Aged Care Precinct Manager: Lead Care & Ops

Mercy Health; Colac; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Health & wellbeing programs

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Mercy Health seeks a Precinct Manager for Mercy Place Colac to lead its 107-bed Residential Aged Care Home and 29 Seniors Living Units. You will oversee operations, drive person-centred care, manage budgets, and collaborate with allied health, hospitality and lifestyle teams to deliver exceptional resident outcomes.

You will be responsible for leading a large, multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and AN-ACC guidelines, while promoting safety, staff development

Qualifications

• Experience in similar level roles at large 100+ bed aged care homes.
• Strong people management skills including staff leadership and development; succession planning and change management.
• Good business acumen with budgets, rostering, occupancy; familiarity with AN-ACC, accreditation standards.
• Knowledge of retirement village operations, budgets, occupancy, compliance and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of person-centred care and ability to work in a team.
• Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills; problem solving.
• Compassionate, flexible and positive approach; ability to foster collaborative teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Residential Aged Care and Seniors Living Teams; oversee day-to-day operations.
• Liaise with stakeholders to deliver best-practice operational and clinical services.
• Drive a culture of safety, positivity and continuous improvement in line with accreditation standards.
• Manage budgets, occupancy and rosters with a focus on resident outcomes and quality of care.

Skills

People management

Communication

Change management

Budgeting

AN-ACC knowledge

Resident-centered care

Team collaboration

Education

AHPRA RN registration (desirable)

Job description

Mercy Health seeks a Precinct Manager for Mercy Place Colac to lead its 107-bed Residential Aged Care Home and 29 Seniors Living Units. You will oversee operations, drive person-centred care, manage budgets, and collaborate with allied health, hospitality and lifestyle teams to deliver exceptional resident outcomes.

You will be responsible for leading a large, multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and AN-ACC guidelines, while promoting safety, staff development