Home Manager | Residential & Dementia Care

Home Manager | Residential & Dementia Care
Location: Essex
 

Compass Associates are delighted to be working with a quality-focused care provider who are looking to appoint an experienced, permanent Home Manager to lead a residential and dementia care home. The home offers long-term and respite care.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Home Manager to take on a large, fully occupied home. The home is looking for a visible, relationship-led leader who can build on its strengths, maintain high operational standards day to day and continue to raise the quality of care.

The Role:
As Home Manager, you will lead a large residential and dementia care home, reporting to the Regional Operations Director. The home is has excellent occupancy, with a mix of private and local authority funded residents. You will lead and develop the team, embed a culture of continuous improvement and ensure every resident receives person-centred, dignified care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the day-to-day running of the home to a consistently high operational standard
• Ensuring compliance with CQC requirements, statutory regulations and company policies, and driving continued quality improvement
• Ensuring care plans are complete, person-centred and cover all aspects of residents' needs
• Leading, supervising and developing the team, including recruitment, training, performance and mentoring
• Building strong relationships with residents, families, GPs, community nurses, pharmacists, local authorities and regulators
• Managing health and safety, risk assessment, infection control, medication governance and safeguarding
• Managing occupancy, revenue, staffing costs and budgets, with a focus on sustainability and growing private occupancy
• Providing regular quality reporting to senior management and the CQC

Requirements:

• Strong care home management experience, ideally from a residential background
• A proven track record of delivering good quality outcomes and strong CQC performance
• Strong CQC and regulatory knowledge
• Commercial awareness around occupancy, capacity and sustainability
• Experience of increasing private-fee occupancy would be advantageous
• Strong people leadership, with the ability to build trust and engagement
• A calm, visible and relationship-led style, balanced with the ability to be appropriately direct when required
• A management qualification (such as a QCF or equivalent) is desirable

Why This Role?
This is a chance to lead a well-occupied home with the backing of a senior team who are committed to quality, culture and resident outcomes. You will have the support and autonomy to shape the home's next stage of development and make a real impact on the lives of residents and colleagues.

If you're an experienced Home Manager who is ready for your next challenge, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Recommendations:
Compass Associates Ltd are acting as a recruitment consultancy for this permanent vacancy. We also offer £500 John Lewis vouchers or charity donation for every successful recommendation.

Applications:
If you'd like to find out more about this opportunity, please apply or send an updated copy of your CV to [email protected] or call direct on 02394 214481.