About the Service
Our care and nursing homes are real homes — welcoming Jewish communities built on belonging, dignity, and connection. They are vibrant environments filled with meaningful activities, entertainment, companionship, and compassionate support. Residents benefit from synagogue services, kosher or kosher-style meals, and celebrations of Shabbat and Jewish festivals throughout the year.
Alongside our residential care homes, our Retirement Living communities offer tenants the opportunity to remain independent within a warm, supportive Jewish environment, with reassurance that 24-hour support is available whenever needed.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Operations Manager – Nursing Services to provide operational leadership and support across our Nursing Homes.
Working closely with Registered Managers, clinical leads, and multidisciplinary teams, you will support excellence in clinical practice, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and staff development. You will help ensure that robust governance and quality processes are embedded across services while supporting teams to deliver safe, person-centred care.
This role is operationally focused and works closely alongside senior leadership to ensure agreed clinical and organisational processes are consistently implemented across all nursing services.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Line Management
Provide leadership, coaching, and support to Registered Managers and senior teams
Set and monitor objectives relating to quality, occupancy, staffing, budgets, and operational performance
Conduct regular 1:1s, coaching sessions, and performance reviews
Support managers to deliver high-quality, person-centred care and operational excellence
Clinical Oversight
- Provide day-to-day clinical and operational oversight across nursing services
- Support teams with medication management, infection prevention and control, risk assessment, end-of-life care, and nursing documentation
- Monitor clinical quality indicators and ensure improvement actions are completed
- Escalate safeguarding concerns, incidents, and clinical risks appropriately to senior leadership
Quality & Governance
- Work collaboratively with the Quality Assurance & Impact Team and wider departments to support effective governance processes
- Ensure audits, complaints, incidents, feedback, and action plans contribute to continuous improvement
- Promote regulatory readiness and support homes during inspections and contract monitoring
- Work closely with the CQC and Compliance Lead and fellow Operations Managers to embed best practice
- Working closely with CQC and Quality Assurance Lead to review feedback and set improvement plans
Operational Management
- Provide practical day-to-day operational support to Registered Managers
- Assist with staffing coordination, rota oversight, documentation, and routine communications
- Provide short-term management cover when required
- Support homes to achieve occupancy and financial performance targets
- Help remove operational barriers and support service efficiencies and improvements
- Undertaking full range of people management
Resident & Stakeholder Experience
- Promote excellent customer service and positive engagement with residents, families, staff, volunteers, and external professionals
- Support managers in resolving complex or sensitive issues effectively and compassionately
- Act as a visible, approachable, and supportive leader across multiple sites
- Market and promote opportunities for potential new residents to access Jewish Care services
Continuous Improvement
- Lead and support cross-home initiatives focused on admissions, wellbeing, hospitality, activities, and quality improvement
- Encourage innovation, learning, and the adoption of new technologies and best practice
- Support sustainable improvements through strong manager engagement and ownership
About You
You will be a compassionate and experienced leader with strong operational and clinical understanding within Adult Social Care and nursing environments. You will bring excellent people skills, sound judgement, and a proactive approach to supporting teams and driving continuous improvement.
You will also have:
- Registered Nurse qualification
- Significant senior leadership experience within Adult Social Care
- Experience working across multiple care services or regions
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, governance, compliance, and CQC standards
- Experience supporting managers and multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills
- Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
- Confidence working within fast-paced and complex care environments
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Registered Nurse qualification
- Senior management experience within Adult Social Care
- Experience working within a regional or multi-site care environment
- Strong knowledge of UK social care regulations, safeguarding, and governance
- Experience conducting quality audits and compliance reviews
- Full UK driving licence and/or ability to travel regularly across multiple sites
Desirable:
- RMA / NVQ Level 4 / ILM Level 5 qualification
- Training or qualifications in dementia care, older people’s care, or end-of-life care
- Experience supporting digital systems, training, or technology implementation
Additional Information
- 36.25 hours per week over 5 days
- Multi-site role requiring regular travel and visible on-site presence
- Participation in the on-call rota required
- Occasional evening and weekend visits may be required
Why Join Jewish Care?
At Jewish Care, you’ll join a values-led organisation committed to Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusiveness. This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of older people while supporting high-quality nursing services across our comm
Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia.
Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture. We value Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusivity.
Jewish Care operate a rolling recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been identified.
