Registered Manager (Nurse Qualified) | Nursing Home

Compass Associates; Shoreham-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Compass Associates are retained on a fully confidential search for an incoming Registered Manager on behalf of a well-regarded, values-led independent nursing home operator in Shoreham-by-Sea. This is a hands-on, visible leadership role with full operational and clinical responsibility, working alongside the Operations Director to sustain quality, drive occupancy growth and further develop the clinical team.

The environment is high-trust and high-autonomy, with strong group support behind you.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC PIN.
• Proven Registered Manager experience within a nursing home setting.
• Strong clinical governance background across pressure area management, safeguarding and CQC notifications.
• Mentoring and developing nurses on the floor.
• Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management, or willingness to work towards.

Responsibilities

• Take full operational and clinical responsibility for the service.
• Lead and develop the clinical team; work with Operations Director and group leadership.
• Protect and build on the home's established quality position; drive occupancy growth.
• Operate in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment; deliver care with purpose.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Mentoring nurses

Occupancy growth

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (NMC PIN)

Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Job description

Registered Manager (Nurse Qualified) | Nursing Home

Shoreham-by-Sea

Salary: Up to £70,000 + benefits

Requirements:

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC PIN
• Proven Registered Manager experience within a nursing home setting
• Strong clinical governance background across pressure area management, safeguarding and CQC notifications
• Demonstrable experience mentoring and developing nurses on the floor
• Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management, or willingness to work towards

The Role

Compass Associates are retained on a fully confidential search for an incoming Registered Manager on behalf of a well-regarded, values-led independent nursing home operator.

This is a hands‑on, visible leadership appointment at the heart of a close‑knit nursing home. The successful candidate will take full operational and clinical responsibility for the service, working alongside the Operations Director and wider group leadership team to protect and build on the home’s established quality position, continue occupancy growth and further develop the clinical team.

The environment is genuinely high‑trust and high‑autonomy. The operator empowers its Registered Managers to lead their homes their own way, with meaningful group support sitting behind them rather than layered above them.

Candidate

We are seeking a confident, calm and diplomatic Registered Nurse leader who is comfortable leading from the front and building trust quickly across a mixed clinical and care team.

You will bring credible clinical governance experience, particularly around pressure area care, falls prevention, end‑of‑life care, safeguarding and CQC notifications. Equally, you will be commercially aware and comfortable with occupancy growth, self‑funder markets, workforce planning and cost‑effective rota management.

Experience within a value driven, hands‑on, growth oriented care environment would be highly advantageous, as would exposure to leading a home through a period of change. Above all, the successful candidate will be motivated by purpose, by the pace and warmth of a value driven operator, and by the visible personal impact of running a home well.

Location

On‑site at the home, Shoreham-by-Sea. Local candidates or those genuinely open to relocation are strongly preferred.

Summary

A rare opportunity to lead a well‑established nursing home for a values‑led operator that genuinely empowers its Registered Managers. Real autonomy, meaningful group support and the scope to make a lasting personal impact on a home you can properly call your own.

Full package includes a competitive base salary of up to £70,000 depending on experience, and wider benefits.