Home Manager – Nursing & Residential Care Ipswich, Suffolk Up to £70,000 per annum + competitive bonus Are you an experienced Home Manager looking for an opportunity to shape a positive team culture and deliver exceptional, person-centred care? We are recruiting for a compassionate, commercially aware and values-led Home Manager to lead an established nursing and residential care home in a peaceful village setting near Ipswich. The home provides a range of services, including nursing, residential, dementia, respite and specialist neurological care. With landscaped gardens, welcoming communal spaces and a focus on meaningful activities and wellbeing, it offers an environment where quality of life matters just as much as quality of care. This is an opportunity to join a family-run care provider that puts relationships, dignity and individual choice at the heart of its approach. The Role – Home Manager As Registered Home Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the home’s day-to-day management, balancing excellent care delivery with strong leadership, regulatory compliance and commercial performance. Your responsibilities will include: Leading safe, person-centred nursing and residential care. Maintaining robust governance, quality assurance, audits and care planning. Ensuring safeguarding concerns are recognised, escalated and managed appropriately. Supporting a coordinated approach to residents’ complex and changing care needs. Recruiting, coaching and developing a confident, accountable team. Building trusting relationships with residents, relatives and healthcare professionals. Managing budgets, staffing resources and occupancy. Embedding continuous improvement and maintaining readiness for CQC inspection. Championing meaningful activities, wellbeing and residents’ independence.About You You will be a visible, approachable leader who combines high expectations with a supportive management style. You will ideally bring: Experience as a Home Manager, Registered Manager, Nursing Home Manager or an experienced Deputy Manager ready to progress. A strong understanding of nursing and residential care operations. A track record of delivering high standards of care, compliance and team performance. Sound knowledge of CQC requirements, safeguarding and clinical governance. Commercial awareness, including budget management and occupancy development. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build lasting relationships. A genuine commitment to dignity, choice and person-centred care.Experience supporting people with dementia, neurological conditions or complex nursing needs would be particularly valuable. A nursing qualification or clinical background would be advantageous. Salary & Benefits Up to £70,000 per annum. Competitive performance-related bonus. Supportive senior leadership within a family-run care provider. The opportunity to shape the home’s culture and ongoing development. Ongoing training, development and career progression.If you are a passionate Home Manager who wants to lead with compassion and make a lasting difference to residents and their families, apply today for a confidential discussion. Keywords: Home Manager, Registered Manager, Nursing Home Manager, Care Home Manager, Deputy Manager, Nursing Care, Residential Care, Dementia Care, Clinical Governance, CQC, Ipswich, Suffolk, Needham Market, Claydon