General Manager Clinical Governance

Montefiore; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP salary packaging

Generous leave (5 weeks + 12 ADOs)

Staff meals & recognition programs

Job summary

Montefiore, a Sydney-based aged care provider with a long-standing history, invites a senior leader to drive clinical governance, education and infection prevention across the organisation. You will oversee vaccination programs, clinical systems enhancements, and compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards while mentoring a multidisciplinary team.

You will collaborate with executive leaders to implement strategic quality improvement initiatives and prepare for regulatory visits, ensuring safe,

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with AHPRA and minimum 5 years post graduate experience in aged care.
• Master's and/or postgraduate qualifications in Education and Leadership.
• Extensive leadership and management experience in aged care settings.
• Knowledge of Aged Care Quality Standards and their strengthened components.
• Experience managing accreditation/visits and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Clinical Education & Infection Prevention and Control Managers and the Governance team.
• Provide expertise in governance, risk identification and mitigation to Residential Care GMs.
• Partner with Quality and Compliance to drive quality improvement within governance.
• Oversee clinical education and IPC portfolio across the organisation.
• Lead vaccination programs and clinical systems enhancements.
• Prepare for Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission visits and registrations.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development on clinical training initiatives.
• Provide urgent on-call support as required.

Skills

AHPRA RN

Leadership

Education

Masters in Education & Leadership

Job description

• Award winning and innovative Aged Care Provider, including recipient of Xref's "Best Workplace Award 2026 and 2023" and "Engage Change Champion Award 2023" and the winner of the Clinical Education Program Future of Aging Award 2024
• Wellbeing initiatives along with Employee Recognition lunches and daily staff meals
• Generous leave entitlements (including 5 weeks of annual leave and 12 ADOs per annum)
• Integral senior leadership position within an award-winning and innovative aged care provider

The Role:

This leadership position will see you working collaboratively with the Director of Residential Care and Clinical Governance to develop and implement the organisational strategic plan relevant to the Clinical Governance portfolio. Success in this role will require proven capability in overseeing and facilitating clinical education that supports excellence against ACQSC expectations; strengthening IPC management to ensure compliance and best-practice outcomes; planning and delivering improvement initiatives; implementing vaccination programs and clinical systems enhancements; and working collaboratively with your team and key stakeholders. Along with being responsible for providing effective leadership your accountabilities also include:

• Leading and mentoring the Clinical Education & Infection Prevention and Control Manager, Clinical Governance Project Manager, and Clinical Governance Lead
• Providing expertise in clinical governance, identification of risks and their mitigation to the Residential Care General Managers
• Working alongside the Quality and Compliance General Manager to implement quality improvement initiatives within the clinical governance framework
• Overseeing, managing and facilitating clinical education across the organisation
• Overseeing the Infection Prevention and Control portfolio and improvements
• Supervising and supporting the management of Clinical Governance portfolios including vaccination programs, and client information management systems (eCase, BestMed and PainChek)
• Mentoring and supporting the Clinical Governance team and Residential Care team in demonstrating compliance and improving services to meet and exceed the Aged Care Quality Standards
• Preparing for Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission visits, including registration
• Working collaboratively with the Learning & Development Department in providing input into the Organisation’s training initiatives in the areas of clinical care and governance
• Providing urgent on-call support as required

Our preferred candidate will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Current RN registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with a minimum of 5 years post graduate experience in Aged Care
• Master's and/or postgraduate qualifications in Education and Leadership
• Extensive leadership and management experience
• Working knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards and implementation of the strengthened standards
• Experience managing Aged Care Commission onsite visits and accreditation/registration
• Facilitating clinical education
• Expertise in Governance systems and risk mitigation and knowledge of IPC processes
• Proficient in the implementation of projects such as process and systems enhancements and roll outs
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

About you:

You will have previous managerial experience with the ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary environment. You will demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills and have a true passion for supporting a culture of continuous quality improvement, education, safeguarding, and compliance.

About Us:

Montefiore is an award-winning, Sydney-based aged care provider, with a proud 135-year history as a non-profit organisation founded on Jewish values. We support older members of the community to live with choice, dignity and wellbeing through trusted residential care, flexible home care and luxury retirement living.

What we offer:

We offer a competitive remuneration package that includes NFP salary packaging, generous leave entitlements (including 5 weeks of annual leave and 12 ADOs per annum) and a highly supportive workplace culture with a genuine passion for continuous improvement and excellence.

All offers of employment are dependent upon successful completion of the organisation’s pre-employment check process. This includes (but is not limited to) the requirement to be willing to obtain a Criminal Police Check.