Care Community Manager - Geoffrey Cutter

$69.38 - $71.91 per hour + salary packaging | Care Community Manager (Nurse Unit Manager) – Geoffrey Cutter Centre

Permanent Full Time - 80 hours per fortnight plus monthly ADO | 60-Bed Facility - Residential Aged Care Community

About the role

Grampians Health is seeking a suitably qualified Registered Nurse to lead and inspire our dedicated team at Geoffrey Cutter Centre Residential Aged Care Community, located in the East Ballarat. This key management and leadership role is essential to providing operational direction and leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and resident-centered care.

As the Care Community Manager, you will play a pivotal role in creating an environment that promotes excellence in care and well-being. The ideal candidate is results-driven, innovative, and a catalyst for positive change, committed to enhancing patient and resident care outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Foster a Positive and Engaging Team Environment
• Promote engagement, a positive workplace culture, and opportunities for learning and development.
• Ensure the safety and welfare of employees.
• Drive Innovation and Best Practice
• Encourage innovative practices to enhance staff satisfaction and clinical outcomes.
• Continuously review and implement evidence-based clinical care.
• Lead and Support Change Initiatives
• Communicate a positive vision for change and guide the team through transitions.
• Facilitate staff input into clinical practice and workflow decisions.

Skills and experience

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
• Demonstrated management experience in a Care Community (Aged Care setting)
• Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary nursing theory to practice
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of quality systems and Aged Care accreditation.
• Evidence of commitment to innovation and continuous improvement and the delivery of a high standard of resident centred care.
• Post graduate qualification in management and/or Aged Care nursing desirable 

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Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunitiesSalary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidaysAccess to Fitness Passport membershipStaff rewards and recognition programs 

Interested?
Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Director of Nursing, Wendy Mancuso on 0455 039 317 for a confidential discussion.

This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2028. The classification is Nurse Unit Manager (NM10 – NM11) which ranges from $69.38 - $71.91 per hour.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion 

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.