Calvary Home Care

Home Manager - Tiwi Islands

• Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
• Competitive salary package, additional week of annual leave and more!
• Build your career with Calvary, supporting the provision of care to our residents.

About the role

The Home Manager is responsible for the day to day operation of support and ensuring clinical services are provided to residential and community clients from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Flexible Aged Care Facility (Mulakunya) and programs on the Tiwi Islands.

This role has a strong focus on compliance and operational KPI's, and will ensure that the facility is complaint with legislative and statutory requirements, and meets financial expectations and optimise occupancy levels.

The role is accountable for developing and maintaining high quality and efficient care and that clinical services from a multi-disciplinary team through to lifestyle programs, diet and cultural activities are delivered. The position involves maintaining strong relationships with the local clinic and local providers on both Bathurst and Melville Islands.

The Home Manager provides leadership to the team through coaching, guidance and mentoring while ensuring residents and clients receive the highest standard of care available.

The position provides a strong and consistent presence to enable ongoing community relationships that will potentially extend and enable broader care and clinical services across the island communities. 

We have a competitive remuneration package on offer including:

• Competitive salary on offer + NFP Salary packaging benefits
• May be eligible Additional annual regional/rural allowance
• Additional week of annual leave
• Annual professional development budget of $5,000
• Sponsorship and relocation benefits including accommodation available

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with Calvary’s Vision and Mission in mind, creating a culture within the home that is resident-centric and treating everyone as an individual. 
• Drive the performance of the home, ensuring compliance with all regulatory compliance, standards and organisational policies, as well as the financial performance of the home.
• Develop and maintain key relationships with external parties that support care provision such as GP’s, Allied Health, contractors and the local community.
• Make sure the home embodies a strong diversity culture that advances the frontiers of aged living, through innovation and integration of clinical practice with lifestyle pursuits, hospitality and design.
• Recruit, induct and mentor the Tiwi Team to achieve best resident and client outcomes;

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. 
• An effective listener with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing with excellent presentation skills. 
• Clear thinker with lateral problem-solving skills. An ability to convert complex ideas into simple, understandable and workable actions to ensure positive outcomes. 
• Able to multitask, prioritise, delegate and manage the delegation process to ensure appropriate quality outcomes 
• 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

For further information please contact Melanie Webb at Melanie.Webb@calvarycare.org.au 

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: 

• Additional week of annual leave
• Annual professional development budget of $5,000
• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
• APNA corporate membership
• Paid parental leave 
• Sponsorship and Relocation benefits available (if applicable)

Apply now to start your career in an organisation that is making a positive difference in the community.

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

You may be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role