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About the Role
Join Mission Australia's Residential Aged Care team to support high-quality care through continuous improvement, clinical excellence, and best practice. You will lead and coordinate clinical practice improvement initiatives across three residential aged care services, supporting consistent clinical practices, strengthening clinical governance, and driving continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Lead clinical practice improvement and quality initiatives across Mission Australia's residential aged care services.
- Review clinical data, care practices, and resident outcomes to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Support a consistent approach to clinical governance, policies, procedures, and best-practice care across multiple sites.
- Analyze incidents, complaints, audits, and performance data to drive quality and compliance outcomes.
- Coach, mentor, and influence leaders and clinical teams to strengthen clinical practice and embed positive change.
- Chair clinical quality committees and work with stakeholders to implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with Directors of Care, Nurse Educators, and multidisciplinary teams to improve service quality and resident outcomes.
Requirements
- Degree in Nursing with valid AHPRA registration and HPI number.
- Demonstrated experience in residential aged care and a strong understanding of aged care standards, compliance requirements, and the regulatory environment.
- Strong clinical knowledge with the ability to identify best practice, interpret legislative requirements, and support consistent care delivery across multiple services.
- Experience reviewing clinical data, identifying trends, and translating insights into meaningful quality and practice improvements.
- Proven ability to coach, mentor, and influence leaders and clinical teams to drive change and improve outcomes without direct authority.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to tailor your approach to a range of audiences.
- Current Driver Licence, NDIS Worker Screening Check (or willingness to obtain), and the ability to travel between services as required.
- Postgraduate qualifications in Quality, Clinical Governance, or a related field will be highly regarded.
- Undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks.
- Obtain a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.
Skills
- Clinical practice improvement
- Quality initiatives
- Clinical data review
- Care practice review
- Resident outcome analysis
- Clinical governance
- Policy development
- Procedure development
- Best-practice care implementation
- Incident analysis
- Complaint analysis
- Audit analysis
- Performance data analysis
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Influencing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communication
Location
- Redfern, Sydney NSW 2016
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Experienced Registered Nurse
Education Level
- Degree in Nursing
- Postgraduate qualifications in Quality, Clinical Governance or a related field (highly regarded)
Salary/Compensations
- $149,902.72 Base Salary + Super + not-for-profit salary packaging benefits
Benefits
- Not-for-profit salary packaging
- Free external, confidential counselling
- Access to chaplaincy support
- Volunteering opportunities
- Extra leave available (additional public holiday, additional annual leave day on work anniversary)
- Opportunity to purchase further annual leave
About the Company
- Mission Australia is a community dedicated to ending homelessness and ensuring people in need can thrive.
- United by a Christian purpose and values, they advocate for a fairer Australia to meet the growing needs of people across the country.
- They are building hope and possibility for all.
- Their innovative and inclusive culture ensures employees feel valued as they help Australians in need and develop in their careers.
- They prioritize the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within the team and the individuals they serve.
- Committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.
- Actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application.
- Aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible.
- Strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
- Provide culturally safe support or assistance with applications.