Clinical Care Manager

**Description**:
**Who is Harbison?**

Harbison is a not-for-profit organisation owned by the community of the Southern Highlands. Harbison was founded by a group of volunteers in the late 1950s to provide local, independent, high-quality care and accommodation for the aged and disabled in the Southern Highlands and surrounding areas.

Today we provide general and specialised care across a range of settings and are one of the largest employers in the Southern Highlands. Harbison is an inclusive employer that values the diversity of its workforce. We exist to support and nurture older individuals to maintain meaning and purpose in their unique lives.

**What is the Role?**

The Clinical Care Manager is a vital role in the Clinical team at Harbison. The Director of Nursing plays a key role in Harbison, managing teams of nurses who are on the frontline. The main aim of a Director of Nursing is to ensure a high standard of resident care, create training programs, and manage nursing staff to achieve resident care objectives.

**You will be responsible for**:

- As a senior leader, you will have a high level of accountability for clinical governance, including leadership & culture, consumer partnerships, organisational systems, monitoring & reporting, effective workforce, and communications & relationships.
- Providing a safe and respectful environment for consumers, the workforce, and visiting health practitioners that supports and encourages positive partnerships and encourages consumers and the workforce to identify and raise concerns about clinical quality and safety.
- Actively identify, monitor, and manage areas of risk for the service and individual consumers and lead appropriate escalation and response where there are concerns about the clinical outcomes or well-being of consumers.
- Ensure clinical care is provided in accordance with evidence-based best practices, Harbison policy, legislation, and standards, and ensure the professional standards of nursing practice are maintained within Harbison.
- Ensure the workforce is clear about its roles and responsibilities, is supported with resources, standards, systems, knowledge, and skills development, and is held to account for the quality and safety of the clinical care it provides, supervises, or directs.
- Lead cultural change through practice development, teamwork and transformational leadership that contributes to improved resident outcomes.
- Efficiently manage and supervise the recruitment, professional development, capabilities, and utilisation of the workforce to meet the needs of the residents.
- Providing timely and meaningful feedback to the workforce on their performance, recognising both positive performance examples and providing constructive feedback on areas requiring improvement.

**What are we looking for?**
- Current registration with AHPRA.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior clinical aged care role.
- Demonstrated current, detailed knowledge of aged care funding, accreditation, and aged care regulation.
- Demonstrated capability in relation to quality, risk, feedback, continuous improvement, and incident management systems.
- Demonstrated capability in developing and nurturing relationships and person-centred care.
- Demonstrated capability for complex problem-solving, communication, prudential management, and analysis.
- Detailed understanding of contemporary aged care issues and change management capability.
- Capacity to integrate the principles of clinical governance, quality improvement, evidence-based clinical practice, person-centred care, and professional development into an effective Harbison model of care.

**What are some of the benefits?**
- Salary packaging includes up to $15,900 in pre-tax earnings plus $2,650 to contribute towards entertainment benefits each year
- Access to in-house and online training programs
- Career progression opportunities
- Supportive, positive team environment

**Please note the current Influenza & COVID-19 (3 doses) vaccination requirements of employment at Harbison.**

**How to apply?**

Please ensure that you are uploading a current resume along with a cover letter.

**Role Type**:

- In-house - Permanent - Full-time - Director

**Pay Rate**:

- 110000 AUD - 130000 AUD (Annum)

**Company Overview**:

- Harbison is a community-based aged care organisation offering many different career paths, all of which enable us to provide quality care services to our residents. Our focus at Harbison is to provide a 'person-centred approach' that facilitates a culture of belonging for both our employees and our residents. We offer attractive employee benefits including salary packaging, a family-friendly workplace with work/life balance and ongoing training and development. We support employees who demonstrate the right attitude and approach in obtaining relevant qualifications.