Registered Care Home Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider. Join us as our Home Manager at our new commissioning home, Laurel Place Care Home in Bishop Auckland .

This role offers you the opportunity to shape your own service and team, and really make a difference to people's lives in a purpose built, state of the art home.

We have innovative digital systems to support you in all aspects of running your home, so you can spend less time doing paperwork and more time with your team and the people you support.

For Managers wishing to develop and grow, our training is second to none. We have a range of in-house leadership and management development programmes to support your career development.

About Exemplar Health Care

Laurel Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Laurel Place will be a 38 bed home, including 6 self-contained apartments, supporting adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home is due to open in February 2025.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

As a Home Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you won't just manage your home, you'll be the heartbeat of everything that happens there.

You'll be given a great deal of autonomy and will lead by example, driving your team and pushing for continuous improvement daily. You'll provide person-centred and quality driven care to ensure that you make every day better for the people who live and work in your home.

This is both an inward and outward focused position, demanding attention to multiple factors, including but not limited to:

quality initiatives and improvement
team leadership and management
recruitment and colleague development
referral management and occupancy
data collection, analysis and interpretation
financial management
customer relationships and marketing to ensure business sustainability and success.
Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/377450472

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You must also have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.

As this is a leadership role, you should have a minimum of three years management experience, ideally in a complex care setting. The role is also ideal for an experienced Deputy Manager looking for the next step in their career.

You're also someone with:

a thorough understanding of nursing care best practice, sector specific and employer legislation and governance frameworks
great communication skills, able to build relationships with local commissioners and professionals
the ability to inspire, lead and manage a team
excellent time management skills, able to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines
an excellent range of clinical, business, digital and operational skills.

retail and lifestyle reward discounts
excellent bonus scheme upon meeting KPIs
excellent pension plan
Bupa health care cover
electric car salary sacrifice scheme
paid NMC membership
paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
24/7 counselling and support
Blue Light Card eligibility.