Residential Service Manager 

• Permanent Full Time
• Kenmore Residential Service
• Competitive Package + NFP Salary Benefits + Vehicle

Our story began from one person’s genuine desire to serve Queenslanders and improve the lives of those in need of care. Today, we provide care into over 260 communities, providing the same holistic care, service and companionship that’s been our hallmark since the very beginning, 65 years ago. For us, care is about putting our customers and their loved ones first, ultimately empowering our communities to live rich and full lives wherever they are in Queensland.

We are inviting applications from experienced and passionate aged care leaders to oversee our Residential Care Service in Kenmore.

At Kenmore we’re a friendly and supportive community that helps residents continue to do the things they love most within the comfort of a high quality residence. Kenmore features 120 rooms with ensuites as well as access to a variety of community lounge rooms and outdoor areas.

Your role:

Leading the clinical and non-clinical operations of this residential service, you’ll drive a high quality of care and clinical standards whilst fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration amongst your leaders. You’ll lead an approach to resident care that encourages social, physical, emotional and clinical well-being.

Building on existing relationships, you’ll foster a successful referral network between our community and respite services and your facility. You’ll support facility, regional and organisation-wide goals delivering to human, financial and material resource benchmarks, whilst building a service focused on holistic, ‘tailor-made’ care, positioning it competitively within the market.

We’ll look after you too:

As the largest provider of Aged and Community services in QLD, Blue Care has been welcomed into the homes and communities of Australian’s for generations. With over 260 locations, we offer the unique opportunity to advance your career from Coomera to Katherine and almost everywhere in between. We offer: 

• Access to financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Flexible work arrangements, where we emphasise a work-life balance
• Learning and development to support you in your role
• Unique career opportunities in multiple locations and services

Your skills & experience:

An experienced clinician, your interpersonal skills have seen you build solid relationships, leading your team members to reach their objectives and deliver a high-standard of care.

Your experience has equipped you with an appreciation of the current complexities in aged and community care, including ACFI funding, as well as the financial, resource and people acumen to understand operational challenges, and respond proactively.

You have a keen eye for potential opportunities, with a track record of successfully growing previous services. Your focus on continuous improvement activities supports your strategy to design tailor made, best-practice care for clients within your services.

You’ll present with:

• Previous leadership experience within residential care
• Proven track record in delivering continuous improvement activities
• Confidence in managing culture through change management process
• Skills in delivering to complex clinical quality standards
• Tertiary Qualifications in healthcare with strong financial literacy skills

Ready to work together?
To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process. We look forward to receiving your application by 7th of June 2019.

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.