Clinical Care Coordinator – Sandhill Aged Care Home

About the role:

• Full time, permanent
• Sponsorship and relocation package available for suitable candidates
• Make a difference at one of Australia’s leading health care providers
• Generous salary packaging benefits, ongoing professional development and supportive team environment

The Clinical Care Coordinator is responsible for leading both the clinical and care teams across the home, in consultation with The Care Manager and the Home Manager, to ensure the needs of each resident are being met and the team understand who the residents are including their identity, culture, diversity, beliefs and life experiences.

The Clinical Care Coordinator will play a key role in the clinical governance of the home and may be required to undertake a specialist clinical portfolio to support the home’s needs, examples include education, palliative care and infection control.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that clinical and any specialised nursing care needs of residents are being met and documented in an individual resident care plan by clinical staff
• Maintaining the resident and their loved ones at the centre of decision making, ensuring their needs, choices, independence, dignity or identified risks involved in their care plan are considered
• Overseeing and implement all scheduled mandatory and voluntary AN-ACC reappraisals as required
• Holding RN's and EN's accountable for daily case reporting, care planning and addressing patient concerns on a day-to-day basis
• Ensuring regular clinical sweeps are done ensuring all gaps are dealt with in a timely manner

About you:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA - No restrictions
• Experience in a senior management role within the aged care sector with a successful and proven track record
• Above average knowledge and understanding of the aged care sector with the ability to identify changing trends and to ensure best practice
• Understanding of and ability to manage human resource issues with effective negotiation skills.
• Ability to understand and use information technology and programs such as Word, Excel, etc. and to learn new skills as required.

Your benefits: 

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

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.

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.