Home Manager

Calvary Health Care; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Professional development

APNA membership

Supportive team

Job summary

Calvary Kirralee in Ballarat, VIC, is seeking a Home Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering holistic care to residents. Reporting to the General Manager, this permanent full-time role focuses on quality of care, governance, and resident and family engagement.

The successful candidate will hold current AHPRA RN registration, demonstrate strong leadership, project coordination, and HR skills, and be comfortable with computerised systems.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration in good standing.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Experience in aged care sector and clinical governance.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with families and carers.
• Project coordination and change management experience.
• Experience with computerised systems and adaptability to new tech.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for quality of care across the home.
• Oversee care planning, assessments and case conferencing.
• Ensure resident-owned care plans with regular family input.
• Oversee preadmission and admission processes for smooth transitions.
• Foster a culture enabling residents to participate in care decisions.
• Monitor high-risk residents and those with complex needs.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Computerised systems

HR knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse (AHPRA)

Tools

HRIS

Job description

• Ballarat, VIC, Australia
• Permanent
• Closing on: Oct 1 2026

Position Description

• Make a difference at one of Australia’s leading health care providers
• Generous salary packaging benefits, ongoing professional development and supportive team environment
• Permanent full-time opportunity!
• Join our team, located in Ballarat VIC

Home Manager - Calvary Kirralee

Reporting to the General Manager, the Home Manager leads a multidisciplinary team made up of clinical, and support roles that ensure a holistic approach to care within the home. The ideal candidate will ensure that the team responds to the whole person by partnering with our residents, families and carers on a daily basis to meet the individual needs and goals of our residents.

Permanent Full-Time Position for an ideal candidate looking to be part of an organisation that offers a range of aged care services complemented by engaging lifestyle.

Your main duties will include:

• Provide leadership and direction of the quality of care and experience provided across the home
• Ensure appropriate assessments, care planning and case conferencing is occurring throughout the home
• Ensure that Care Plans are owned by the resident and are reviewed after any significant change - implement processes to regularly gain feedback and consultation from families and carers
• Oversee and monitor the preadmission and admission processes to ensure appropriate seamless transition of care into the home
• Create and maintain a culture where all employees are enabling residents to make informed decisions about their care
• Be aware of, and understand the homes high-risk residents or residents with complex needs including but not limited to any form of deterioration, palliation or unmet needs

About You

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA - No restrictions or conditions.
• Ability to build rapport and maintain solid working relationships with identified key relationships
• High level of understanding of the aged care sector with the ability to identify changing trends and to ensure best practice
• Clear thinker with lateral problem-solving skills. An ability to convert complex ideas into simple, understandable and workable actions to ensure positive outcomes
• Project coordination skills and experience in successfully implementing projects
• Sound operational knowledge of computerised systems used within the industry as well as the ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new systems introduced into the business from time to time
• Understanding of and ability to manage human resource issues with effective negotiation skills

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter.

Join our team, learn with purpose and drive positive impact in one of Australia’s largest healthcare providers across Public and Private Hospitals, Residential Aged Care and Home Care.

With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.

Your benefits

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships
• Paid parental leave
• Professional membership to APNA, paid for by Calvary
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you

Please note the following:

• As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role