General Manager Residential Care

Montefiore; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

12 ADOs per year

NFP salary packaging

Supportive workplace culture

Job summary

Montefiore is a Sydney-based, award-winning aged care provider with a 135-year history. We seek an experienced General Manager Residential Care to lead our Residential Care team in Sydney and shape the strategic plan for high-quality, person-centred care across our units.

Reporting to the Director of Residential Care & Clinical Governance, you will mentor a skilled leadership group, oversee budgets, ensure standards compliance, drive continuous improvement, and model Montefiore’s values in a

Qualifications

• Experienced RN with leadership in multidisciplinary care teams.
• Proven ability to drive quality care and implement strategic plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and leadership to Executive Care Managers and their teams.
• Maintain high level of person-centred care and clinical quality indicators.
• Lead preparation for implementation of the new Aged Care Act and promote Montefiore values.
• Oversee financial performance and planning for designated Residential Care units.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Financial acumen

Team management

Education

Registered Nurse with AHPRA

Tools

Computer literacy

Job description

• Key leadership position within a leading aged care provider
• Award winning and innovative Aged Care Provider, including recipient of Xref's âBest Workplace Award 2026 and 2023â and "Engage Change Champion Award 2023" and the winner of the Clinical Education Program Future of Aging Award 2024
• Hunters Hill location
• Wellbeing initiatives along with Employee Recognition lunches and daily staff meals

Montefiore has a wonderful opportunity for an experienced leader to join the Residential Aged Care team in the position of General Manager Residential Care.

Reporting to the Director of Residential Care & Clinical Governance, and working alongside a second General Manager Residential Care, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of residential nursing services across our residential care units in Sydney. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the Residential Care strategic plan.

The role includes:

• Providing oversight, guidance, and leadership to our experienced Executive Care Managers and their teams.
• Maintaining a high level of quality person-centred care.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to your team in preparation for the implementation of the new Aged Care Act.
• Actively promoting and role-modelling Montefiore’s values.
• Demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of the Aged Care standards, improving clinical indicators and business performance targets.
• Overseeing the financial performance and planning of designated Residential Care units.

About You

You are an experienced Registered Nurse who can lead proactively and mentor high-performing teams. You will have an understanding and appreciation of the Jewish culture, be consumer focused with high levels of emotional intelligence and people management skills.

As an organisation that consistently drives continuous quality and performance improvement initiatives that often involves new technologies, we seek candidates with a forward-thinking and innovative approach to support our vision.

In addition, the successful candidate will have:

• Experience working in a senior leadership capacity across a multidisciplinary care team.
• A current and unrestricted qualification as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of operating principles, practices, and processes in relation to care services, ideally in an Aged Care environment.
• Strong commercial acumen including working with operational budgets and financial management.
• Effective communication (written and verbal) skills, and strong conflict resolution skills.
• Intermediate level of computer literacy.
• Ability to lead a team through audits processes.

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. With a workforce comprising approximately 1200 staff employed across an array of disciplines, 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.