Regional Manager, Residential Aged Care

**Job Description**:
Regional Manager, Residential Aged Care - 12-18 Month Contract
- Support 10 homes across Western Sydney to Regional NSW
- Rewarding hands on operational & leadership role
- Competitive package plus NFP salary packaging benefits

Due to an internal secondment, Catholic Healthcare has a rare contract opportunity to support our Residential Aged Care (RAC) homes in Western Sydney through to Orange and Dubbo. In this integral role, you will provide leadership and support to ensure the effective operation of multiple residential aged care homes, delivering on objectives outlined within the business plan.

Reporting to the General Manager, Residential Care, you will oversee the delivery of high quality residential aged care services within your region, ensuring the teams have sufficient training and experience to provide high quality services to residents in line with the Aged Care Quality Standards and Catholic Healthcare’s Mission and Values.

Your ability to oversee the financial performance of the homes within your region, through the careful management of resident occupancy levels, AN-ACC funding, approval of expenditure, and team rostering and labour costs in line with the master roster, will be critical to support your success.

You will also be responsible for;
- Providing business leadership and support to ensure the achievement of KPIs for the RAC homes
- Providing leadership and coaching to the residential managers within your region
- Work collaboratively with your peers to ensure the overall success of the organisation
- Acting as an effective conduit between on-site Residential Managers and Support Office
- Ensuring onsite compliance standards around Accreditation, WHS and Food Standards are continually applied
- Ensuring ongoing transparent communication and prompt escalation where appropriate
- Successfully leading teams through change management and continuous improvement
- Working collaboratively with all levels of care staff through complex accreditation processes

The ideal applicant will have exceptional interpersonal skills and bring a collaborative approach to your work as well as a demonstrated track record for building and leading strong teams. Importantly, you’ll also be able to strike a positive balance between the professional, commercial and care aspects of your role and our organisation.

Additionally, you will possess the following:

- Completion of tertiary qualifications in nursing, healthcare, or similar (Bachelor of Nursing)
- Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA
- MBA would be an advantage, but not essential
- Thorough understanding of the Aged Care Legislation and Aged Care Quality Standards
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of workplace health and safety
- Significant experience managing a single-site residential aged care home
- Strong understanding of clinical governance frameworks, AN-ACC programs, and government accreditation criteria
- Strong team leadership experience, with demonstrated abilities across all people management activities
- Effective understanding of the financial drivers of a business - revenue, costs, investments with ability to interpret and use a P&L
- Effective conflict resolution skills with a high emotional intelligence
- Demonstrated understanding of AN-ACC funding
- This_ is a role that requires within state travel and being highly contactable in a collaborative and helpful manner_. A _valid NSW Driver’s Licence and own motor vehicle is essential._

Catholic Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit provider of residential aged care, home and community services & retirement living across NSW and SE QLD. Together, our team of over 4500 people are dedicated to our Mission of promoting the dignity, life and spirituality of older people through connected and inclusive communities. Our values of compassion, courage & integrity are at the heart of everything we do.
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