What's the Opportunity?

A well-established 105-bed residential aged care home in Tweed Heads is seeking an experienced and people-focused Care Manager to join the team at full occupancy. This is a highly rewarding opportunity for a strong leader, motivator and experienced aged care professional who thrives in a busy environment and enjoys developing teams. You will play a key role in strengthening clinical leadership, training and supporting staff, and helping ensure residents receive consistently high-quality care.

If you are confident, motivating and clinically experienced, this role offers the chance to make a genuine impact while growing your career within the aged care sector.

About the Role

As the clinical leader of a 100-bed residential aged care home, you will lead the care team, support clinical standards and develop staff capability. This role combines clinical leadership, team development, staff training and resident-focused care within a refurbished, fully occupied aged care environment. You will have a key role in training and mentoring the existing team, including supporting a number of junior RNs who have recently joined from overseas.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the clinical care team to deliver safe, high-quality resident outcomes
- Develop and mentor RNs and care staff, supporting capability and confidence
- Train and coach junior staff, particularly those new to the Australian aged care environment
- Monitor clinical standards, documentation and care delivery across the home
- Support the AN-ACC funding and clinical teams to ensure accurate and effective care processes
- Build strong relationships with residents, families and key stakeholders
- Motivate the team through visible, supportive and accountable leadership
- Work closely with the General Manager, Clinical Care Coordinator and Nurse Advisor to drive consistent standards

About You

You are a confident,



supportive and highly motivating individual who genuinely enjoys developing people and strengthening teams during periods of change and growth. You will also bring:

- A minimum of 1 year’s experience as a Care Manager in residential aged care
- Current AHPRA registration
- Experience leading and developing clinical teams
- Confidence training and mentoring junior RNs and supporting staff capability

What's on Offer

- Opportunity to join a refurbished 100-bed aged care home at full occupancy
- A genuine leadership role with significant influence over staff development and training
- Supportive and collaborative leadership structure
- Stable Monday to Friday working pattern
- Meaningful work where you can make a genuine difference to residents and staff
- Opportunity to grow your career within the aged care sector
- Salary: $135,000 + Super + Salary Packaging
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm

About E4 People

E4 People has been a specialist healthcare recruitment partner since 2012. Over the past decade we have built deep relationships across aged care, allied health, and hospital settings throughout Australia. When you work with us, you get more than a single job opening. You get a recruiter who understands the sector, knows the leadership teams, and can talk honestly about culture, career pathways and where your skills will be valued. What this looks like in practice:

- A dedicated consultant who works with you on your career, not just this role
- Honest market insight on salary, growth, and where the sector is moving
- Discreet, skilled handling at every stage. We do not share your details without permission
- Ongoing support post placement, because the right fit matters longer than the offer date

We are proud that many of the candidates we place return to us years later for their next career move. That is the standard we aim for on every search.

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📌 Care Manager - Aged Care (Tweed Heads West)
🏢 E4 People
📍 Tweed Heads West