An exciting Permanent Part time opportunity has arisen for a Quality and Clinical specialist with a strong pharmacy background to join our dedicated Services Central Office team.

• Permanent Part Time position - 60.8 hrs per fortnight 
• 4 days per week - Tuesdays to Fridays 
• Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay 

You will have the opportunity to be the difference whilst enjoying great rewards including  salary packaging benefits, Bupa Health Insurance discounts, discounted gym memberships and much more.

About the role

The Quality & Clinical Specialist is responsible for promoting best practice quality and clinical practices, with the ultimate outcome of consistently achieving person-centred health promotion outcomes for residents and clients.

The focus of the Quality & Clinical Specialist role is defining, monitoring, reporting and providing mentoring on quality and clinical practices, processes and outcomes. This relates to both at site/service level and collectively at organisational level.

As the role does require travel to sites as needed to review residents/clients a current  Drivers Licence is essential to this role. 

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached job description.

About you

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

The successful candidate will have the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor or Post-Graduate Degree in Nursing or an Allied Health profession, enabling registration with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
• Current registration and practising certificate with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
• Minimum of 5 years relevant post registration experiences
• Current / relevant Drivers Licence
• Expertise in residential and community aged care quality and clinical practice and governance
• Experience working from a person centred healthy ageing approach
• Proven experience in staff leadership to achieve best practice outcomes
• Proficient skills to provide sound clinical risk assessment and person centred risk mitigation strategies in aged care
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to express ideas clearly and concisely
• Effective problem solving, negotiation and decision making skills
• Proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Workspace apps (or similar), electronic clinical care systems and in house databases
• A basic knowledge of the requirements of the Aged Care Standards as are applicable to the role.
• Applicants with experience of best-practice person centred dementia care will be highly regarded 

About us

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage & Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work Better for life.

Apply online: www.southerncrosscare.com.au/careers

Enquiries: [email protected]
Applications close: 4pm on Wednesday, 27th of November 2024