Facility Manager. Chestnut Gardens

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Nursing

Reference: 55796

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful**

**Our Journey**

In support of the growing needs of our diverse local community, **Chestnut Gardens**, Doveton, is home to 100 high care residents and utilises the latest in care and design philosophies. Chestnut Gardens is built as a series of houses, each with its own decor.

Our Chestnut Gardens Residential Care Team work across ‘The Avenue’ and/ or ‘The Boulevard’, working with residents living with chronic physical and/ or mental health care conditions. To ensure the best care, those that live at Chestnut Gardens work in collaboration with a skilled nursing group in developing person-centred care.

Chestnut Gardens is seeking a **Facility Manager** wishing to work with an established team to continuously improve the lives of those living in the home. As a home, we are seeking a **Facility Manager (FM)** who has experience in the clinical development of staff, improving residents experience and open to innovative and collaborative ideas.

**A Day in the Life**

Based at Chestnut Gardens, the Facility Manager is a role model for the philosophy, safe and effective person-centred care for residents and families. While providing outstanding and effective leadership of the team, this unique role will, at the same time, utilise your nursing experience to provide supportive and individualised care to the residents. With your extensive aged care knowledge and passion for service delivery you will facilitate best outcomes for our residents and set the direction of the homes. This is a full-time ongoing opportunity, working Monday to Friday.

Some of the key responsibilities in this role will include:

- Ensuring facility compliance with the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Age Care Quality Standards
- Ensuring successful outcomes relating to Age Care Quality Agency visits and accreditation
- Managing and operating within budget and financial requirements
- Incidents are reviewed and investigated within timeframes
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders
- Site emergency management
- Excellence in Customer Service

**What You Bring**:
You are an experienced Facility Manager or Nurse Manager ready to make the move into facility management. Either way you are a leader who is flexible and dynamic and has the ability to lead and influence their team whilst bringing management and leadership skills to the team and facility. You are a people person and recognise the importance of good leadership, motivating others, building the right culture, and seeking improvements.

You bring your experience working in aged care management and a solid understanding of the changing landscape within residential aged care. You lead by example, thrive working in a dynamic, fast faced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of care to all residents. You are an advocate for Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles.

**On a Personal Level, you**:

- Committed to a leadership and mentoring role
- Dedicated to safe best practice and quality care
- Committed to delivering person-centred care and advocating for your residents
- Enthusiastic, compassionate and able to work collaboratively

**What you need**:

- Current AHPRA registration
- Post graduate qualifications in leadership/management and/or aged care
- Demonstrated leadership / management experience
- Australian working rights.

**In Return**

Ours is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative and welcoming team where the only limit in your career is you.
- There is no better time to join us and here’s just a few reasons why:_
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your clinical skills and knowledge base
- Avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
- Mentorship and career guidance
- Support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

All our full-time employees have the opportunity to accrue a day off every four weeks. In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to on site staff car parking and gym, uniform and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Cameron Duncan on 0438 762 969

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more