Better and fairer care. Always.
For more than 175 years, St Vincent’s Care Services has been a leading Catholic provider of aged care services in Australia and the legacy of compassion, justice, integrity and excellence entrusted to us by the Sisters of Charity and their Founder Mary Aikenhead continues to inspire our work today.
You will be joining St Vincent’s as we launch our exciting new vision Bringing Care Home, which will take the best of St Vincent’s care beyond our hospitals and aged care homes directly into the homes of our communities across the country, making care more personal and accessible. Bringing Care Home is more than a strategy. It’s how we’ll deliver care that is better, fairer, and more connected – for everyone we serve.
Reporting to the Area Manager, the Residential Care Services Manager leads the day-to-day operational management and drives the overall performance, culture and reputation of our residential aged care home at Gympie. St Vincent’s Care Services Gympie provides residents with exceptional care with the added benefit of beautifully landscaped gardens, extensive verandas, and sweeping views of Gympie and the Cooloola Shire countryside.
The Residential Care Services Manager proactively leads innovation and change, mentoring their team and embedding a culture of continuous improvement by challenging outdated practices and preparing the home for the evolving demands of aged care. You will drive high-quality care, strong clinical governance and sustainable operations, leading your team to success by ensuring residents receive safe, dignified and compassionate holistic care.
Seeking a warm, effective, innovative and values-led leader for this permanent part-time role, where you will have the support of centralised centres of excellence, collaborating with your peers as part of a national, progressive healthcare organisation.
What’s on your resume is important, but what’s in your heart matters more.
Because at St Vincent’s, kindness works for us.
This is a Permanent Part-time role. Working days - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Oversee all performance indicators, including financial budgets, workforce, resident & staff safety, minimum care minutes and occupancy, with accountability for business development and sustainable growth.
Demonstrate strong, values-led leadership, modelling expected behaviours and fostering a culture of accountability, respect, openness and continuous improvement.
Proactive management of incidents, complaints and feedback, with transparency, open disclosure and learning used to strengthen care quality and service delivery.
Foster a safe, compliant and well-governed service, with clinical governance frameworks embedded, risks actively managed and continuous readiness for accreditation and regulatory review.
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including Responsible Persons, NDIS Worker Screening and immunisation checks.
At St Vincent’s we value inclusivity and diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. We acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, fair and impartial and invite people from all backgrounds to join us.
St Vincent’s Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s unique perspectives, knowledge, and culture. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation, https://www.svcs.org.au/people/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-recruitment
