Care Manager

About the role

At RSL LifeCare, our Residential Care teams have the ability to make a big difference to the lives of veterans and seniors while they receive quality and compassionate care in our aged care homes. This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where you can have a huge positive impact and feel the personal and professional reward in return. At our core, RSL LifeCare provide care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or who are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years. The Clinical Manager is a key leadership role for the facility, located on the Northern Beaches at our Peter Cosgrove House, Narrabeen. The role provides clinical leadership and is responsible for leading all aspects of the Clinical and Care practice, including delivery of high-quality care to the community and oversight of collaborative care planning in partnership with residents and their representatives. The Clinical Manager is accountable for the supervision of nursing and care teams, local management of the clinical governance framework and is also a key role in the quality improvement cycle for the facility. Reporting to the Facility Manager, the Clinical Care Manager will be responsible for: Driving a positive internal culture amongst the team of Nurses and Care Staff Ensuring Clinical and Care team members work to embed quality care and clinical governance systems and processes, aligned to the LifeCare Way Supporting the Facility Manager to ensure Clinical and Care labour cost-management initiatives are fully adopted within the facility, and costs are aligned with income streams (e.g. AN-ACC) Developing care plans, including establishing optimal, quality lifestyle goals and compliance with the Aged Care Standards Lead engagement with key clinical stakeholders including resident families, suppliers and referring clinicians About You: We are seeking an experienced leader with a track record in developing and leading clinical services. In addition, the successful candidate will have; Current AHPRA registration as a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia with no current conditions placed upon registration Minimum 5 years' postgraduate clinical experience within health care, aged care, or another relevant environment Prior experience in motivating teams, managing performance, and delivering on accountabilities Sound financial acumen for managing budgets Experience in motivating teams, managing performance, and delivering on accountabilities Experience managing compliance with regulatory standards Excellent verbal and written communication skills