Clinical Care Manager

Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community

• Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
• Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment
• Permanent full time opportunity

About the role

As Clinical Care Manager at Calvary Cessnock, you will support the Home Manager to create and maintain an environment where residents feel valued, they are treated with dignity and respect and each resident’s individual needs, wishes and goals are met.

With direct clinical oversight for up-to 100 residents, you will lead a team including Clinical Care Coordinators, Registered Nurses and Personal Care Workers, ensuring they understand who the residents are including their identity, culture, diversity, beliefs and life experiences. You will be part of an integrated team of people working within an established and agreed framework supporting the resident to live their best life.

Your main duties will include:

• Provide clinical and leadership support to Home Manager.
• Support care delivery through leadership and guidance to Clinical & Care Team.
• Deliver time specific quality and clinical improvement projects at a Care Home level. 

About you

• Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Working knowledge of WH&S and Infection Control
• Experience in a management role within the aged care sector with a proven track record
• A proven ability in quality management using a teambuilding approach through mentoring and staff development
• A high level of commitment, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness.
• An inherit curiosity and a personal value of wanting to do better all the time, a change leader.

For further information please contact Lana Simpson, Acting Home Manager on (02) 4993 9000 or Lana.Simpson@calvarycare.org.au

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter. 

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: 

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
• Paid parental leave 
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you

As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.

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 will be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role.