Thank you, Audrey, and congratulations on becoming the registered manager at Olive Branch Care & Support Ltd. That is a real achievement, and you earned it.
Millicent has read your review and was genuinely touched by it, so consider her flowers delivered. She would be the first to say you did the hard part, though. She took you through the process and the questions, but you were the one who sat in that interview and answered them.
You mention your nerves, and we want anyone reading this to know how common that is. Many of the people we prepare for a CQC registered manager interview are experienced, capable care professionals who know their job inside out, yet the formal setting of a Fit Person Interview can make even the most confident manager freeze. That is why Millicent works the way she does. Rather than handing over answers to memorise, she walks you through the whole registration process, practises the kind of questions CQC asks, and helps you put your own experience into words. When the nerves kick in on the day, you fall back on what you understand, not on what you learnt by heart. Encouragement matters too, and it is lovely that you felt it.
Becoming registered is the start of the role rather than the finish line. The first months bring their own questions, from keeping policies and procedures current to getting ready for your first CQC inspection, and we would be glad to support Olive Branch Care & Support whenever it would help.
To anyone preparing for their own registered manager interview and dreading it: Audrey’s story shows it can be done, and you do not have to do it alone.
Warm regards,
The Care Sync Experts Team