Practice Manager (Clinical) Community Aged Care

Job Description

Why you'll love working with us:

• Leading values-based Community Aged Care Provider
• 7 Additional days off per year + NFP Salary Packaging + Fitness Passport
• Based at Macquarie Park, short walk from Metro Station + WFH options
• Join a high growth Industry in a newly created role

Exciting things are happening at Catholic Healthcare! This year we’ll celebrate 30 years in care, we now have 5000+ employees and as a result of rapid growth in the Home and Community space, we have a fantastic opportunity in the newly created role of Practice Manager. Reporting to our Chief Communities Officer, this is a senior leadership role supporting our growth and innovation in line with our strategic pillars. This is a unique opportunity to create the practice from scratch, whilst adding value to our clients, communities and practitioners.

We have a well established team of Community nurses with strong clinical support through senior RN’s, as well as a rapidly growing team of Physio’s and OT’s. Our Home and Community services look after clients right across NSW and we’re looking to bring the whole function together through a strategic, innovative and driven Practice Manager looking to work for a leading values based Aged Care provider like us!

The ideal applicant for this role is a Nursing or Allied Health Professional (OT or Physio preferred) with current APRHA registration (or equivalent registered body). Prior experience in Community Practice is a must, as is the ability to manage commercial performance of Allied Health and Nursing services. A highly autonomous role with internal support services, your ability to build relationships with stakeholders, think and act strategically whilst pursuing continuous improvement across a fast-growing team will see you succeed. 

Day to day this role looks like:

• Lead the delivery of Allied Health and Nursing services, including actioning internal and external referrals, are delivered in a timely manner to meet client needs and respond to risk. 
• Partner with Regions to deliver high-quality, integrated services in line with the HCS strategy and CHLs model of care compliant with employment and legislation frameworks including Aged Care standards.
• Embed Quality Assurance, clinical governance and continuous improvement systems and processes in the practice, including regular file and internal audits, client risk reviews, and clinical governance meetings.
• Review Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures in partnership with Practice, Quality and Risk.
• Recruit new team members within approved budgetary headcount; conducting interviews and making selection decisions.
• Facilitate access to professional development, education, or support such as external communities of practice as well as student placements and graduate programs.
• Lead clinical forums for update/sharing/clinical discussion and identify training opportunities through analysing clinical indicator and internal audit reports
• Provide thought-leadership within the Allied Health community space, finding new and innovative ways for Catholic Healthcare to be a market leader.
• Oversee the budget and profit and loss statement for the portfolio in line with business plan
• Drive growth and utilisation of Allied Health and nursing services for existing CHLs clients through internal leads and referrals.
• Grow Practice Delivery offering model through analysis and insights from data on unspent funds, avoidable hospitalisations, and discharges to Residential Care.
• Develop and implement fee for service model.
• Support delivery and operationalisation of CHL's High care, Respite, and connected community's model.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Nursing or Allied Health Qualification (OT or Physio preferred) with current APRHA Registration (or equivalent registered body)
• At least 3 years’ experience in Community Practice
• Demonstrated knowledge of Aged Care Standards
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical supervision processes
• Extensive people leadership experience across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent digital literacy in Microsoft suite and highly developed written and verbal communication
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Current NSW Driver’s License

Catholic Healthcare promotes the dignity, life and spirituality of older people through connected and inclusive communities across residential aged care, home and community services and retirement living across NSW and SE QLD. Our values of Courage, Compassion and Integrity sit at the core of everything we do.

Sound like you? We'd love to hear from you!

Please note that pre-employment checks (including Police) will be completed for all preferred candidates before an Offer is made.