Regional Director - North East and Yorkshire

Job summary

At Avery Healthcare, we're more than a care provider. We're a community of passionate, dedicated professionals united by a shared purpose: creating meaningful lives together. As one of the UK's leading providers of luxury elderly care, with more than 100 homes across the country, we know that exceptional resident experiences start with exceptional people. That's why we invest in our teams, celebrate success, champion personal growth, and create an environment where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to make a difference. When you join Avery, you'll be part of an ambitious, forward-thinking organisation that genuinely cares about its residents and colleagues. You'll have the opportunity to influence care at scale, work alongside talented leaders, and play a vital role in driving quality, performance, and continuous improvement across our homes. We're now looking for an experienced Regional Director to join our Operations team in the North Division. This is a high-impact leade

Main duties of the job

The Regional Director role at Avery Healthcare is a significant leadership opportunity focused on delivering exceptional care and operational excellence across a portfolio of homes. Reporting to the Operations Director, the role involves strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure outstanding resident care and strong commercial performance. Key responsibilities include providing leadership and support to Home Managers, driving quality, compliance, and profitability, conducting home visits, and building strong relationships with stakeholders. Candidates should have experience in regional or multi-site operational leadership within the care home sector, strong knowledge of CQC regulations, financial acumen, and excellent communication skills. The role requires a satisfactory DBS check, eligibility to work in the UK, a driving licence, and occasional travel and overnight stays.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care services in the UK, operating more than 100 homes nationwide. The organisation is committed to creating a community where exceptional resident experiences are made possible by exceptional people. Avery Healthcare invests in its teams, focusing on their personal growth and success, and fosters an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered. The organisation is ambitious and forward-thinking, genuinely caring about its residents and colleagues. It offers opportunities for employees to influence care at scale, work with talented leaders, and drive quality, performance, and continuous improvement. Avery Healthcare provides a competitive salary, performance incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package to encourage employee engagement and satisfaction.

Details

• Date posted: 14 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £80,000 to £85,000 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1551292999
• Job locations: Avery Healthcare, North East and Yorkshire, LS5 3ED, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

At Avery Healthcare, we're more than a care provider. We're a community of passionate, dedicated professionals united by a shared purpose: creating meaningful lives together.

As one of the UK's leading providers of luxury elderly care, with more than 100 homes across the country, we know that exceptional resident experiences start with exceptional people. That's why we invest in our teams, celebrate success, champion personal growth, and create an environment where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to make a difference.

When you join Avery, you'll be part of an ambitious, forward-thinking organisation that genuinely cares about its residents and colleagues. You'll have the opportunity to influence care at scale, work alongside talented leaders, and play a vital role in driving quality, performance, and continuous improvement across our homes.

We're now looking for an experienced Regional Director to join our Operations team in the North Division. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a commercially focused and people-centred leader who is passionate about delivering exceptional care, developing high-performing teams, and driving operational excellence across a portfolio of homes.

About the Role

Reporting to the Operations Director, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across a portfolio of care homes, ensuring outstanding resident care, strong commercial performance, and regulatory compliance.

Working closely with Home Managers and central support teams, you'll create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence, helping our homes achieve their full potential while delivering exceptional resident experiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing inspirational leadership, coaching and support to Home Managers, developing high-performing teams and building a strong pipeline of future talent across the region.
• Driving quality, compliance, occupancy, profitability and operational performance, ensuring homes consistently meet regulatory requirements, Avery standards and business objectives.
• Conducting regular home visits, audits and performance reviews, using data and insight to identify opportunities, manage risk and deliver continuous improvement.
• Building strong relationships with residents, families, regulators, commissioners and key stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for Avery Healthcare within your region.
• Supporting homes through operational challenges, safeguarding matters, complaints, commissioning activities and wider business initiatives, ensuring residents remain at the heart of every decision.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a large and growing organisation while enjoying a competitive salary, performance incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.

About You

You are an experienced operational leader with a proven track record of delivering results across multiple care settings. You combine strong commercial awareness with a passion for quality care and can inspire, influence and develop others to achieve excellence.

You share our commitment to being caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable, and thrive in a role where you can drive performance while making a genuine difference to the lives of residents and colleagues.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Experience in a regional or multi-site operational leadership role within the care home sector
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, the Health and Social Care Act and quality governance frameworks.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams while delivering commercial and operational success.
• Strong financial acumen, with experience managing budgets and driving sustainable business performance.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels.
• A Registered Nurse qualification or a minimum Level 4 Care and Management qualification.

Why Avery Healthcare?

At Avery, you'll find more than a job. You'll discover a career with purpose.

We are committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive, develop and do their best work every day. In return for your expertise and dedication, we offer:

• A competitive salary and performance-related incentives.
• A comprehensive employee benefits package.
• A supportive and inclusive culture.
• Opportunities for continued professional development and career progression.
• The chance to work alongside talented colleagues who share your passion for excellence.
• The opportunity to make a genuine impact across one of the UK's leading care providers.

Additional Information

Please note that this role requires:

• A satisfactory DBS check (paid for by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region.
• Participation in the on-call rota and occasional overnight stays where required.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to inspire teams, drive performance and shape the future of elderly care, we'd love to hear from you.

Join Avery Healthcare and help us create meaningful lives together.

UK Registration

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