General Manager

Job Summary

The General Manager role at Avery Healthcare's Aldridge Care Home in Walsall offers an exciting opportunity to lead and inspire a team to deliver excellent person‑centred quality care to residents in a safe, caring and stimulating environment. As the General Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management of the care home, ensuring high standards of care, effective staff management, and financial control.

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together.' They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered, and where residents receive exceptional care.

Date posted: 27 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Other

Salary: £65,000 a year

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number:

Job location:

Avery Healthcare, Aldridge, WS9 8UH

Package description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

And as part of our close‑knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

About the role: Your focus as General Manager will be to lead and inspire a team to deliver excellent person‑centred quality care to residents in a safe, caring and stimulating environment, whilst meeting regulatory requirements, professional and statutory standards, and business performance targets.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the consistent delivery of high‑quality care, person‑centred care and ensuring residents receive care based on best practice.
• Being responsible for the ongoing recruitment, retention, and development of staff within the home.
• Acting as a focal point for contact with residents, their relatives, and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in residents' wellbeing.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels are reviewed and maintained in accordance with occupancy and dependency.
• Providing ongoing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensuring costs are well managed and maintained within budgetary controls, by reviewing regularly and monitoring stock.

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have a minimum of four years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Have Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent.
• Possess excellent leadership and management skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and be competent in IT.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Name:
Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.

Address:
Avery Healthcare, Aldridge, WS9 8UH

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