Clinical Leader - The Lodge

Eldercare is a leading not-for-profit aged care provider in South Australia with 1800 employees.  Our workplace culture embraces teamwork, innovation, and a dedication to our purpose of delivering peace of mind with our care.

Eldercare - The Lodge, located in Wayville, has a position available for a Clinical Leader.  As the Clinical Leader, you will be an integral part of our site management team. You will have the opportunity to work closely with staff, residents, and families with the support of our Clinical Care Manager and Site Operations Manager.

Key aspects of the role:

• Work as a Registered Nurse - Level 2
• Have a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, individualised nursing care to our residents. 
• Actively lead and mentor staff, ensuring that each team member is equipped and empowered to deliver the best resident-focused care. 
• Utilise your clinical experience and people skills in an engaging leadership position.
• Centralised support for operational areas including Palliative Care, Continuous Improvement, Rostering, Human Resources and Work Health Safety
• Full Time ongoing role Monday - Friday

The successful candidate:

• Clinical experience as a Registered Nurse
• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification, including a current AHPRA registration
• Genuine passion for providing individualised clinical care to support ageing in place.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with staff, residents, and their families

We can offer you:

• Well-supported working environment where high standards of employee performance and resident care are consistently maintained.
• Attractive staff benefits such as Not-for-profit salary sacrificing.
• Ongoing professional development

Eldercare encourages you to apply if you are a committed and results-driven individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality outcomes whilst modelling the behaviours underpinning Eldercare's values of respect, accountability, and connection.

To view the Job and Person Specifications of this role please click here.

To work for Eldercare, you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since the date of issue.

As per Eldercare’s Employee Immunisation Policy, all Eldercare employees are required to:

• Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year.
• Be vaccinated against COVID-19 as per current ATAGI guidelines.

Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents, staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are included and respected.

Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) residents, staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe.

Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender-based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon-accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.

All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their lives with Eldercare.

Eldercare is proud to provide a smoke-free environment across all sites.