Clinical Support Specialists

**Job no**: 505182
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne
**Categories**: Aged Care

**About the Organisation**

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every client’s individual needs and interests, our personalised in-home Aged Care services focus on empowering every person to maintain their home comforts, health, and connections within their community.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness.

We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the Role**

These are newly created roles reporting to the Manager Assurance, Risk and Clinical - Aged Care. You will support our operational teams by providing expert clinical advice, driving best practice and ensuring that our services meet regulatory and clinical governance standards.

You will work within the Practice, Assurance and Policy Team, partnering closely with our regional teams to promote quality care, respond to clinical queries, and support complex case management. This role is key to embedding person centred, evidence based clinical practice across our aged care programs.

These are permanent full time roles offering flexibility to work from your preferred location, whether from home or one of our local LWB offices. While most of the work can be done remotely, occasional travel may be required.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide expert clinical advice across aged care operations to ensure safe, high quality care.
- Collaborate with teams to implement a person centred approach to clinical practices.
- Respond to clinical queries and support staff in managing incidents, infection control and restrictive practices.
- Contribute to the development and roll out of evidence informed assessment tools.
- Lead or participate in complex case discussions and support follow up actions.
- Assist in the preparation for audits, accreditations and regulatory reviews.
- Support clinical training, mentoring and knowledge sharing across teams.
- Participate in stakeholder engagement and service user feedback to inform practice improvements.

**Skills and Experience**
- Professional registration, Registered Nurse Allied Health, Other Health Profession with a professional registration or relevant workplace experience in the Aged Care Sector.
- Strong clinical knowledge and experience in aged or home care.
- Experience using evidence informed clinical frameworks and models.
- Excellent problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking skills.
- The ability to provide coaching, training and mentorship to staff.
- Understanding of aged care legislation, standards and compliance frameworks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A valid Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel as required.

**Benefits**
- Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations.
- Be part of a national team dedicated to improving the quality of aged care services.
- Opportunity to influence and shape practice standards across the sector.
- Excellent salary packaging benefits through Maxxia and monthly rostered day off.

**How to Apply**

**Applications close midnight on Sunday 27**th** July 2025**

**Advertised**: 14 Jul 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 27 Jul 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time