New Job Opening: Nursing Home Manager in Sycamore Heights Nursing Home

Job Description

Nursing Home Manager

£60,000 per year + Bonus Scheme | Luxury Nursing & Dementia Care

We're looking for an accomplished Registered Home Manager to lead a luxury nursing home providing nursing and dementia care for a small number of older adults.

The home has been thoughtfully designed to combine excellent clinical care with a comfortable, high-quality environment, creating a service where residents receive individual attention while enjoying the surroundings and experience expected from premium care.

This position requires more than strong care knowledge. We're looking for a manager who understands how to run a commercially successful private care home, with experience driving occupancy, building the home's reputation and maintaining excellent regulatory standards.

The Experience We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Registered Home Manager within an older adult care setting is essential.


• Ideally NMC registered as an RGN or RMN.


• Experienced non-nurse managers with a Level 5 Health & Social Care/Leadership qualification may also be considered.


• Strong experience managing a nursing and/or dementia care home.


• Excellent working knowledge of CQC regulations and Fundamental Standards.


• A proven record of achieving and maintaining positive CQC outcomes..


• Proven commercial and business management experience within the private care sector.


• Experience managing and improving occupancy levels.


• Confidence with budgets, financial performance and operational targets.


• Proven ability to recruit, retain, motivate and develop high-performing teams.

What You'll Receive

• £60,000 per year


• Performance-related bonus scheme


• Comprehensive induction programme


• Ongoing training and professional development


• Annual leave increasing with length of service


• NMC renewal fee paid for nurse-qualified managers


• Benefits and discounts portal


• Opportunity to lead a small, luxury nursing and dementia care home

Leading the Home

• Provide strong and visible leadership across the nursing home.


• Ensure residents receive consistently high-quality, person-centred nursing and dementia care.


• Maintain excellent standards of CQC compliance, safeguarding and governance.


• Lead the home through inspections and ensure continuous regulatory readiness.


• Recruit, develop and retain a skilled and motivated team.


• Create a positive culture where colleagues understand expectations and feel supported to perform at their best.


• Take ownership of occupancy, budgets and commercial performance.


• Develop effective marketing strategies to strengthen the home's profile within the local community.


• Build relationships with families, healthcare professionals, commissioners and referral partners.


• Monitor enquiries and admissions and identify opportunities to increase occupancy.


• Oversee quality audits, improvement plans and operational performance.


• Maintain the premium standards and resident experience expected within a luxury care environment.


• Ensure the home remains financially sustainable without compromising the quality of care.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, qualification and NMC registration checks where applicable, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role.

Reference: WILL260714/DB