Regional Support Manager | Elderly Care | RGN/RMN
South & South West England | 8-Home Portfolio
£85,000 – £90,000 + Up to 20% Bonus + Mileage + Benefits
Full-Time | Permanent
A Regional Role With Real Influence
Are you an experienced senior care operator who enjoys being in the homes, developing managers and making things happen?
Compass Associates are exclusively partnering with an established elderly care provider to recruit a Regional Support Manager for a portfolio of eight care homes across Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Somerset and Cardiff.
This is not a role for someone who wants to manage performance from a spreadsheet.
We’re looking for a highly visible, hands-on regional leader who can walk into a service, quickly understand its people, quality, clinical and commercial position, identify where support is needed and work alongside the Home Manager to deliver sustainable improvement. Whether that means strengthening clinical governance, supporting a Home Manager through a challenging period, reducing agency dependency, improving occupancy or helping an already successful service reach the next level, you’ll have the autonomy and influence to make a genuine impact.
With a package of up to £90,000 + 20% regional performance bonus, this is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished multi-site operator, or an exceptional Nurse Home Manager ready for regional leadership.
The Role
As Regional Support Manager, you’ll provide operational and clinical leadership across eight elderly care homes.
You’ll work closely with individual Home Managers while maintaining oversight of performance across the wider portfolio.
Your responsibilities will include:
Coaching, developing and constructively challenging Home Managers
Driving consistently high standards of care and resident experience
Strengthening clinical governance, quality assurance and regulatory compliance
Supporting homes to achieve and maintain strong CQC outcomes
Identifying underperformance and implementing clear improvement plans
Supporting turnaround, service improvement and operational change
Developing confident, capable and accountable Home Managers
Improving recruitment, retention and workforce stability
Monitoring and reducing unnecessary agency usage
Supporting occupancy growth, enquiries and admissions
Monitoring budgets, staffing costs and overall commercial performance
Using quality and operational data to identify risks and opportunities
Sharing best practice and creating consistency across the portfolio
Ensuring improvements become embedded rather than providing short-term fixes
Every home is different, and you’ll have the autonomy to adapt your approach depending on what each service and Home Manager needs.
Who Are We Looking For?
You’ll be a credible senior operator with a strong background in elderly nursing care and the ability to balance quality, people and commercial performance.
You may already be working as a:
Regional Support Manager | Regional Operations Manager | Area Manager | Regional Manager | Peripatetic Manager
Alternatively, you could be an accomplished Nurse Home Manager who has delivered strong results, supported multiple services or taken on responsibilities beyond a traditional single-site remit and is ready to make the move into regional management.
Most importantly, you’ll be someone who can support without taking over. You’ll know how to coach a Home Manager, challenge when necessary and hold people accountable while giving them the confidence and tools to successfully lead their own service.
Essential Requirements
RGN or RMN with active NMC registration – essential
Strong management experience within elderly nursing care
Regional, multi-site or senior operational experience highly desirable
Strong understanding of CQC regulation, clinical governance and quality assurance
Evidence of achieving or maintaining strong regulatory standards
Experience implementing service improvement and operational action plans
Turnaround or challenging-service experience advantageous
Strong leadership, coaching and people-development skills
Commercial understanding of occupancy, staffing, agency, budgets and home performance
Ability to interpret operational data and turn findings into action
Confidence challenging and holding senior managers accountable
Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly
The Portfolio
You’ll oversee eight care homes across:
Oxfordshire | Wiltshire | Hampshire | Somerset | Cardiff
This is a genuinely mobile regional position, so candidates must be comfortable travelling regularly and prioritising their time according to the needs of the portfolio.
Locations that could provide good access include:
Swindon | Newbury | Didcot | Oxford | Reading | Chippenham | Marlborough | Devizes | Andover | Salisbury | Basingstoke
Candidates in surrounding areas with good access to the M4, A34 and wider road network are also encouraged to apply.
What’s On Offer?
£85,000 – £90,000 basic salary
Up to 20% annual regional performance bonus
Mileage paid at HMRC standard rate
Eight-home regional portfolio
Significant autonomy and operational influence
Direct exposure to senior operational leadership
Opportunity to develop and strengthen Home Managers
Genuine influence across quality, culture, occupancy and commercial performance
Why Consider It?
This role offers something beyond simply having eight homes underneath your name. You’ll have the opportunity to shape performance across an entire region, develop senior leaders, strengthen services and see the measurable impact of your work.
If you’re an experienced regional operator looking for a substantial new challenge, or an accomplished Nurse Home Manager who knows they’re ready for more – I’d be interested in having a confidential conversation.
Recommendations
Compass Associates Ltd are acting as the exclusive recruitment consultancy for this permanent opportunity. Know someone who could be a strong fit? We offer a £500 John Lewis voucher for every successful recommendation.
Contact
Chabely Lainez
Consultant | Compass Associates
☎ 02394 211145 / 07778 122535
📧 [email protected]
