Clinical Manager - Aged Care

Lutheran-Services-Florid; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging Benefits

Discounts on Health Insurance, Energy,

IT & Appliances, Travel & More

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport

Ongoing Training & Development

Job summary

Lutheran Services is seeking a Clinical Manager for the Salem Aged Care Service in Toowoomba, QLD. The role provides clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team, focusing on medication management, care planning and governance to improve resident outcomes.

You will drive, coach and mentor staff, oversee direct care minutes and budget, and ensure quality standards are met in a not-for-profit aged care environment with a 1935-origin history.

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification with current AHPRA registration.
• Clinical leadership experience in Residential Aged Care.
• Demonstrated capability in clinical governance, including quality systems, audits and risk management
• In-depth knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards, AN-ACC funding model, Direct Care Minutes, & regulatory requirements under the Aged Care Act 2024
• Experience overseeing AN-ACC assessments, care planning and clinical documentation
• High-level clinical assessment, reasoning and decision-making skills for residents with complex needs
• Experience in workforce planning, rostering and resource management aligned to resident acuity

Responsibilities

• Lead person-centred care planning and delivery
• Oversee clinical governance, quality, IPC and risk management
• Ensure compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and Aged Care Act 2024
• Manage Direct Care Minutes and oversee AN-ACC funding applications
• Lead, coach and mentor clinical/care staff; manage rosters and performance
• Manage clinical budget and supplies

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff mentoring

Care planning

Medication management

Governance

Education

Nursing qualification with AHPRA registration

Job description

Clinical Manager - Aged Care

Job No: SALCM2622366 Location: Toowoomba

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Manager to join our Salem Aged Care Service and play a key role in ensuring residents receive safe, high-quality, person-centred clinical care.

Location: Toowoomba - QLD
Employment Type: Full Time | Monday to Friday | 8 am - 4 pm

About The Role:
As Clinical Manager, You'll provide strong clinical leadership and mentorship to a multidisciplinary care team, driving excellence in medication management, care planning, clinical governance, and resident outcomes reporting to the Service Manager.

• Lead person-centred care planning and delivery
• Oversee clinical governance, quality, IPC and risk management
• Ensure compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and Aged Care Act 2024
• Manage Direct Care Minutes and oversee AN-ACC funding applications
• Lead, coach and mentor clinical/care staff; manage rosters and performance
• Manage clinical budget and supplies

About You:

• Nursing qualification with current AHPRA registration
• Clinical leadership experience in Residential Aged Care and experience leading clinical teams.
• Demonstrated capability in clinical governance, including quality systems, audits and risk management
• In-depth knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards, AN-ACC funding model, Direct Care Minutes, & regulatory requirements under the Aged Care Act 2024
• Experience overseeing AN-ACC assessments, care planning and clinical documentation
• High-level clinical assessment, reasoning and decision-making skills for residents with complex needs
• Experience in workforce planning, rostering and resource management aligned to resident acuity

Desirable:

• Postgraduate qualification or IPC Lead certification
• Budget management experience
• QLD Driver's Licence

Why Choose Us?

• Salary PackagingBenefits:take home more pay (up to $15,900 tax-free + $2,650 meals & entertainment)
• Discounts: on Health Insurance, Energy, IT & Appliances, Travel & More.
• Employee Assistance Programfor wellbeing support.
• Fitness Passport - Stay active with discounted Gym Memberships for you and your family.
• Ongoing Training & Developmentopportunities to grow your career

Lutheran Services is a not-for-profit organisation with a proud 90-year history of providing exceptional care and support to communities across Queensland. With 12 residential aged care facilities, we are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our residents while upholding our values kindness, integrity, empowerment and innovation. Our services extend beyond aged care to include retirement living, home care, disability support, mental health, and family services, always placing the wellbeing of our residents and clients at the heart of everything we do.

Salem Aged CareinToowoombahas been a cherished part of the local community since 1935, offering warmth and care in a beautifully refurbished, vintage-inspired setting just minutes from the town centre.

About Us

We draw on our rich Lutheran tradition of caring for everyone - the individual, family and the community. We support older people, young people and their families, people living with a disability or mental illness, and families experiencing domestic violence and hardship.

We are committed to providing safe, respectful and inclusive environments where our staff, residents, clients, children and young people are protected from harm. Safeguarding children is everyone's responsibility, and we promote a culture where the safety, wellbeing and rights of children are always a priority.

Together with the congregations that founded us, we've been serving Queenslanders since 1935. We are a not-for-profit organisation with more than 2,200 dedicated people, working across more than 20 sites from South-East to Central Queensland.