Roving Clinical Leader

Join Eldercare as a Roving Clinical Leader

Location: Northern Suburbs, Adelaide | Full-Time |

Are you a dynamic and experienced aged care clinical leader ready to make a real impact across multiple aged care sites?

Eldercare, one of South Australia’s most respected not-for-profit aged care providers, is looking for a passionate Roving Clinical Leader to support our Northern Region facilities.

Why Join Eldercare?

With over 2,000 employees, Eldercare is committed to delivering peace of mind with our care. Our workplace culture thrives on teamwork, innovation, and a genuine commitment to residents, their families, and our staff.

At Eldercare, we believe that everyone deserves to feel valued, included, and safe. We proudly welcome people from all walks of life—diverse cultures, identities, and backgrounds.

About the Role

As a Roving Clinical Leader, you will be part of a Roving Clinical Team and provide vital support, clinical leadership and continuity of care across multiple Eldercare locations in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and reliable aged care nurse with excellent communication and adaptability skills, to step into a mobile leadership role.  You will have the opportunity to work closely with staff, residents, and families using Eldercares Model of Care framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a Registered Nurse - Level 2
• Utilise your clinical experience and people skills in an engaging leadership position.
• Actively assist and oversee and deliver high-quality, person-centred nursing care to our residents
• Support, mentor, and inspire clinical staff across sites
• Play a key role in resident wellbeing and family engagement
• Adapt quickly to each site’s unique culture and needs, making a difference wherever you go
• Monday – Friday: No after hours or weekend shifts

What You Bring

• Registered Nurse with minimum 3 years’ clinical experience, preferably experience in current clinical nursing role
• Current AHPRA registration and Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent)
• Strong clinical judgment with a passion for individualised care
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships with staff, residents, and their families.
• Flexibility, autonomy, and a can-do attitude
• Ability to cover both 7am and 8am shift starts
• Ability to travel across all Eldercare Northern sites, with an openness to extend to other sites including Yorke Peninsula if needed

Eldercare can offer:

• Generous travel allowance and additional Roving Incentive
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits
• Laptop and phone
• Site allocations advised well in advance
• Access to professional development
• Inclusive, respectful, and diverse workplace culture
• Commitment to staff safety, wellbeing, and inclusion
• Well supported with a range of operational teams including Palliative Care; Dementia; Social Work and Continuous Improvement teams

Ready to lead across sites and make a meaningful difference every day?
To find out more, contact Jane Vassallo, Specialist Nurse Manager on 0414 312 547 or email jane.vassallo@eldercare.net.au.

To apply or view the Job and Person Specifications, 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.

Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercare’s Chief Executive. 

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.