AddressResidential Services Manager| BlueCare | BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND!!
- Employment Term: Permanent full time
- Location: Bundaberg Pioneer Aged Care Facility
- Remuneration: $145,000 per year + 11 % Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging of up to $15,900 (increases your take home pay)
- $5000 retention bonus paid at 12 months
Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare
Are you a compassionate, experienced leader ready to embark on your next exciting journey within the world of aged care? Perhaps you are looking to relocate but not sure where to go? Well just like our turtles, you too will be sure to call Bundaberg home! We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for aResidential Services Manager based at our118 bed Bundaberg Pioneer Aged Care Facility!
Our facility is nestled within the heart of Bundaberg Central, just 15 minutes’ drive to Bargara! Visit Mon Repos Turtle Centre and explore the sea turtle headquarters! Or if catching rays and salty waves is more your thing, enjoy basking within the many beautiful beaches just waiting for you to discover! With all of this at your fingertips, why not hit the apply button and start making a difference in our residents lives today!
Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
Your part in our BlueCare team
In the role of our Residential Services Manager, you will work with your front line team to provide outstanding care to our residents, promoting a culture of values-based, person-centered care.Through your knowledge, you will promote a high standard of quality and compliance, ensuring your facility meets all regulatory requirements through best practice clinical care and audit activities. You will ensure strong financial sustainability by driving community engagement to support occupancy whilst overseeing property maintenance, hospitality and lifestyle programs.
Working closely with your senior clinicians, you will lead a team of nurses, personal carers and support staff, ensuring their ongoing performance by providing coaching and direction to enable their success.
What makes a difference for you?
With a Blue Nurses legacy dating back to 1953, BlueCare is one of Queensland’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of community and in-home care, residential aged care, disability services and retirement living.
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- 12 weeks paid parental leavein addition to the government scheme
- Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
What makes a difference for us?
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in high level service delivery and quality
- Demonstrate financial capability to effectively manage and be accountable for an operational budget
- Knowledge of continuous quality improvement practices and proven experience in innovative thinking and/or ability to deliver innovative outcomes
- Experience coordinating care provision within a large team
- Confidence to manage conflict, pressures and competing priorities
- Ability to provide leadership, support and mentorship to other team members
Desirable
- Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent qualification
- Current AHPRA registration
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in Aged Care Funding
BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too
Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Start making a difference today
Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter. Our team are available to answer any questions you may have.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
