Registered Care Home Manager

Location: Leigh, Greater Manchester
Salary: £65,000 per annum
Contract: Full Time, 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

We are working in partnership with a forward-thinking and rapidly growing care provider to recruit an experienced Registered Care Home Manager for a purpose-built, state-of-the-art care home in Leigh.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong, values-led leader to take ownership of a modern service, shape the culture and team, and make a genuine impact on the lives of people receiving complex care.

The provider offers excellent autonomy, innovative digital systems, and industry-leading leadership development, enabling managers to focus on quality, people, and outcomes rather than excessive administration.

The Service

The home is a newly developed, purpose-built service, designed around smaller, self-contained units to create a homely and responsive environment. It supports individuals with complex nursing and long-term care needs, offering high-quality, person-centred care in a modern setting.

As a newer service, this role presents a fantastic opportunity to embed best practice, build a high-performing team, and work toward achieving a strong first CQC rating, with clear aspirations for Good or Outstanding.

The Role

As Registered Care Home Manager, you will be fully accountable for the clinical, operational, and commercial performance of the service.

This is a highly autonomous leadership role with responsibility for both internal performance and external relationships, including commissioners and key stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and embedding high-quality, person-centred nursing care

• Driving quality improvement initiatives and regulatory compliance

• Recruiting, developing, and retaining a skilled multidisciplinary team

• Managing referrals, occupancy, and relationships with commissioners

• Overseeing financial performance, budgets, and KPI delivery

• Using data effectively to monitor performance and inform decision-making

• Acting as a visible, inspirational leader within the home and wider organisation

• Promoting the service to support long-term sustainability and growth

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking an NMC-registered nurse with a valid PIN and a strong background in care home leadership, ideally within complex care or nursing environments.

This role would suit:

• An experienced Registered Care Home Manager, or

• A confident Deputy Manager ready to step into their first Home Manager role

Essential requirements:

• First-level nursing qualification with active NMC registration

• Minimum 3 years' management experience (ideally in complex care)

• Strong knowledge of CQC standards, governance, and legislation

• Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop large care teams

• Excellent communication skills, particularly with commissioners and professionals

• Strong organisational, digital, and operational capability

• A values-driven approach aligned with integrity, teamwork, responsiveness, and success

What's on Offer

• £65,000 salary

• Competitive bonus scheme linked to KPI achievement

• Excellent pension scheme

• Bupa private healthcare

• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

• Life assurance

• Paid access to RCNi Learning Platform

• Comprehensive leadership and management development programmes

• 24/7 wellbeing, counselling, and support services

• Retail and lifestyle discounts

• Blue Light Card eligibility

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.