Registered Care Home Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Leigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leigh is seeking a dedicated Home Manager to oversee operations at Lakeview Care Home. The ideal candidate will ensure high standards of care while leading a team in a purpose-built environment. Responsibilities include managing quality initiatives, team leadership, and maintaining relationships with local commissioners. A minimum of three years’ experience in management within a complex care setting is required. This role offers opportunities for growth along with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance cover

Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years management experience in a complex care setting.
• Experience in achieving good or outstanding outcomes with the CQC.
• Ability to inspire, lead and manage a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage home and lead the team to provide high-quality, person-centred care.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the home.
• Ensure effective recruitment and development of colleagues.

Skills

Nursing care best practice

Team leadership

Great communication skills

Excellent time management

Education

First-level nursing registration with valid NMC PIN

Job description

Care home:Lakeview Care Home
Contract type:Full Time, 40 hours per week.
Rate:Competitive salary-dependent on experience

Due to internal progression, we have an exciting opportunity to join us as our new Home Manager at Lakeview Care home in Leigh.

Lakeview was rated Good by the CQC in October 2025, giving you the opportunity to build on previous success and aim to deliver outstanding care for our residents!

This role offers you the opportunity to shape your own service and team, and really make a difference to people’s lives in a purpose built, state of the art home.

We have innovative digital systems to support you in all aspects of running your home, so you can spend less time doing paperwork and more time with your team and the people you support.

For Managers wishing to develop and grow, our training is second to none. We have a range of in-house leadership and management development programmes to support your career development.

About Lakeview

Located on Ena Crescent in Leigh, Lakeview has 30 bedrooms thoughtfully divided into three small, purpose-built units, each designed to provide highly personalised, nurse-led care for adults with complex needs. This structure allows the home to offer a calm, supportive environment where care is tailored to both clinical requirements and individual lifestyles.

Firetree Unit is a female-only unit supporting adults with complex mental health needs, dementia, and physical disabilities. Care is delivered in a structured yet homely setting, with a strong emphasis on personalised routines, emotional wellbeing, and maintaining independence wherever possible.

Bridgewater Unit is a male-only unit specialising in dementia care, including support for individuals who may experience behaviours of concern. Staff are trained in positive behaviour support approaches, focusing on dignity, engagement, and meaningful daily activity as cognitive needs progress.

Pen Unit, also male-only, supports adults with complex mental health needs and neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease. This unit provides specialist nursing care that addresses both the physical and psychological aspects of long-term and progressive conditions, ensuring residents receive consistent, expert support in a stable environment.

About the role

As a Home Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you just manage your home, you’ll be the heartbeat of everything that happens there.

You’ll be given a great deal of autonomy and will lead by example, driving your team and pushing for continuous improvement daily. You’ll provide person-centred and quality driven care to ensure that you make every day better for the people who live and work in your home.

This is both an inward and outward focused position, demanding attention to multiple factors, including but not limited to:

quality initiatives and improvement

team leadership and management

recruitment and colleague development

referral management and occupancy

data collection, analysis and interpretation

customer relationships and marketing to ensure business sustainability and success.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You must also have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.

As this is a leadership role, you should have a minimum of three years management experience, ideally in a complex care setting.

You will have previous experience in achieving good or outstanding outcomes with the CQC, ensuring exceptional care for the individuals we support.

You’re also someone with:

a thorough understanding of nursing care best practice, sector specific and employer legislation and governance frameworks

great communication skills, able to build relationships with local commissioners and professionals

the ability to inspire, lead and manage a team

excellent time management skills, able to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines

an excellent range of clinical, business, digital and operational skills.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects

retail and lifestyle reward discounts

electric car salary sacrifice scheme

life assurance cover

paid access to the RCNi Learning platform

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Nurse Talent Specialist Craig on 07506991913,or email [e-mail]

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable the post.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

What’s happening at Exemplar Health Care

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment.

Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role-specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish.

Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.

From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.