Registered Home Manager | Complex Dementia
Gravesend, Kent
£85,000 - £95,000 + up to 50% bonus + private medical insurance and attractive benefits
Full Time
The Home
This is a large, purpose-built care home in Northfleet, Gravesend, providing specialist care for residents with complex and advanced dementia needs alongside nursing, palliative and respite care.
The home provides a specialist environment designed around the needs of people living with dementia, with dedicated nursing and care teams, secure outdoor spaces, en-suite bedrooms and a strong focus on person-centred care.
With 76 beds and a significant proportion of residents living with advanced dementia, this is a home where experienced leadership and a genuine understanding of complex dementia care are essential.
The home is now looking for an experienced Home Manager to provide strong, visible leadership, bring consistency to the service and continue developing a positive culture across the team.
The Role
This is an opportunity for an experienced Home Manager to take ownership of a sizeable and established dementia service within a reputable national care provider.
You will be responsible for providing clear operational leadership across the home, ensuring high standards of care are consistently delivered while developing and supporting the team around you.
The role will have a strong focus on quality, governance, leadership and culture, alongside the operational and commercial performance of the service.
You will lead from the front, setting clear expectations, developing your leadership team and ensuring residents remain at the heart of every decision.
The successful candidate will also build strong relationships with residents, relatives and external professionals, creating confidence in the service and ensuring a collaborative approach to care.
About You
We are looking for an experienced and credible Home Manager with a strong background in complex dementia care.
You may be nurse-qualified, but this is not essential. What matters is that you have substantial experience managing a complex care service and a genuine understanding of the challenges associated with advanced dementia.
You will be a visible and hands-on leader who is comfortable working within a large service and able to bring people with you through change.
You should be confident setting standards and holding people accountable, while also having the emotional intelligence to understand your team, develop talent and create a positive working environment.
You will ideally have experience of:
- Managing a large care home or complex care service
- Supporting residents with advanced or complex dementia
- Leading and developing multidisciplinary teams
- CQC compliance, governance and quality assurance
- Safeguarding, risk management and care planning
- Recruitment, retention and staff development
- Managing performance and creating accountability
- Building effective relationships with families and external professionals
- Managing the operational and commercial performance of a care service
Above all, you will be passionate about dementia care and committed to creating an environment where residents receive high-quality, person-centred support and staff understand what good looks like.
What You Will Bring
This role would suit a Home Manager who is looking for more than simply maintaining the status quo.
You will have the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the home, its residents and its team through strong leadership, consistency and a clear focus on quality.
We are particularly interested in speaking with managers who have experience in complex dementia, specialist nursing, high-acuity care or other challenging care environments.
Candidates do not need to be nurse-qualified provided they can demonstrate the right level of operational leadership and complex dementia experience.
The Package
- £85,000 - £95,000 basic salary
- Up to 50% annual performance bonus
- £10,000 welcome bonus
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension scheme
- 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Full-time position
Location
The home is based in Northfleet, Gravesend, with good commuting links from:
Dartford, Rochester, Northfleet, Strood, Bexley, Sevenoaks, Swanley, Greenhithe, Sidcup and Orpington.
Summary
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Home Manager with a strong background in complex dementia care to take the lead within a large specialist service.
You will join a reputable provider with established support systems and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the quality of care, team culture and overall performance of the home.
If you are an experienced Home Manager who understands complex dementia care and is looking for a role where your leadership can have a genuine impact, we would be keen to hear from you.
Recommendation
Compass Associates Ltd are acting as a recruitment consultancy for this permanent vacancy. We offer £500 John Lewis vouchers for each successful recommendation.
Contact
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please contact Toyin Afuye directly on 02392 316 036 / 07592145588.
Alternatively, please email an updated CV to [email protected]
