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About the Role
St Vincent’s is seeking an inspirational executive clinical leader to oversee their aged care clinical governance team, lead the professional nursing stream, and command clinical excellence across their multi-state footprint of 30 residential aged care homes and retirement villages. This role provides contemporary leadership in clinical governance, quality resident safety, and professional nursing, serving as the principal clinical voice across the operation.
Responsibilities
- Lead and refine the national clinical governance team to ensure robust safety systems, clinical risk mitigation, and outstanding accreditation outcomes across all care settings.
- Drive contemporary nursing standards, professional governance, and practice models that elevate clinical capability and foster evidence-based care.
- Partner with executive and operational leaders to design, embed, and evaluate clinical models of care that align with regulatory frameworks and evolving resident needs.
- Collaborate with CSLT and enterprise L&D to embed a culture of high-performing continuous education, establishing consistent, enterprise-wide learning matrices and leadership succession pathways for the workforce.
- Act as the primary clinical nursing authority while advancing strategic partnerships with regulatory bodies, government departments, education institutions, and sector stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven senior leadership experience within aged care, complex care, or broader health sectors with multi-site accountability.
- Expert knowledge of clinical governance frameworks, Aged Care Quality Standards, AHPRA standards, and contemporary risk management systems.
- A collaborative leader with a coaching style, proven ability to influence without direct authority, and motivation for transformational change.
- Thorough understanding of adult learning principles to support a growth mindset and agenda.
- High-level capability in driving organisational improvement, models-of-care transformation, and workforce sustainability in highly regulated environments.
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
- Post-Graduate qualifications in Business, Leadership, or Health Management.
Skills
- Clinical governance
- Quality resident safety
- Professional nursing
- Clinical risk mitigation
- Accreditation
- Evidence-based care
- Clinical models of care
- Regulatory frameworks
- Continuous education
- Leadership succession planning
- Stakeholder management
- Transformational change
- Adult learning principles
- Organisational improvement
- Workforce sustainability
Location
- Brisbane
- Sydney
- Melbourne
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior leadership experience
Education Level
- Registered Nurse with AHPRA
- Post-Graduate qualifications in Business, Leadership, or Health Management
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990
- Novated leasing
- Optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
Benefits
- Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Excellent internal career development
About the Company
- For over 175 years, St Vincent’s has stood as a pioneer in compassionate, high-quality care.
- Inspired by the enduring legacy of the Sisters of Charity and their Founder Mary Aikenhead, we are now embarking on our most ambitious chapter yet: Bringing Care Home.
- This bold strategy redefines how we serve our communities, extending our reach beyond traditional residential and hospital settings directly into people’s homes.
- Join an inclusive, compassionate, and purpose-led organisation committed to social justice, equity, and leading as One St Vincent's.
Equal Opportunity
- At St Vincent’s, we value inclusivity and diversity.
- We acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, fair, and impartial, and we invite people from all backgrounds to join us.
- St Vincent’s Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s unique perspectives, knowledge, and culture.
- We warmly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
- At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees.
- As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.