Clinical Care Partner

Mareeba Aged Care; Wangaratta; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meals & accommodation allowance

Job summary

Respect in Wangaratta is seeking a full-time Clinical Care Partner – Home Care to deliver safe, person-centred clinical care, assessments and care plans for participants in their homes. You will work with GPs, allied health and other providers to ensure coordinated, evidence-based care aligned with aged care standards.

You will oversee restorative pathways, contribute to planning and delivery, and support ongoing professional development in a growing, not-for-profit service focused on dignity

Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted AHPRA registration (RN/EN).
• Strong clinical judgement, communication and problem-solving skills.
• A person-centred approach with commitment to participant dignity and quality of life.
• Understanding of clinical risk, escalation and safe practice.
• Ability to build effective relationships with participants, families and health providers.
• Digital and documentation skills, including electronic records.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, person-centred clinical care that promotes wellbeing and independence.
• Complete clinical assessments and develop individualised care and reablement plans.
• Provide clinical nursing interventions including wound care and chronic disease management.
• Monitor clinical needs and document escalations as required.
• Coordinate referrals with GPs and external health providers.
• Lead Restorative Care Pathways and support palliative care.
• Provide clinical guidance and delegation support to Care Partners.
• Maintain governance, documentation and participant advocacy.

Skills

AHPRA RN/EN

Clinical judgement

Communication

Problem solving

Patient-centred care

Digital records

Driver's license

First Aid & CPR

Relationship building

Incident reporting

Job description

At Respect, we’re proud to be the largest provider of aged care services in Regional Australia.

As a not-for-profit organisation, everything we do is driven by our commitment to supporting older Australians with dignity, compassion and genuine connection.

We’re a growing, values-led organisation with a strong focus on our clients, their families and our team. When you join Respect, you become part of a supportive community that thrives on collaboration, trust and the shared belief that everyone deserves to feel valued.

If you’re looking for an organisation that invests in its people, celebrates purpose, and offers meaningful career pathways, you’ll feel right at home with us.

Why You Will Love Working With Us

• A workplace culture that celebrates people, progress, and purpose
• Meaningful work where you see the impact you make every day
• Opportunities to grow your career
• Save tax by salary packaging up to $15,900 of living expenses and a further $2650 for meals out and holiday accommodation!

About the Role

Make your clinical expertise count where it matters most — supporting people to live well, stay independent and achieve their goals at home. Based in Wangaratta, this full-time Clinical Care Partner role is an opportunity to use your clinical expertise in a meaningful, person-centred way. As a registered health professional, you’ll provide safe, clinically informed care to participants with identified clinical needs, completing comprehensive assessments, developing individualised treatment and reablement plans, and delivering targeted clinical nursing services that promote wellbeing, restorative care and functional independence. Working within your scope of practice, AHPRA registration and Support at Home requirements, you’ll build meaningful relationships with participants and their families while delivering care that reflects their individual needs, choices and goals.

This is more than a traditional clinical role — it’s an opportunity to provide clinical oversight, intervention, advice and leadership. You’ll work closely with Care Partners, the broader clinical team, GPs, allied health professionals and external health providers to deliver coordinated, evidence-based care. You’ll manage a portfolio of participants requiring clinical support and play a key role in Restorative Care Pathways, providing short-term clinical responsibility and supporting a smooth transition back to the Care Partner for ongoing case management. If you’re a clinician who brings strong clinical capability, sound judgement, empathy and initiative, and you’re passionate about participant choice, dignity, cultural safety, reablement and independence, we’d love to hear from you.

No two days are the same! As Clinical Care Partner – Home Care you will:

• Deliver safe, person-centred clinical care that promotes wellbeing, reablement and independence.
• Complete clinical assessments and develop individualised care and reablement plans.
• Provide clinical nursing interventions, including wound care, chronic disease, medication, pain, skin and continence support.
• Monitor clinical needs, risks and changes in condition, escalating and documenting as required.
• Manage a clinical portfolio and coordinate referrals with GPs, allied health and other health providers.
• Lead Restorative Care Pathways and support End-of-Life and palliative care.
• Provide clinical guidance, coaching and delegation support to Care Partners.
• Maintain clinical governance, documentation, compliance, participant advocacy and ongoing professional development.

About You

You’ll thrive with us if you have:

• Current and unrestricted AHPRA registration (RN/EN).
• Strong clinical judgement, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• A person-centred approach, with a commitment to participant dignity, choice, advocacy and quality of life.
• Understanding of clinical risk, escalation, incident reporting and safe practice.
• Ability to build effective relationships with participants, families, colleagues and external health providers.
• Sound digital and documentation skills, including client management systems and electronic records.
• Current driver’s licence, National Police Certificate, First Aid and CPR, or ability to obtain where required.
• Experience in aged care, home care, community health or case management, ideally 3+ years.
• Knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards, Code of Conduct and accreditation requirements.
• Experience with care budgets, funds management or care-related financial information.
• Experience identifying the need for clinical intervention, escalation and referral.
• A genuine passion for aged care, reablement and improving participant outcomes.
• Ability to embrace change, new models of care, systems and processes and contribute positively to a growing service.
• As a not-for-profit you can reduce your tax by salary packaging up to $15,900 per year for living expenses, bills, rent, mortgage and groceries. Take advantage of a further $2,650 to pay for meals out or holiday accommodation
• Training and development pathways
• Supportive leaders who are onsite
• A friendly, down-to-earth workplace
• Opportunity to build a long-term career in aged care