Interim Home Manager

Interim Home Manager 3 - 6 Months FTC Newcastle Upon Tyne Up to £65,000 + Benefits Package Lead Quality Care. Drive Positive Change. Make an Immediate Impact. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Interim Home Manager to join a well-established elderly care provider and take responsibility for the leadership and operational management of a residential care service in Newcastle. This role is ideally suited to an accomplished Home Manager who thrives in turnaround, stabilisation, occupancy growth, quality improvement, or transitional leadership environments. You will play a pivotal role in creating a positive culture, empowering teams, enhancing resident wellbeing, and ensuring the delivery of exceptional person-centred care. The Role As Interim Home Manager, you will provide strong, visible leadership across all aspects of the service, ensuring residents receive compassionate, safe, and high-quality care whilst maintaining full regulatory compliance and commercial performance. Key Responsibilities Provide inspirational leadership to the management team and wider workforce. Drive a culture centred around dignity, respect, compassion and resident wellbeing. Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations and quality standards. Lead on quality improvement initiatives, audits and action plans. Maintain excellent standards of care, governance and risk management. Support recruitment, retention, development and succession planning across the service. Monitor occupancy levels and contribute towards sustainable growth strategies. Manage budgets effectively and ensure strong financial performance. Build positive relationships with residents, families, professionals and external stakeholders. Prepare the service for inspections and support continuous improvement outcomes. Analyse operational performance data and implement effective improvement plans where required. About You Experienced Home Manager within elderly residential, nursing or dementia care. Proven track record of achieving strong regulatory outcomes. Demonstrable experience leading and developing high-performing teams. Passionate about delivering exceptional person-centred care. Strong understanding of safeguarding, governance and compliance frameworks. Commercially aware with experience managing budgets and occupancy performance. Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills. Adaptable, resilient and confident in driving change and improvement. Benefits Competitive salary up to £65,000. Supportive and values-led senior leadership team. Opportunity to make a genuine difference within a quality-focused organisation. Ongoing professional development and leadership support. Career progression opportunities within a growing care provider. Pension scheme. Generous annual leave entitlement. Employee wellbeing and assistance programme. Recognition and reward initiatives. Access to industry-leading training and development resources. Apply Today If you are an experienced Care Home Manager seeking your next interim leadership challenge and are passionate about creating outstanding outcomes for residents, staff and families, we would love to hear from you. Apply now for a confidential discussion. Our Promise: At New Way Recruitment, we believe in Heart-Led Hiring in Care. Guided by our ethos of “Recruiting with Care, Placing with Purpose”, we are committed to a recruitment experience where compassion meets opportunity. Our promise is simple: a heart-led, confidential, and individually tailored approach for every candidate and client we support. You can be assured that our team handles every step of the process with integrity, understanding, and genuine care. If you’re considering your next move and this job sounds like something you would be interested in then please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we’re here to help. INDHP