Relief Manager

Full Time Position - North West Region & Bendigo.
- Generous Salary Packaging - increase your take home pay
- Supported by Specialist Teams

**RELIEF MANAGER - Residential aged care services**
- **Full Time Position**:

- **Generous Salary Packaging - increase your take home pay**:

- **Supported by Specialist Teams**:

- **North West Region & Bendigo.**

As a Relief Manager you will work collaboratively with the Regional Managers and the Executive General Manager of Residential Services in supporting tasks to achieve quality outcomes for mecwacare’s residents, employees and volunteers. You will actively support facility managers in operationalizing organisational objectives in line with the mecwacare purpose and values.

This role is supported by specialist teams in Quality, Learning and Development, HR and who all assist in championing a continuous improvement program while ensuring the efficient and effective use of all resources.

**What you bring**:

- High level clinical skills and expertise, and experience in a residential aged care setting, including Infection Prevention and Control Lead (IPC Lead)
- Minimum 5 years' experience as a facility manager.
- Good understanding of accreditation standards and experience with the achievement of KPI’s
- Ability to blend in seamlessly into a Facility Manager role providing relief or leave coverage
- Current and ongoing registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse, willing to complete ACIPC (infection control)
- Proven management and leadership skills and ability to guide, motivate and mentor staff
- Strong working knowledge of continuous improvement and familiarity with personal care and resident lifestyle requirements within the Aged Care Standards
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office suite and iCare
- Highly developed prioritisation and organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and attend to multiple tasks
- Ability to fulfil (ongoing) the requirements of ‘Key Personnel’ as defined in the Aged Care Act
- Proficient knowledge of Accreditation Standards and ANACC documentation requirements alongside sound financial management skills
- Ability to operate autonomously and respond in a timely and systematic fashion
- HR, Finance & Budget management experience.

**What we offer**:

- Collegiate Facility Management Team
- Training and Development opportunities.
- Full Salary Packaging up to $15,900 and Meals Card up to $2,700
- Career Progression Opportunities.

**About us**:
**mecwacare **is a leading not-for-profit organisation that has been supporting Victorians for more than 64 years. We are a values-based, care-driven organisation that provides residential, community and in-home nursing, care and support services for the elderly and people living with a disability. mecwacare supports more than 20,000 people each week across greater Melbourne and regional Victoria. We are a rapidly growing organisation with a diverse workforce of more than 2,500 employees and 500 volunteers, representing 89 nationalities and speaking 100 languages.