Home Manager

Calvary Healthcare

About The Position

The Home Manager is responsible for the day to day operation of support and ensuring clinical services are provided to residential and community clients from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Flexible Aged Care Facility (Mulakunya) and programs on the Tiwi Islands. This role has a strong focus on compliance and operational KPI's, and will ensure that the facility is complaint with legislative and statutory requirements, and meets financial expectations and optimise occupancy levels. The role is accountable for developing and maintaining high quality and efficient care and that clinical services from a multi-disciplinary team through to lifestyle programs, diet and cultural activities are delivered. The position involves maintaining strong relationships with the local clinic and local providers on both Bathurst and Melville Islands. The Home Manager provides leadership to the team through coaching, guidance and mentoring while ensuring residents and clients receive the highest standard of care available. The position provides a strong and consistent presence to enable ongoing community relationships that will potentially extend and enable broader care and clinical services across the island communities.

Requirements

Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA - No restrictions or conditions.
Ability to build rapport and maintain solid working relationships with identified key relationships.
High level of understanding of the aged care sector with the ability to identify changing trends and to ensure best practice.
An effective listener with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing with excellent presentation skills.
Clear thinker with lateral problem-solving skills. An ability to convert complex ideas into simple, understandable and workable actions to ensure positive outcomes.
Able to multitask, prioritise, delegate and manage the delegation process to ensure appropriate quality outcomes
Sound operational knowledge of computerised systems used within the industry as well as the ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new systems introduced into the business from time to time.
Understanding of and ability to manage human resource issues with effective negotiation skills

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively and cooperatively with Calvary’s Vision and Mission in mind, creating a culture within the home that is resident-centric and treating everyone as an individual.
Drive the performance of the home, ensuring compliance with all regulatory compliance, standards and organisational policies, as well as the financial performance of the home.
Develop and maintain key relationships with external parties that support care provision such as GP’s, Allied Health, contractors and the local community.
Make sure the home embodies a strong diversity culture that advances the frontiers of aged living, through innovation and integration of clinical practice with lifestyle pursuits, hospitality and design.
Recruit, induct and mentor the Tiwi Team to achieve best resident and client outcomes