Nursing Home Manager – 12 month interim contract
This is a role for an experienced Interim Nursing Home Manager who can step into an established service, quickly understand what it needs and provide confident, consistent leadership from the outset.
Set in a beautiful location, the home provides high-quality residential, nursing and dementia care for older adults. There is a strong support structure around the service, but the home needs a Manager who can take genuine ownership of its day-to-day performance and provide the stability and direction needed for the long term.
Ideally, you’ll be RGN or RMN qualified, although an exceptional non-nurse Manager with a Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care and a strong track record of successfully managing a nursing home will also be considered.
We’re looking for someone who understands the full responsibility of running a nursing service – from CQC, compliance and governance to staffing, occupancy and financial performance – and who can balance strong operational management with a genuine focus on residents and quality of care.
What You’ll Receive
- Strong annual leave package
- Enhanced parental leave
- A strong support system around the home
Taking Ownership of the Home
- Take overall responsibility for the successful clinical, operational and financial performance of the nursing home
- Provide strong and consistent leadership across nursing, care and support teams
- Ensure the home remains compliant with CQC and wider regulatory requirements
- Lead preparation for CQC inspections and respond effectively to regulatory feedback
- Maintain robust systems around clinical governance, audits, safeguarding and risk management
- Monitor quality and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
- Oversee recruitment, staffing, retention and team performance
- Develop managers and senior colleagues to create a strong leadership structure within the home
- Manage budgets and resources effectively
- Maintain a clear focus on occupancy and the sustainable performance of the service
- Build strong relationships with residents, families and external professionals
- Ensure residents receive consistently safe, personalised and compassionate care
What We’re Looking For
- Proven Nursing Home Manager experience – essential
- Ideally RGN or RMN qualified with an active NMC registration
- Exceptional non-nurse Managers with a Level 5 Health & Social Care qualification and significant nursing home management experience will be considered
- Previous experience successfully managing a home through CQC inspections
- Excellent knowledge of compliance, clinical governance, safeguarding and quality assurance
- Confidence identifying areas for improvement and putting effective action plans in place
- Experience developing and retaining successful teams
- Good business acumen, with an understanding of budgets, occupancy, staffing and the wider performance of a nursing home
- A commitment to providing stable, long-term leadership for the home
- Full driving licence and access to a car – essential
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, NMC registration checks where applicable, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role.
Reference: WILL270846/AP
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