Care Manager - Community Aged Care & Disability (Registered Nurse)

Nurse Next Door; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nurse Next Door in Melbourne is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join as Care Manager for Community Aged Care & Disability. You will manage a client portfolio, lead a small team of nurses and carers, develop and review care plans, and travel across Melbourne to deliver compassionate home-based care.

Reporting to the Clinical Operations Manager, you will ensure high-quality nursing support, execute wound and catheter care, maintain documentation, and drive continuous quality improvement

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with AHPRA in good standing and minimum 5 years nursing experience.
• Experience in home care or aged care leadership is highly regarded.
• Ability to travel across Melbourne and manage care teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a client portfolio of aged and disability clients.
• Lead a small team of nurses and caregivers and develop care plans.
• Review and update care plans to reflect changing needs.
• Competent in wound management.
• Competent in catheter care.
• Maintain meticulous care documentation records.
• Drive continuous quality improvement.
• Deliver Make Lives Better care in every interaction.

Skills

Home care nursing

Wound care

Catheter care

Leadership

Documentation

Education

Registered Nurse (AHPRA)

Job description

Care Manager - Community Aged Care & Disability (Registered Nurse)

Nurse Next Door is a certified Great Place to Work and is on the lookout for an experienced Community Care Coordinator for aged care and disability clients in their homes.

You will be located with our team in our Hawthorn office, our Headquarters for Nurse Next Door Australia. The role requires daily travel to clients homes and includes the use of our iconic Pink Car!

Due to the travel demands of this role, we require you to be located within the vicinity of the Hawthorn area.

Your Next Adventure

Reporting to our Clinical Operations Manager, your role will be managing your own client portfolio of both aged and disability clients. This includes but will not be limited to the following:

• Working one on one with clients and their loved ones, focusing on their individual nursing & caregiving needs

• Leading a small team or nurses and caregivers assigned to your clients & be responsible for the development & review of Care Plans

• Competent in basic & complex wound management

• Competent in catheter insertion -SPC and IDC (both female & male)

• Maintain meticulous care documentation records

• Continuous quality improvement

• Believe in Making Lives Better® for our clients every day, through thoughtful care and support

Why we'll love you

• Consolidated nursing skills including diabetes, stroke, paraplegic and complex bowel management, intellectual disabilities, wound care, catheter care, and dementia focused practice

• Flexibility and willingness to travel: Enjoys the dynamic nature of community nursing and is comfortable travelling across Melbourne to visit clients in a variety of home and community settings. We are looking for someone who embraces the ever-changing landscape of community care, enjoys being out on the road, and is flexible and adaptable to the travel requirements of the role.

• Think outside the box to find a better way & embrace technology

• A self-led leader with the ability to take responsibility for their own behaviour & success

• Ability to identify and report client care concerns to the client's multidisciplinary team

• You are dynamic & have a can-do attitude, you thrive in a fast paced environment but also are happy to slow down and spend the time required to really make a difference is our client's lives

• You are an experienced safe driver

Why you'll love us

• Our people promise! We want to be the next step in your career, and provide opportunities for career growth and progression

• An award winning culture recognised for being disruptive and innovative within the healthcare space

• We care and appreciate the fact that you do too

• We'll guide you, while also giving you the opportunity to thrive on your own two feet

• We celebrate and recognise every achievement, no matter big or small

• You'll build lasting relationships with everyone you meet, from clients to carers

Mandatory Requirements

• Registered Nurse (AHPRA Registration required) with no conditions or limitations imposed on practice - minimum 5 years experience

• Experience in either a Home Care setting or Aged Care facility, leading a small team of Caregivers & Nurses is highly regarded

• Minimum 5+ years nursing experience in home care or aged care facility settings required

• Current Victorian Drivers License

• NDIS Workers Screening Check, or willing to obtain clearance

• Working With Children Check - employee status , or willing to obtain

• Computer literate

• Must live within the vicinity of the Hawthorn area