Chief Clinical Officer

Overview

Chief Clinical Officer | Located at our newly built OakFlats office

Warrigal – A world where older people feel known, loved, and connected.

Join a 2024 and 2025 award-winning Illawarra-based organisation, proudly recognised for its cultural and business excellence. If you’re ready to use values-based leadership, clinical governance expertise, and commitment to quality care to shape the future of aged care, we want you on our team.

At Warrigal, our vision is simple yet profound: to create a world where older people feel known, loved, and connected. Our purpose is Enabling older people to live their best lives on their terms; we’re dedicated to providing dignity, community, and belonging. Our values – Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Compassion – guide our behaviours and approach.

We believe in creating joyful experiences, lasting memories, and a society that celebrates ageing. Every team member at Warrigal contributes to this legacy, ensuring Warrigal’s continuing impact inspires future generations.

The Opportunity

Executive leadership of Clinical Governance.

As Chief Clinical Officer, you will work closely with the CEO, Executive Team, and Senior Leaders to bring Warrigal’s Clinical strategic vision to life. This is a key executive role where you will lead with purpose, driving clinical excellence, strong governance, and high-quality outcomes across all areas of care.

Your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Engaging the Board, CEO, and Executive in the ongoing development and review of clinical strategy, and translating this into clear, actionable plans.

- Build an organisation-wide clinical model which meets the needs of a changing demographic in the community and ensures that older people receive the care they require.

- Providing executive oversight of clinical governance systems, with a focus on risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.

- Aligning clinical operations with organisational strategy to ensure consistency, safety, and innovation across service delivery.

- Leading clinical performance and compliance, ensuring delivery of evidence-based, person-centred care.

- Overseeing the development and implementation of clinical policies and maintaining a robust clinical governance framework.

- Participate or chair key organisational committees.

- Managing a broad clinical portfolio, including education, workforce capability, palliation, and the translation of research into practice.

This is an executive leadership role where your expertise in clinical strategy, governance, and system-wide care delivery will directly influence the future of aged care at Warrigal. Some interstate or inter-office travel may be required.

What You’ll Bring

- A values-driven, person-centred leadership style grounded in empathy, integrity, and accountability.

- The ability to inspire, influence, and lead multidisciplinary teams through change with clarity and confidence.

- Strong executive presence with excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

- A collaborative mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in aged care.

What We Offer | Recognising Your Value

At Warrigal, we value and reward your contribution:

- Attractive Executive Remuneration: Competitive salary package commensurate with experience, inclusive of superannuation, ADOs, and level loading.

- Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging: Save up to $18,550 in tax annually.

- Career Development: Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.

- Wellbeing Benefits: Subsidised access to gyms nationwide with Fitness Passport.

- Comprehensive Support: 24/7 access to mental, physical, social, and financial wellbeing resources via EAP.

What It Takes to Do This Work

- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.

- Postgraduate qualifications in a health-related field, leadership, or management.

- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in senior clinical leadership roles, ideally within aged care or the broader health sector.

- In-depth knowledge of aged care legislation, regulatory frameworks, funding models, and accreditation standards.

- Demonstrated success in developing and implementing clinical governance and quality improvement frameworks.

- Proven ability to lead, develop, and inspire high-performing, multidisciplinary clinical teams.

- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with sound capability in risk management and complex problem-solving.

- Experience in, or a demonstrated commitment to, clinical research and its practical application in care settings.

- Ability to design, implement, and embed best-practice clinical models across diverse service environments.

- A values-led leadership style that prioritises person-centred care and organisational culture.

- Strategic thinker with strong operational insight and the ability to translate vision into action.

Additional Capabilities That Set You Apart

- Postgraduate qualifications in Gerontology, Public Health, or Clinical Governance.

- Experience implementing reform in aged care or health settings.

- Familiarity with digital health tools, care planning systems, and data-informed decision-making.

- Experience in the aged care or human services sector.

What Our People Love About Working Here

A supportive, passionate culture: It’s a community filled with inspiring, big-hearted people. We back each other, listen without judgement and lead with kindness, respect and unwavering support - for our customers, residents and each other. This is encouraged from the top down and worked hard at – every day.

A focus on purpose over profit: As a not-for-profit organisation, our leaders and board care deeply about the vision. What’s in the best interests of older people always trumps profits. Everything goes back into the business. And everything you do has a meaningful impact in the local community.

One team, united in our purpose: We support older people to have great lives. We put older people first in everything we do. On an everyday level, we help them age with dignity, independence, happiness and connectedness. On a big-picture level, we’re challenging ageist thinking in Australia. This is the Warrigal Way.

JOIN US AND BE THE DIFFERENCE

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all abilities, ages and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply and join our community.

Are you keen? Then don’t delay applying. We review applications as we get them and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.

Any questions? You can contact vacancy@warrigal.com.au but please don’t send applications through email – we can’t accept them.

If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.

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