Quality Care & Governance Nurse – Aged Care (Indigenous)

BlueCare; Caboolture; Hybrid; AUD 117,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee discounts

Paid parental leave

Diversity and inclusive leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

BlueCare in Queensland is seeking a Quality Care Advisor to provide expert clinical, quality, risk and cultural governance guidance across Pinangba residential aged care services, enhancing safety and culturally informed care.

You will work with leaders to strengthen governance, manage audits and accreditation readiness, and ensure compliance with quality standards while partnering with clinical experts to drive improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing with unrestricted AHPRA registration.
• Current Australian Driver's Licence and a valid vehicle.
• Minimum three years' RN experience in residential aged care.
• Experience supporting audits, accreditation and regulatory compliance.
• Strong knowledge of aged care legislation, quality standards, clinical governance and risk management.
• Demonstrated cultural capability to work respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents and communities.
• Ability to satisfy probity and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical, quality, risk and cultural governance guidance to leaders to improve care outcomes.
• Support management of key clinical risks including deterioration, wounds, falls and infection prevention.
• Build leader capability in governance, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with internal and external clinical experts to support best-practice care and clinical risk management.
• Assist services with audits, accreditation readiness and regulatory reporting.
• Work across multiple sites to strengthen quality systems and improve resident outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Influencing

Cultural capability

Clinical governance

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Aged care knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Job description

BlueCare in Queensland is seeking a Quality Care Advisor to provide expert clinical, quality, risk and cultural governance guidance across Pinangba residential aged care services, enhancing safety and culturally informed care.

You will work with leaders to strengthen governance, manage audits and accreditation readiness, and ensure compliance with quality standards while partnering with clinical experts to drive improvements.