Job Description
Peripatetic Home Manager
£65,000–£70,000 per Annum | Full-Time Hours
High Wycombe & Surrounding Areas
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Care Home Manager to take on a varied leadership role, supporting care homes across High Wycombe and the surrounding areas.
We're looking for an established Home Manager with a strong track record of successful leadership and longevity in previous roles, who can confidently step into different services, support existing management teams and maintain high standards of care.
As Peripatetic Home Manager, you'll provide hands-on leadership wherever it's needed, whether supporting a home through a period of transition, strengthening operational performance or helping teams maintain excellent standards of care and compliance.
The role involves regular travel between services, with mileage covered for travel beyond the designated base journey.
What We're Looking For
- A valid NMC PIN or Level 5 qualification in Health and Social Care Leadership and Management – essential
- Proven experience as a Registered Care Home Manager – essential
- A stable employment history with longevity in previous management roles – essential
- A full UK driving licence – essential
- Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding and care quality standards
- Experience managing care home operations, staffing, occupancy and budgets
- Confidence supporting services through periods of change or improvement
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop different teams
- Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving abilities
- A flexible, adaptable and hands-on management approach
- Willingness to travel across High Wycombe and surrounding areas
What's On Offer
- £65,000–£70,000 per annum
- Mileage covered beyond base travel
- Company pension scheme
- Paid DBS check
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance
- Competitive annual leave package
- Employee benefits portal
Key Responsibilities
- Provide effective management and operational support across multiple care homes
- Step into services requiring additional leadership or management cover
- Maintain high standards of person-centred care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance
- Support and develop care home teams, promoting positive working environments
- Monitor service performance and implement improvements where required
- Oversee staffing, recruitment, occupancy and budget management
- Support homes with CQC inspections, action plans and quality improvement
- Work closely with senior leadership to ensure consistency across services
- Build positive relationships with residents, families and colleagues
- Ensure smooth transitions and continuity of leadership when supporting different homes
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, and any other pre-employment checks required for the role.
Reference: WILL268760/AP
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