Nursing Home Manager

Compass Associates • Full-time • Sittingbourne, GB • 1d ago

Nursing Home Manager – Elderly Care

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent.

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum + performance-related bonus

The Opportunity

Compass Associates is proud to be working in partnership with a well-established, family-run care provider to recruit a Registered Home Manager for a medium-sized nursing home in Sittingbourne, Kent.

This welcoming service provides high-quality nursing, residential, and dementia care within a supportive and community-focused environment.

As part of a close-knit group with strong values and a hands-on leadership team, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a provider where culture, continuity, and quality truly matter.

The Role

As Home Manager, you will be entrusted with leading the home in a way that reflects the provider’s family-led values and long-standing commitment to compassionate care.

You will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the service, ensuring high clinical standards, regulatory compliance, and financial stability.

More importantly, you will play a key role in nurturing a positive, inclusive culture where staff feel supported, residents feel at home, and families feel listened to.

This is a visible, hands-on leadership role. You will work closely with senior leadership within the group, contributing ideas, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining the strong sense of community that defines the organisation.

You will:

Lead with empathy, integrity, and approachability
Be passionate about creating a genuine “home from home” environment
Take pride in developing and retaining staff within a supportive culture
Be confident in managing compliance, performance, and budgets
Build trusted relationships with residents, relatives, and external professionals
This role would suit a manager who thrives in a family-run environment where decisions are made collaboratively, and quality of care always comes first.

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