Clinical Care Manager

RSL LifeCare; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Extra $2,650 tax-free salary packaging

Staff discounts across 700 stores

Leave Loading 17.5%

Career growth opportunities across RCs

Job summary

RSL LifeCare in Kaleen, ACT, is seeking a Clinical Care Manager to provide clinical leadership for our 80-resident aged care home. You will oversee nursing and care teams, govern clinical practices, and drive quality improvement to ensure high-quality resident care.

You will bring AHPRA registration and 5+ years of postgraduate clinical experience, with strong skills in regulatory compliance, person-centred care, and budget management.

Qualifications

• A current AHPRA registration.
• Minimum 5 years' postgraduate clinical experience.
• Experience managing regulatory compliance.
• Sound understanding of person-centred approaches to clinical care.
• Compassion, empathy and ability to build relationships.
• Ability to balance commercial outcomes with patient experience.
• Experience motivating teams and managing performance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound financial acumen with budget management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the delivery of high-quality care and care planning for 80 residents.
• Supervise nursing and care teams; manage the clinical governance framework.
• Lead the quality improvement cycle for the facility.
• Deliver exceptional clinical care including medical/rehabilitative, dementia and restorative.
• Elevate lifestyle, wellbeing, social connection and care for residents.
• Establish operating rhythms to foster an open and inclusive culture.
• Support development of Clinical and Care teams through hands-on education and training.
• Promote the profile of RSL LifeCare by building relationships with health and community groups.
• Support cost-management initiatives for clinical and care labour in collaboration with the Facility Manager.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Postgraduate clinical experience 5+ y

Regulatory compliance management

Person-centred care

Compassion and relationship-building

Decision-making balancing commercial &

Job description

Clinical Care Manager - Residential Aged Care

• Located in leafy Kaleen, ACT
• Friendly, supportive team

About Us

RSL LifeCare is a leader in senior living, providing high-quality retirement villages, aged care homes (nursing homes) and personal home care throughout NSW and ACT. Proudly serving Australia for over 100 years, RSL LifeCare is a successful and growing not-for-profit organisation.

About the Role

As the Clinical Care Manager at our Aged Care home in Kaleen, ACT, you will assume clinical leadership responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care and care planning for our 80 residents.

You will be accountable for the supervision of nursing and care teams, management of the clinical governance framework and play a key role in the quality improvement cycle for our facility.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to:

• Deliver exceptional clinical care - medical/rehabilitative, dementia and restorative
• Elevate lifestyle, wellbeing, social connection, and care for our residents
• Demonstrate leadership in embedding quality and safety as a key focus
• Establish operating rhythms with team members to create an open and inclusive culture
• Support and enable the development of Clinical and Care teams by
• providing hands-on education and training and identify opportunities for growth
• Promote the profile of RSL LifeCare in the local area by building relationships with health and community groups
• Support the Facility Manager to ensure Clinical and Care labour cost-management initiatives are fully adopted

About You

To be considered for this position, we are seeking people who have:

• A current AHPRA registration
• A minimum 5 years' postgraduate clinical experience within health care, aged care, or another relevant environment
• Experience managing compliance with regulatory standards
• Sound understanding of person-centred approaches to clinical care and support
• Demonstrated compassion, empathy, and ability to build meaningful relationships
• Demonstrated ability to make good decisions which balance commercial outcomes with customer experience
• Experience in motivating teams, managing performance, and delivering on accountabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Sound financial acumen as evidenced by prior budget management experience

Our Benefits

RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:

• Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.
• An extra $2,650 tax-free salary packaging benefits for meals and entertainment
• Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores
• Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave.
• Future career growth opportunities across Residential Care homes, Retirement Living Villages and Home Care Services

Our commitment to diversity

We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

To find out more about RSL LifeCare, visit our website at www.rsllifecare.org.au