Senior Clinical Quality & Compliance Nurse - Aged Care

Work Initiatives; Appleby; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900 per año

Meals and holiday accommodation

Job summary

Respect seeks a Clinical Quality & Compliance Coordinator to lead governance, audits and continuous improvement in the Inverell aged care setting. You will drive safe, person-centred care with strong clinical leadership under the General Manager and Care Manager.

The role focuses on monitoring compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards, improving documentation, and mentoring nursing staff to enhance clinical capability across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing is required.
• Current AHPRA registration is required.
• Experience in residential aged care is essential.
• Advanced clinical knowledge and assessment skills.
• Strong understanding of the Aged Care Quality Standards.
• Experience in clinical governance, audits and quality improvement.
• High-level documentation and clinical review skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal capability.
• Experience with accreditation or audit processes, clinical education or mentoring, incident investigation and risk management is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitor clinical care against best practice, legislation and standards.
• Conduct clinical audits across care plans, medications, wounds, falls and behaviours.
• Identify gaps in care and support improvement strategies.
• Monitor quality indicators and clinical outcomes.
• Review resident clinical records and support complex assessments.
• Monitor high-risk residents and clinical deterioration.
• Support compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain audit and accreditation readiness.
• Support clinical incident investigations and preventative strategies.
• Provide clinical guidance and mentorship to nursing and care staff.
• Improve documentation, clinical practice and staff capability.
• Monitor clinical systems, overdue tasks, alerts and data integrity.

Skills

Clinical governance

Audits & QA

Documentation

Communication

Mentoring

Risk management

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Clinical assessment

Regulatory standards

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

AHPRA registration

Tools

Microsoft applications

Clinical software systems

Job description

Respect seeks a Clinical Quality & Compliance Coordinator to lead governance, audits and continuous improvement in the Inverell aged care setting. You will drive safe, person-centred care with strong clinical leadership under the General Manager and Care Manager.

The role focuses on monitoring compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards, improving documentation, and mentoring nursing staff to enhance clinical capability across the team.