AddressThe Company
McKenzie Aged Care Group has been operating in Australia for over 20 years. We have now joined the Bolton Clarke Group, one of Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally.
Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 88 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group. We are committed to enriching the lives of people by providing care with compassion, respect and integrity to promote the health, independence and social interaction of seniors. With registered nurses and care staff at our homes 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Role
We are actively seeking an experienced Clinical Manager to join our team working across Monday to Friday on a permanent full-time basis.
Reporting to our Residential Manager you will be responsible for ensuring consistently a high quality of care is provided to our residents, to facilitate and support their continued enjoyment of life within their level of capability.
As the Clinical Manager, your responsibilities will expand across clinical governance, staff management, AN-ACC and resident care.
Your duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring the delivery of high quality and personalised care to all resident
- Knowledge of the aged care sector, standards
- Sound understanding of processes needed to respond to clinical and quality audits using the principles of continuous improvement.
- Developing, monitoring, implementing nurse care plans + assessing, planning and evaluating existing care plans
- Performing comprehensive assessments and investigating issues and incidents
- Participating in and ensuring all compliance is adhered to in accordance with aged care standards and Bolton Clarke policies and procedures.
- Actively supervising, training, and mentoring all RNs and PCWs
The Location
Newmans on the Park, a 105-bed residential aged care home in Templestowe, just 17km northeast of Melbourne and close to local bus routes.
About You:
The successful candidate must meet the following criteria:
- Permanent Full-Time
- Current Nursing Registration with AHPRA
- Minimum of 3 years post-registration experience as an RN
- Experience as a Senior Registered Nurse or Clinical Nurse Leader (desirable)
- Demonstrated working knowledge of current aged care standards, accreditation and auditing processes, and AN-ACC
- Personal and professional commitment to delivering high quality care, the development of yourself and your staff, and the overall continuous improvement of your site
- Solid leadership skills along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Current flu and COVID Vaccinations
What We Can Offer:
- $$$ Relocation package can be on offer for the right candidate $$$
- Salary packaging options and tax benefits of up to $15,900 plus additional $2650 in entertainment per year available
- Ongoing Training and Coaching
- A range of employee benefits & discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Career pathways
We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date. We respectfully ask for no agency applications.
Our residential aged care communities are supported by specialised teams who care deeply about our residents’ individual needs. Together with residents, healthcare partners and families, our teams deliver best practice care with the highest standards of safety, clinical practice and governance.
