Position: Registered Care Home Manager

Care home: Lepton Heights
Location: Lepton, Huddersfield
Contract type: Full Time  
Rate: Competitive salary-dependent on experience

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider.  Join us as Home Manager at our new care home Lepton Heights.

This role offers you the opportunity to shape your own service and team, and really make a difference to people’s lives in a 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 

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

Lepton Height is our brand new home to open in Huddersfield, which will support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

The home will have 43 large bedrooms across 3 Units and 2 apartments. Lepton Heights will provide a supportive environment, people will get the nursing care they need and be able to stay closer to their loved ones

This is an incredibly exciting time to join us and be a part of the development of a brand new service, You will be part of the journey from the very beginning, giving you a real opportunity to make your mark.

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:  

About you

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.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including: 

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects 

• 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.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’. 

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Management Talent Specialist on gcockroft@exemplarhc.com

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.