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Care Home Manager – Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum + performance bonus
Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Hours: 40 hours per week | Permanent
Home Size: 35 beds
NMC PIN: Preferred, but not essential

Care Home Manager Benefits
  • Salary up to £65,000 per annum.
  • Annual performance-based bonus.
  • Clear career development and progression opportunities.
  • Hundreds of employee discounts across shopping, holidays, dining, technology and more.
  • Employee recognition and long-service awards.
  • 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
  • Company-supported pension scheme.
  • Fully funded DBS check.
  • Ongoing professional development and training.
The Opportunity We are recruiting an experienced Care Home Manager to lead a well-established 35-bed elderly care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

The home provides specialist residential, dementia and nursing care, and requires a confident, commercially aware leader who can maintain high standards of care while delivering strong operational performance.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Registered Manager, Home Manager, Nursing Home Manager or Care Home Manager looking to join an established care provider offering a competitive salary, performance-related bonus and genuine opportunities for career progression.

Your Role as Care Home Manager As Care Home Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the leadership, quality, compliance and commercial performance of the home.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the day-to-day operation of the 35-bed care home.
  • Maintaining high standards of person-centred care and resident experience.
  • Ensuring full compliance with CQC regulations and regulatory requirements.
  • Driving continuous improvement across quality, care and operational performance.
  • Recruiting, developing, motivating and retaining a high-performing care team.
  • Providing visible and supportive leadership to colleagues across the home.
  • Managing staffing levels, rotas, agency usage and workforce costs effectively.
  • Taking responsibility for budgets and overall financial performance.
  • Supporting occupancy and building the home's reputation within the local community.
  • Developing strong relationships with residents, relatives, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
  • Ensuring safeguarding, governance, health and safety and quality assurance procedures are consistently maintained.
  • Creating a positive culture where colleagues are engaged and residents receive consistently high-quality care.
What We're Looking For We are looking for an experienced care home leader with a strong understanding of quality, compliance, people management and operational performance.

You will ideally have:

  • Proven experience as a Care Home Manager, Registered Manager, Nursing Home Manager or senior care home leader.
  • Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, compliance and quality frameworks.
  • A track record of maintaining or improving Good or Outstanding CQC standards.
  • A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care, or an equivalent management qualification.
  • Strong leadership and people-management skills.
  • Experience managing budgets, staffing and operational performance.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
  • A clear understanding of safeguarding and person-centred care.
  • The ability to build an engaged, stable and high-performing team.
  • A genuine commitment to delivering excellent elderly and dementia care.
A nursing qualification with an active NMC PIN would be advantageous, although this is not essential for the position.

Why Apply? This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of an established 35-bed care home while being supported by an experienced wider organisation.

You'll have the autonomy to lead your team, influence the home's performance and continue developing your career within the care sector.

With a salary of up to £65,000 plus an annual performance bonus, comprehensive employee benefits and ongoing professional development, this is an attractive opportunity for an ambitious care home leader in the Chesterfield area.

Apply for the Care Home Manager Role If you're an experienced Care Home Manager or Registered Manager looking for your next opportunity in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion about the position.

Applications are welcomed from suitably experienced candidates from elderly residential, dementia and nursing care backgrounds.
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