About This Role
As the Clinical Manager, you will be a mentor and leader, fostering a safe and supportive workplace for staff and volunteers while ensuring residents receive exceptional, person-centred care. You will inspire and coach nursing and care staff, promote professional accountability, and foster a culture of compassion, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based, and person-centred clinical care, providing expert leadership in complex areas such as dementia care, behaviour support, medication safety, and infection control
- Strengthen clinical governance, quality assurance, risk management, and regulatory compliance to ensure full adherence to the Aged Care Act 2024 and strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
- Monitor clinical performance, resident outcomes, incidents, and quality indicators to identify, evaluate, and implement sustainable clinical improvements
- Provide active clinical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and professional support to nursing and care teams while fostering a positive, inclusive, and accountable workplace culture
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with residents, families, representatives, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to support exceptional resident experiences and service-wide improvement.
Requirements
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA / Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Demonstrated clinical leadership or management experience in residential aged care, ideally with at least three years in a comparable role
- Comprehensive understanding of the Aged Care Act 2024, strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, and contemporary regulatory requirements
- Advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, combined with sound digital literacy in electronic clinical systems
- Strong alignment with St Vincent's values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity, and Excellence.
Benefits
- Permanent Full Time opportunity - Monday to Friday working arrangements
- Join an inclusive, compassionate, and purpose-led organisation committed to social justice, equity, and leading as One St Vincent's
- Opportunities for ongoing professional development, clinical leadership, and career progression
- The opportunity to directly influence clinical practice, resident wellbeing, and quality outcomes
- More take-home pay with competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
- Access to the Fitness Passport (FP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family, excellent internal career development and more!
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