Job Description
Join Us to Lead Something Truly Exceptional
At Summit Care Group, part of the wider We Care Group, we’re dedicated to delivering outstanding care to older people across our existing portfolio of 35 care homes. With an emphasis on family, honesty, and respect, we’re building a new generation of care services focused on excellence, innovation, and compassion.
We are now seeking a Commissioning Home Manager to lead the opening and long-term success of Oaklands, a brand-new, purpose-built, 66 bed care home in Leyland, Lancashire. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape a home from day one, establish an outstanding team, and create a thriving community rooted in quality and care.
About The Role
What You’ll Bring
· Demonstrated leadership in a care home setting
· In-depth knowledge of CQC standards and a track record of strong regulatory performance
· Passion for delivering person-centred care at the highest standard
· Experience in commissioning or launching new services (preferred but not essential)
· A current NMC pin – Registered Nurse (RGN)
What You’ll Do
* Lead the commissioning process from build handover to first admissions
* Recruit, inspire, and lead a dedicated, high-performing care team
* Develop a strong local reputation and drive private and local authority occupancy
* Oversee clinical governance, compliance, staffing, and budgeting
* Create a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture for both residents and staff
* Work closely with the senior management team to ensure long-term success
Why Join Summit Care Group?
· Competitive salary and benefits package
· Be the founding leader of a flagship new care home
· Work with a progressive, supportive team with clear values
· Real influence on shaping culture, standards, and success
· Excellent development and leadership opportunities
If you're a passionate and driven leader ready to take on a new challenge, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to make a lasting impact from day one. Apply today and lead the journey at Oaklands.
Skills Needed
About The Company
We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment.
Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings.
Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.
Company Culture
As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support.
We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive.
We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits.
And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.
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Closing DateWednesday 30th April, 2025