Reporting to the Home Manager, the Clinical Care Coordinator is responsible for leading the clinical and care teams to ensure residents receive safe, compliant and person-centred care aligned with best practice standards.

You will be the key clinical escalation point within the home, providing guidance, oversight and mentorship to Registered Nurses and Team Leaders while ensuring governance, documentation and quality systems are upheld.

 

Your main duties will include:

• Coordinate all care in the home, ensuring safety, quality outcomes and an exceptional resident experience.
• Ensure that clinical including any specialised nursing care needs of residents are being met and documented in an individual resident care plan.
• Planning and managing appropriate care for residents consistent with their needs including those with complex needs such as pain, wound and behaviour management.
• Manages the clinical leadership team across the home, ensuring Registered Nurses and Team Leaders are accountable for daily reporting, care planning and addressing resident or family concerns on a day-to-day basis.
• Be the key escalation point for clinicians within the home and provide an advice and support for escalated care concerns
• Development of plans for individual residents and system wide improvement to mitigate risk  for complex needs for example frequent fall patterns, management of diabetes, catheters, feeding requirements, wounds, continence, weight loss and pain management.

About you:

• Registered Nurse with current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a management role within the aged care sector with a successful and proven track record.
• High level of commitment, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness.
• Demonstrated knowledge and 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.
• 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.
• Current National police check
• Working knowledge of WH&S and Infection Control

For further information please contact Aged Care on Agedcare.Recruitment@calvarycare.org.au 

 

 

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: