Lead a residential aged care home with responsibility forquality, workforce, compliance and operational performance.

- Thrive in a progressive and caring not-for-profitenvironment
- Drive high-quality, individualised care and operationalexcellence
- Make a real impact in residents’ daily lives

About the opportunity:
An exciting leadership opportunity awaits at Carinity Brownesholmein Highfields. As the Residential Aged Care Manager, you willprovide operational, clinical, and strategic leadership of thehome, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centredcare that upholds residents’ dignity, choice, and independence.

Reporting to the General Manager – Residential Aged Care, you willbe accountable for overall home performance, including workforceleadership, financial management, quality and compliance oversight,occupancy outcomes, risk management, and continuous improvement.This is an opportunity to lead a dedicated multidisciplinary teamwithin a values-based organisation committed to creatingcommunities where people are loved, accepted, and supported toreach their full potential.

Your day-to-day will involve:

- Leading day-to-day operations of the home, ensuring thedelivery of protected, high-quality, person-centred care alignedwith Carinity’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
- Providing leadership and oversight to multidisciplinaryteams including nursing, care, hospitality, lifestyle,chaplaincy, administration and support services.
- Driving compliance with the Aged Care Act 2024, Aged CareQuality Standards,



Aged Care Code of Conduct and all relevantlegislative regulatory requirements.
- Managing workforce planning, staffing, rosters, careminutes, performance development, employee engagement andretention initiatives.
- Leading quality, safety, and risk management activitiesincluding incident management, complaints resolution, audits,continuous improvement programs and accreditationreadiness.
- Managing home budgets, occupancy performance, resourceallocation and funding optimisation strategies to achieveoperational and financial objectives.
- Oversight of clinical governance, resident wellbeing,safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and servicequality outcomes.
- Building strong relationships with residents, families,staff, community stakeholders, and regulatory bodies to fostertrust, transparency, and excellent resident experiences.

About you:

- Demonstrated experience managing a Residential AgedCare home, with responsibility for operational,workforce, quality, and financial outcomes.
- Strong knowledge of the Aged Care Act2024, Aged Care Quality Standards, governance, riskmanagement, and compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and developmultidisciplinary teams while fostering a positive,accountable,



and values-driven workplace culture.
- Experience managing budgets, occupancy targets, workforceplanning, care minutes, and resource allocation within aresidential aged care environment.
- Strong understanding of clinical governance, continuousimprovement, incident and complaints management, andaccreditation processes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills,with the ability to build effective relationships withresidents, families, staff, and external partners.
- Registered Nurse (Division 1) qualification with AHPRAregistration (preferred)
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (or ability toobtain)
- Current Driver’s Licence

The benefits of joining the Carinity team

- Appealing not-for-profit (PBI) salary packagingoptions.
- Access to an employee assistance program (professionalcounselling).
- At Carinity we acknowledge the need to balance your workand personal life and are genuinely committed to this.
- Monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO)
- On-going professional development and training.
- Legitimate chance to make a real difference to thecommunity, every day.

Carinity actively encourages and invites applications frompeople with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople for all our positions.

Due to the inherent requirements of this role andlegislative requirements under the Child Employment Act, applicantsmust be 18 years of age or older.

Attachments:
- Carinity PD – Residential Aged Care Manager.docx

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📌 Residential Aged Care Manager (Highfields)
🏢 Carinity
📍 Highfields