent standards of care, safety and service.

We're looking for an experienced manager who understands both sides of running a successful care home: delivering exceptional, person-centred care while confidently managing people, quality, occupancy, budgets and operational performance.

What We're Looking For

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Proven management experience within an older people's residential or nursing care home.
• Strong track record of successfully managing and developing a care service.
• Excellent understanding of CQC regulations, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
• Experience managing budgets, financial performance and cost control.
• Strong understanding of occupancy management and the ability to support sustainable growth.
• Experience leading, recruiting, developing and retaining high-performing teams.
• Confidence monitoring quality and implementing effective improvement plans.
• Good knowledge of dementia care and the needs of older adults.
• Strong commercial awareness alongside a genuine commitment to person-centred care.

What's On Offer

• Salary up to £85,000 per year
• Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm
• Life assurance
• Paid enhanced DBS check
• Benefits portal
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to lead a Good CQC-rated, purpose-built care home
• Modern, state-of-the-art working environment

Leading the Home

As Registered Care Home Manager, you'll take overall responsibility for the quality, culture and performance of the service. Your role will include:

• Provide strong and visible leadership across the home.
• Ensure residents receive consistently high-quality, personalised care.
• Maintain compliance with CQC requirements and work towards achieving the highest possible regulatory standards.
• Lead, motivate and develop the home's management, care and support teams.
• Take responsibility for budgets, staffing costs and overall financial performance.
• Monitor and develop occupancy, supporting enquiries and admissions while building positive relationships within the local community.
• Oversee safeguarding, complaints, incidents and risk management.
• Use audits, feedback and quality indicators to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Build positive relationships with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the home operates safely, effectively and sustainably.

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.

Reference: WILL253710/AP