Nursing Home / Care Home Manager / Registered Manager
OTE £75,000 | Up to £70,000 DOE + £5,000
Welcome Bonus Days | Residential Care | Older People | Dementia Commutable from: East Grinstead, Forest Row, Lingfield, Turners Hill, Crawley, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Horsham, Redhill, Reigate, Oxted, Uckfield, Crowborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Edenbridge, Horley, Dorking, Godstone, Ditchling
Ready to lead a well‑resourced, well‑supported home where quality care genuinely comes first? This is your chance to step into a high‑impact Home Manager role with a provider that invests heavily in its people, its homes, and long‑term improvement.
The Role
You’ll take full ownership of a thriving residential care home, driving high standards, strong compliance, and a warm, person‑centred culture. You’ll lead the home with confidence, clarity, and compassion; deliver exceptional care standards and CQC compliance; inspire, develop, and support a multidisciplinary team; build strong relationships with residents, families, and professionals; champion independence, dignity, and outstanding resident experience; and drive continuous improvement and service development.
About You
You’re an experienced, motivated Home Manager who knows how to run a high‑quality older people’s service. You bring experience managing a nursing home, a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care (or equivalent), proven experience managing a residential or nursing home, strong understanding of CQC standards, governance, and compliance, a confident leadership style that motivates and develops teams, excellent communication and organisational skills, and a passion for person‑centred care and positive resident outcomes.
You’ll also have a Registered Managers Award Level 4 or Leadership & Management in Care Level 4/5, experience leading multidisciplinary teams, strong risk‑assessment capability, and a track record of improving services and achieving strong inspection results.
Desirable experience includes NMC registration (RGN/RMN/RNLD), service stabilisation, and strong partnership‑building skills.
What You’ll Get
Alongside a competitive salary, you’ll receive a £5,000 welcome bonus (£2.5k upfront + £2.5k after probation), flexible access to pay, a company stakeholder pension, paid NMC pin renewal, refer‑a‑friend bonuses up to £1,000, over 1,600 high‑street discounts, private healthcare with optional family cover, 24/7 online GP access (including children under 16), group life assurance, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays, a free homemade meal on shift, ongoing learning and development, support with professional qualifications, and an enhanced DBS/PVG paid