Home Manager – Commissioning Home!
Salary: Competitive
Location: 11 Kings Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 0TH
Job Role: Home Manager
Job Description
Join Our Team as a Home Manager at our brand new home, Keymer Hall by Boutique Care Homes, Opening Late 2025!
As the Home Manager you will be responsible for the overall management and operation of our new care home. You will lead the team in delivering the highest standards of care, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a supportive and nurturing environment for both residents and team.
Your role is essential in promoting the ethos & values of the company and creating a safe, comfortable, and homely atmosphere where residents can thrive.
Job Details
40 hours per week.
Why Boutique Care Homes?
- Competitive salary
- Company pension
- Free team lunches*
- Free on-site parking*
- Free employee expert counselling & support from qualified advisors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Refer a friend incentive scheme
- Blue Light Card discounts
- BCH quarterly recognition awards
- Long service awards
Key Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the care home.
- Provide strong and visionary leadership to all departments, including care, activities and support staff.
- Oversee and manage all aspects of care delivery, ensuring residents receive person-centred care tailored to their individual needs.
- Ensure strict adherence to all healthcare regulations, standards, and policies.
- Lead the care home through inspections and audits, addressing any areas of improvement and implementing corrective actions.
- Ensure that all of the Care Quality Commission’s requirements of written record keeping are strictly adhered to.
- Manage the care home’s budget, resources, and procurement to ensure efficient and effective operations.
- Maintain occupancy levels as per budget.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to maintain and improve standards of care.
- Lead the team, ensuring that the highest standards of resident care are achieved.
- Ensure that team supervision and appraisals are carried out in line with company policy.
- Effective communication with all parties including team, colleagues, residents, families, social workers and other external agencies.
- Arrange and chair regular team meetings and promote good communication between team and management in line with company policy.
- Ensure that there is budget control for all areas in terms of ordering and consumption and be commercially aware.
- Attend management meetings and ensure timely completion of action points and data / reporting requirement submissions.
- Provide information to the Home’s administration and Head Office team on all matters relating to resident admissions, moves, deaths and fees together with purchases and equipment requirements.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Proven experience in a senior management role within a care home or healthcare setting.
- Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, compliance, and best practices.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills.
- Empathy, patience, and a commitment to providing person-centred care.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- Diploma Level 5 or equivalent qualification in Leadership and Management.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise.
- Strong commercial awareness – care industry preferred but not required.
- Good people & relationship building skills.
- Clear, methodical working approach.
- Positive work ethics.
- Discretion and confidentiality.
- Highly proficient at Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word and Excel).