Care Manager

Care Manager | BlueCare | Sunrise Beach Aged Care Facility

• Employment Term: Permanent full-time opportunity
• Location: Sunrise Beach Aged Care Facility
• Remuneration: Attractive industry salary package + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances 

Join Us at Sunrise Beach – A New Era in Aged Care

Are you a compassionate and experienced professional ready to make a real impact in aged care? Tired of the traditional model and eager to be part of something truly different? Sunrise Beach is now open – and we're looking for a Care Manager to help lead the way.

Our 102-bed facility embraces a small household model of care, prioritising resident independence, choice, and community. You'll play a key role in fostering meaningful connections, supporting resident-led living, and shaping a vibrant, inclusive environment.

If you're a strong leader with a passion for innovation in aged care, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As Care Manager, you'll work closely with the Residential Services Manager to ensure quality care and compliance through robust governance processes. You'll lead and mentor your team, using your clinical expertise to guide decision-making and respond to nursing concerns with compassion and professionalism.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering person-centred care that promotes independence and quality of life.
• Leading and supporting a team of care staff to enhance service delivery.
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external audit standards.
• Driving service sustainability through effective ACFI management, care planning, and community engagement.
• Implementing quality improvement initiatives to foster positive change.

Role Requirements

You're a qualified nursing professional with leadership experience in aged care, health, or community services. You're passionate about person-centred care and bring strong communication and conflict resolution skills.

Essential:

• Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent)
• Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements
• Experience leading care teams
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (or willingness to obtain)

Employee Benefits:  

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we'd love you to be too

Joining the state's largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly  

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children  

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email

Safe workplace  

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.