Care Manager - Wallarah Point Care Community
Opal Healthcare
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Job summary
Opal HealthCare's Wallarah Point Care Community is seeking a Care Manager to lead the clinical and care workforce, ensuring safe, high-quality, person-centred care in line with Aged Care Act 2024 and AN-ACC requirements.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will balance clinical governance, workforce capability and operational performance while fostering a values-driven, high-performing culture across the residence on the NSW Central Coast.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration (minimum 3 years).
- Experience leading clinical teams in residential aged care.
- Strong knowledge of Aged Care Quality Standards and AN-ACC.
- Ability to lead change, manage risk, and improve outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead clinical care delivery ensuring compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and regulatory obligations.
- Oversee care planning, admissions reviews, and changes in resident condition.
- Monitor and analyse clinical indicators, incidents and risk trends.
- Apply evidence-based practice to improve outcomes.
- Build relationships with GPs, hospitals and allied health providers.
- Ensure adherence to Aged Care Act 2024 requirements and reporting obligations.
- Drive continuous improvement, audit readiness, and clinical excellence.
- Lead compliance with incident management and accreditation standards.
- Foster a values-led, high-performing culture.
- Oversee education, onboarding and competency development.
Skills
Education
Job description
Wallarah Point Care Community, 149-157 Main Rd, Toukley, New South Wales, Australia
At Opal HealthCare, we know that companies don’t succeed - people do.
As one of Australia’s largest aged care providers, with over 22,000 team members across 146 care communities, we offer genuine scale, career progression, and the opportunity to influence care outcomes at a national level.
We are currently seeking a Care Manager to join our leadership team, working in close partnership with the General Manager and Regional Clinical & Operations Teams to deliver exceptional clinical care and lead high-performing teams.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will lead the clinical and care workforce to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred care aligned to the Aged Care Act 2024, Aged Care Quality Standards, and AN-ACC requirements.
This is a hands-on leadership role, balancing clinical governance, workforce capability, and operational performance.
Wallarah Point Care Community is located on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW, to provide high quality and affordable aged care. We offer residents a choice of single rooms with ensuites or companion rooms. Our team will help you maintain the highest possible quality of life in our care. Recreational programs and nutritious home-style meals freshly cooked in-house are a signature part of our offering.
- Lead clinical care delivery ensuring compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and regulatory obligations
- Oversee care planning, admissions reviews, and changes in resident condition
- Monitor and analyse clinical indicators, incidents and risk trends
- Apply evidence-based practice to improve outcomes
- Build relationships with GPs, hospitals and allied health providers
- Ensure adherence to Aged Care Act 2024 requirements and reporting obligations
- Drive continuous improvement, audit readiness, and clinical excellence
- Lead compliance with incident management and accreditation standards
- Foster a values-led, high-performing culture
- Oversee education, onboarding and competency development
- Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration (minimum 3 years)
- Demonstrated experience leading clinical teams in residential aged care
- An excellent understanding of Aged Care Quality Standards and AN-ACC
- Ability to lead change, manage risk, and improve outcomes
- A visible, values-led leader who is a natural mentor with a passion for building high-performing teams
- Scale & Opportunity: National organisation with career pathways to move up and across into various opportunities that align to your growth.
- Leadership Development: Access to multiple leadership programs, scholarship programs under the Opal HealthCare Academy https://shorturl.at/xRzMH
- Impact: a tangible opportunity to influence excellence in clinical outcomes at scale
- Support: Backed by experienced leaders, modern systems, and strong regional support.
This is an opportunity to step into a key leadership role where your clinical expertise and leadership capability will directly influence resident outcomes and team success.
Job family Care Community Management
Pay type Salary
Wallarah Point Care Community, 149-157 Main Rd, Toukley, New South Wales, Australia
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