Care Home Manager- Nursing Home,Manchester

A Role for a Manager Who Wants a Real Challenge – With Real Support Behind Them

Let's be honest with you from the outset, because that's how we work.

This is a 43-bed nursing home with a Good CQC rating – but we're not complacent about it. There is genuine work to do to strengthen and sustain that rating, and we're looking for a manager who sees that as an opportunity rather than a problem. If you're the kind of leader who is energised by taking a good service and making it demonstrably better – tightening governance, embedding quality systems, and building a team culture that holds standards without you having to chase them – this role will suit you.

What we can promise is that you won't be doing it alone.

The Support Around You

A Regional Manager who has done the job. You'll report to a Regional Manager with extensive hands-on home management experience and clinically sound knowledge drawn from both high-acuity settings and nursing homes. That means when you raise a clinical governance issue, a staffing challenge, or a difficult regulatory question, you're talking to someone who understands it from the inside – and who will roll their sleeves up alongside you, not just ask for reports.

A peer network of Home Managers across the patch. Our managers across the region genuinely support each other – sharing tools, benchmarking practice, problem-solving together, and picking up the phone when one of them needs a second opinion. You'll join an established group of experienced managers, not sit in isolation.

An experienced central team. Group-level support on compliance, medication governance, policy, HR, and quality auditing – with well-developed audit tools, digital care planning (PCS) and eMAR systems already in place. This is a largely paperless, systems-led environment.

The Role

You'll take overall responsibility for the culture, quality, compliance, and performance of the home, with significant autonomy and clear accountability. Your priorities will include:

Leadership & Culture – Provide visible, consistent leadership; build a professional, respectful, high-performing team; address performance issues constructively and fairly.

Quality & Compliance – Maintain full CQC compliance; lead inspection readiness; drive improvement plans through to completion; ensure safeguarding, clinical governance, and risk management systems genuinely work – not just exist on paper.

Governance & Auditing – Own the home's quality assurance cycle; ensure audits are completed accurately and actions followed through; use data and feedback to drive continuous improvement.

Resident Experience – Ensure residents feel safe, supported, and at home; maintain high standards of person-centred care planning and review; manage concerns and complaints openly and professionally.

Operational Management – Oversee staffing, rotas, recruitment, and retention; manage agency usage; ensure training, supervision, and appraisal systems are effective.

Financial & Commercial – Manage budgets, support occupancy, and maintain strong relationships with commissioners.

External Relationships – Represent the home professionally with families, professionals, commissioners, and the local community.

Who We're Looking For

Essential:

Minimum 2 years' experience as a Care Home Manager

Level 4 or Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)

Track record of achieving and maintaining Good or Outstanding CQC outcomes

Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and safeguarding

Experience managing medium-sized nursing homes

Confidence in managing performance and having difficult conversations

High level of IT literacy – confident with digital care planning, auditing, rota, and compliance systems in a largely paperless environment

Commercial awareness and budget management experience

Full UK driving licence

Desirable:

Registered Nurse with a valid NMC PIN

Experience leading service improvement or turnaround – if you've strengthened a service before and enjoyed it, we want to hear from you

What We Offer

Salary up to £65,000

Performance-related bonus

Company pension

Paid breaks

Free on-site parking

Ongoing professional development

A Regional Manager and peer manager network who will genuinely back you

Clear progression opportunities within a stable and growing group

Why This Role, Why Now

Plenty of Good-rated homes advertise for managers to "keep things ticking over." This isn't that. We're looking for someone who wants to put their stamp on a service – to walk into their next inspection confident, evidenced, and proud of what they've built – and who values working within a group that combines real autonomy with real support.

If that sounds like you, we'd like to talk.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension

On-site parking

Application question(s):

Tell me a little about yourself and why you’ve applied for the role?

How many years of Care Home Management experience do you have?

Do you have Leadership and Management in Care level 4/5?

Do you have a valid NMC Pin

What is the postcode you will be commuting from?

Do you have a valid driving license and use of a car?

Have you been registered with CQC before?

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person