Care Home Manager Resume Example (2026) — Bullets, Skills & Tips

Summary

CQC-registered manager with 12 years in adult social care, the last 6 running nursing and dementia homes. I lead a 68-bed home with 95 staff and a £4.1m budget, took it from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' (Well-led: Outstanding) in 18 months and keep occupancy above 96%. I put residents and families at the centre, keep agency use low through a stable rota and work closely with GPs, district nurses and the local authority.

Experience

Registered Manager

Anchor Care — Moorside Grange · Leeds, UK

Apr 2021 – Present

GoodCQC rating (from RI)

96%Occupancy

4%Agency hours

Run a 68-bed nursing and dementia home: 95 staff, £4.1m budget, admissions, safeguarding and all regulatory notifications
Moved the CQC rating from Requires Improvement to Good in 18 months, with Well-led rated Outstanding, through a falls, medicines and care-planning action plan
Cut agency hours from 19% to 4% with a self-rostering app, a carer career ladder and NVQ funding; staff turnover fell from 38% to 17%

Deputy Manager, then Unit Manager

Leeds City Council — Adult Social Care · Leeds, UK

Sep 2014 – Mar 2021

Managed a 30-bed dementia unit and led the switch to digital care plans across three council homes
Started with the council as a senior carer in 2014 and completed the Level 5 diploma while working

Summary example

CQC-registered manager with [N] years in adult social care, the last [N] running nursing and dementia homes. I lead a [N]-bed home with [N] staff and a [$X] budget, took it from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' (Well-led: Outstanding) in [N] months and keep occupancy above [X%]. I put residents and families at the centre, keep agency use low through a stable rota and work closely with GPs, district nurses and the local authority.

Example bullet points for a Care Home Manager

Run a [N]-bed nursing and dementia home: [N] staff, [$X] budget, admissions, safeguarding and all regulatory notifications
Moved the CQC rating from Requires Improvement to Good in [N] months, with Well-led rated Outstanding, through a falls, medicines and care-planning action plan
Cut agency hours from [X%] to [X%] with a self-rostering app, a carer career ladder and NVQ funding; staff turnover fell from [X%] to [X%]
Managed a [N]-bed dementia unit and led the switch to digital care plans across three council homes
Started with the council as a senior carer in [N] and completed the Level [N] diploma while working

Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.

Skills to include

CQC registration & inspection
Budget & occupancy
Rota & retention
Dementia care mapping
Safeguarding & MCA/DoLS
Medicines management
Person Centred Software
Nourish
Access Care Planning
Excel

Tips for a Care Home Manager resume

Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: CQC registration & inspection, Budget & occupancy, Rota & retention.
List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. CQC Registered Manager, Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) Basic User.
Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example cqc rating (from ri).
Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
Run the built-in resume checker and paste the job description into the keyword match before you download.

Care Home Manager Resume Example

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