Job Description

Registered Manager - Nursing Home

Employer: Brecon Care
Location: Abertillery
Contract: Full-time / Permanent
Salary: 35k pa (negotiable dependant on experience and qualifications)

About Us

Brecon Care Group is a family-run care provider with over 30 years' experience in delivering high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care from the heart of South Wales. Our core values of Dignity, Independence, Choice, Civil Rights, Security and Fulfilment guide us in creating warm, person-centred environments where residents feel safe, respected and supported.

Pen-Y-Bont Nursing Home is a purpose-built home in Abertillery offering residential, nursing and dementia care tailored to individual needs, delivered by dedicated and qualified teams.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Registered Manager to lead and manage all aspects of the home. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring excellent standards of care, compliance with regulation, and the ongoing development of our committed team. You will play a pivotal role in fostering a supportive and positive culture that reflects Brecon Care's values.

Purpose of the Role

To lead, manage and oversee all aspects of the nursing home in line with Welsh legislation, ensuring safe, high?quality, person?centred care that meets regulatory standards and the home's Statement of Purpose. The Registered Manager is accountable for service quality, compliance, staff leadership, and promoting the wellbeing, dignity, rights and independence of residents.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership & Management

Provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure the home delivers safe, effective, person?centred care. Lead and motivate nursing, care, and support staff; ensure staff feel supported, valued and trained to deliver high?quality care. Manage day?to?day operations, ensuring the home meets all regulatory, legal and quality standards. Maintain a positive, transparent, and collaborative culture aligned with the organisation's vision and values.

2. Regulatory Compliance

Ensure full compliance with Social Care Wales registration requirements, the Regulated Services. Maintain evidence that you are "fit" to be a registered manager:

Good character

Necessary qualifications

Competence, skills and experience

Health suitability

Provision of all required documentation

Work in partnership with CIW (Care Inspectorate Wales) and external agencies, addressing regulatory actions promptly.

3. Care Quality & Governance

Ensure clinical and personal care provided to residents is safe, holistic and meets NMC and Social Care Wales standards. Lead the development, implementation and review of personalised care plans. Monitor clinical practices including medication management, risk assessments, infection control, safeguarding, and clinical decision-making. Conduct audits, lead quality improvement initiatives, and ensure continuous improvement.
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4. Staffing & Workforce Development

Lead staff recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal and ongoing training. Ensure all staff meet mandatory and role?specific training standards. Plan rotas to ensure safe staffing levels. Promote a learning culture and ensure continual professional development (CPD) across the team. Ensure all nursing staff maintain professional registration when applicable.

5. Resident Wellbeing & Experience

Promote dignity, independence, rights, choice, and fulfilment for all residents. Ensure emotional, social, physical and spiritual needs are met, with multi?disciplinary engagement where needed. Encourage meaningful activities and resident involvement in decision?making.
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6. Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

Build strong relationships with residents, families, CIW, healthcare professionals, and community partners. Provide clear communication and maintain transparent records. Lead meetings, respond to concerns, and support safeguarding responsibilities.

7. Business & Operational Management

Ensure effective financial management, including budget oversight. Maintain high occupancy levels and ensure safe use of resources. Oversee environmental health, maintenance, and safety compliance.

Required Qualifications & Professional Requirements

? Level 5 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care: Practice (Wales)

City & Guilds Level 4 Preparing for Leadership & Management in Health and Social Care

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enrolment on the Level 5 qualification; or

Other Requirements

Demonstrable leadership experience in a regulated care setting.
Ability to meet the fitness requirements under Regulation 7 (good character, competence, qualifications etc.)

Strong understanding of CIW standards and Welsh social care legislation.

Excellent communication, organisational and people?management skills. Commitment to safeguarding and promoting resident wellbeing.

Desirable

Experience managing a nursing home setting. Clinical background (RGN desirable but not mandatory unless required by provider). Experience in quality assurance, audits, and service development.
Why Join Us?

Work with a supportive management team within a trusted care provider

Lead a skilled and compassionate team dedicated to high-quality care

Make a meaningful difference to the lives of residents and their families

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 35,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person