Clinical Lead

**About Life Care**

Life Care is proudly a South Australian Not for Profit organisation dedicated to quality services and accommodation to older people across Home Care, Life Care Active, Retirement Living, Supported Living and Residential Aged Care.

Life Care provides fundamentals of quality care underpinning excellence in innovation demonstrated in site design principals such as the multi-award winning Gaynes Park Manor, use of technology with the first truly mobile call bell system including Reynella, and introducing new models of care including being the first South Australian partner of the Violet Initiative that supports families of those entering palliative care phase of their life.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager and supported by a team of multi-disciplinary health professionals, the Clinical Lead will be responsible for maintaining a high-standard of clinical care at Reynella Lodge, while ensuring Life Care continue to provide an exceptional customer experience to both residents and their families.

The role will be required to provide clinical leadership and oversight across a team to ensure our residents are equipped with the support and encouragement to Live Every Day.

This will include:

- The delivery of high-quality, consumer-centric delivery of care;
- Daily leadership, coaching and supervision of Life Care team members whilst providing care to residents in real-time;
- Effective development and management of high-quality clinical care plans and monitoring;
- Positive management of consumer feedback and liaison with families and external stakeholders; and
- Effective development of relationships across multi-disciplinary team to collaborative to achieve resident and operational outcomes. Overseas medication management by ensuring clinical staff are trained and equipped to manage function
- Overseas the management of clinical incidents, ensures appropriate response and implement continuous improvement.
- Reviews outcomes of care ensuring that all staff on duty input data to maintain up to date records for each resident in their area
- Ensures clinical and care staff are working within their scope of practice, monitors performance of team members and ensures team receives appropriate training and development.
- Coordinates case conferences and clinical reviews with multi-disciplinary team.

**About you**

To be considered for the Clinical Lead role, you will be an experienced clinician with the ability to effectively operate at a comparable level and work collaboratively within a team of multi-disciplinary health professionals.

You will be able to express empathy and an innate ability to develop positive working relationships and build rapport with a range of stakeholders including residents, families, staff members and other medical professionals.

You will also have knowledge and experience in working within regulatory and legislative practice parameters in relation to nursing practice and have a developed understanding of the Aged Care Quality Standards, in order to meet the clinical compliance requirements of the role.

You'll also need some more practical things:

- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- An ability to obtain a Police Clearance
- Evidence of Covid-19 and Seasonal flu vaccinations

**About the benefits**
- Salary sacrifice - make your salary go further by paying your mortgage or other expenses with pre-tax dollars
- Wellbeing program including retail and travel discounts, discounted allied health
- Clothing - uniform supplied
- Flexibility/ Work life balance - we know that being able to manage life around work is important, so we make that a priority for us as well
- Great office location, close to cafes, shopping centres and public transport
- Supportive and friendly working environment with committed leadership
- EAP Employee Assistance Program

If you think you'd be a great addition to our team, we'd like to hear from you. Just click Apply, and we'll be in touch