Care Manager

**Employment Type: Full-time**
**Contract Type: Fixed Term contract (3 months)**
**Location: Page, ACT**

**About Us**:
RSL LifeCare is a social purpose organization, providing leading aged care, retirement living, and veteran support services centred on making the significant transitions in life meaningful for veterans, seniors and their families.

In our communities, whether it's through our veteran-centric services, personal home care assistance, retirement villages or residential care homes, our integrated wellbeing and care solutions empower our veterans and seniors to live their best lives with confidence.

Our 110-year-old legacy lives on, with dedicated teams across over 60 sites in NSW and the ACT providing care and support to veterans and seniors with the greatest compassion.

Our purpose drives us every day: to enrich the lives of veterans and seniors.

**About the role**:
Join us as our new _Clinical Care Manager role provides clinical leadership and is responsible for leading all aspects of the Clinical and Care practice, including delivery of high-quality care to the community and oversight of collaborative care planning in partnership with residents and their representatives. The Clinical Care Manager is accountable for the supervision of nursing and care teams, and local management of the clinical governance framework and is also a key role in the quality improvement cycle for the facility. _ _
- Reporting to the Facility Manager, the Clinical Care Manager will be responsible for: _
- _Driving a positive internal culture amongst the team of Nurses and Care Staff _
- _Ensuring Clinical and Care team members work to embed quality care and clinical governance systems and processes, aligned to the LifeCare Way _
- _Supporting the Facility Manager to ensure Clinical and Care labour cost-management initiatives are fully adopted within the facility, and costs are aligned with income streams (e.g. AN-ACC) _
- _Developing care plans, including establishing optimal, quality lifestyle goals and compliance with the Aged Care Standards _
- _Lead engagement with key clinical stakeholders including resident families, suppliers and referring clinicians _

**About You**:

- Current AHPRA registration as a registered nurse with no current conditions placed upon registrationMinimum 5 years
- ' postgraduate clinical experience within health care, aged care, or another relevant environment
- Experience in motivating teams, managing performance, and delivering on accountabilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- It is a mandatory requirement when working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Clearance or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of this role. Clearances must be verified before commencing employment with RSL LifeCare

**Our benefits**:

- Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more
- Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
- Team-building activities, wellbeing days, and volunteering opportunitiesLeave Loading - 17.5% pay top-up on paid leave

**Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow**
- It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare. _

**Our commitment to diversity**:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.

**Location **:RAC Page