Peripatetic Manager

Location: Field-Based with frequent travel across care homes , East Sussex & Hampshire Salary: £67,900 Hours: Full-time, permanent Are you a dynamic and experienced care professional with the flexibility and expertise to support multiple care homes? Gilbert Meher, specialists in healthcare recruitment, are seeking a Peripatetic Homes Support Manager to work with a leading UK care provider, ensuring the highest standards of care and operational excellence are maintained across their homes. About the Role: As a Peripatetic Homes Support Manager, you will step into a vital leadership role, providing hands-on support to care homes in the absence of Home Managers or Deputies, or assisting them as needed. You will ensure the smooth running of homes, focusing on delivering excellent resident care, overseeing medication administration, managing staff, and maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations. This field-based role offers a unique opportunity to work across various homes, supporting and improving care standards while fostering relationships with residents, staff, healthcare professionals, and external stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage homes in the absence of the Home Manager or Deputy Manager, ensuring consistent, high-quality care. Oversee the administration of medication to ensure compliance with company policies and best practices. Provide direct support to Home Managers and staff to maintain excellent nursing and residential care standards. Collaborate with healthcare professionals, residents, and their families to promote person-centred care. Ensure the recruitment and retention of staff meets the needs of residents and maintain appropriate staffing levels. Ensure care plans are up-to-date, comprehensive, and reflect each resident’s individual needs. Regularly monitor and maintain the condition of the home and its resources, ensuring residents' environments are safe and comfortable. Support the ongoing training and development of staff to ensure competency and high-quality care delivery. Attend and facilitate staff meetings, ensuring communication flows smoothly and efficiently across the team. Maintain accurate records of financial expenditures, such as petty cash, and ensure compliance with administrative procedures.About You: To succeed in this role, you will need a proactive and adaptable approach, with a genuine passion for delivering high-quality care across multiple settings. You must be an excellent communicator and possess strong leadership skills to inspire and manage diverse teams in a fast-paced environment. Essential Requirements: Proven experience in a leadership role within the care sector, ideally with experience managing multiple homes. Strong knowledge of medication management and care planning. Ability to build effective relationships with staff, residents, families, and external stakeholders, such as local authorities and healthcare professionals. Excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise workload and manage homes under pressure. Up-to-date understanding of CQC regulations and care standards. Willingness to travel extensively to different care homes as required. Proficient IT skills, with experience in handling care systems and reporting.Why Join Us? This is an exciting opportunity to bring your leadership skills and care expertise to a field-based role, working with a supportive and forward-thinking organisation. You will play a critical role in maintaining and elevating the quality of care across multiple homes, with opportunities for ongoing professional development and career progression. Please Note: A valid DBS check is required, which will be funded by the employer. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK is required. This advert may close early depending on the volume of applications received.If you are a skilled care home professional looking for a new and challenging role with the opportunity to make a real difference across multiple settings, apply today through Gilbert Meher and join a team dedicated to excellence in elderly care