Resident Experience & Wellbeing Director

Yarram & District Health Service; Yarram; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse service

Salary packaging up to $9,000 per year

Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,h

Free onsite gymnasium

Brand new onsite Cafe

Professional development opportunities

Beautiful location in Yarram

Job summary

Yarram & District Health Service in Yarram, VIC, seeks a visionary Leisure and Lifestyle Manager to lead a creative team delivering person-centred experiences that enhance quality of life for residents and clients. You will champion resident choice, measurable outcomes and new ways of working within aged care and community programs.

You will co-design lifestyle plans, partner with families and staff, and drive innovative, inclusive activities across days, evenings and weekends as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of leisure, lifestyle, wellbeing, recreation, diversional therapy or a related service, ideally in aged care, health or community settings.
• Relevant qualification in leisure and health, diversional therapy, recreation, allied health or a related discipline; equivalent substantial experience may be considered where permitted by role requirements.
• Evidence of designing innovative, person-centred programs and translating ideas into sustainable operational improvements.
• Ability to lead people, manage resources, resolve problems and build community partnerships.
• Strong understanding of dementia-inclusive practice, cultural safety, consumer dignity, choice and safeguarding.
• Excellent communication, planning, documentation and digital skills, with a commitment to measuring outcomes.
• Appointment is subject to satisfactory role-appropriate police, worker-screening, qualification, immunisation and other checks required by law and YDHS policy.

Responsibilities

• Strategic lifestyle leadership aligned with YDHS priorities.
• Develop and deliver an ambitious leisure and lifestyle strategy.
• Lead a shift to meaningful, inclusive experiences across the week.
• Pilot new initiatives, evaluate impact and scale what works.
• Co-design individual lifestyle plans reflecting life history and interests.
• Ensure equitable access for residents with dementia, disability or complex care needs.
• Support dignity of risk, autonomy and participation with safeguards.
• Lead, coach and develop the lifestyle team; manage rosters and resources.
• Work with nursing and allied health teams to integrate lifestyle into care.
• Build partnerships with schools, clubs, artists and volunteers.
• Maintain lifestyle assessments, care-plan contributions and outcome documentation.
• Demonstrate compliance with Aged Care Act requirements and quality standards.
• Identify, elevate and manage risks and incidents through governance pathways.
• Prepare concise reports on participation and goal attainment.
• Documented resident involvement and improvement in meaningful participation.

Skills

Leisure leadership

People leadership

Communication skills

Digital skills

Education

Leisure and health related qualification

Job description

Yarram & District Health Service in Yarram, VIC, seeks a visionary Leisure and Lifestyle Manager to lead a creative team delivering person-centred experiences that enhance quality of life for residents and clients. You will champion resident choice, measurable outcomes and new ways of working within aged care and community programs.

You will co-design lifestyle plans, partner with families and staff, and drive innovative, inclusive activities across days, evenings and weekends as appropriate.