Senior Clinical Practice Lead - (Aged Care Nurse Practitioner)

Discover a career where care goes both ways!

• Based at Macquarie Park Head Office – Short walk from metro station
• 7 Additional leave days per year + Salary Packaging + WFH options  
• Leading, innovative and highly regarded provider of aged care services 
• Opportunity to move to a strategic practice lead role

Exciting things are happening at Catholic Healthcare! We’ve grown to 5000+ employees and in 2024 we celebrated our 30th year of providing care. Our Mission is to promote the dignity, life and spirituality of older people through connected and inclusive communities. Our vision is to support older people to live the life they choose through innovative models of care. 

This is not your average Aged Care Nurse Practitioner position! It’s a unique opportunity to integrate your experience, knowledge, and expertise with your strategic capabilities and entrepreneurial approach, to lead a clinical practice within a large Aged Care Provider. 

As a member of the Practice, Quality and Risk team, you will utilize your experience as a Nurse Practitioner, understanding of evidence based practice, and commitment to high-quality clinical aged care to lead and develop Catholic Healthcare’s clinical practice in wounds, infection, and continence care. Reporting to the Chief Quality Officer, you will work collaboratively with the Senior Palliative Care Lead who is also a Nurse Practitioner and the broader Practice, Quality and Risk team, to support our Residential Aged Care, Home Care and Independent Living teams.

Your outstanding collaboration and interpersonal capabilities, combined with your innate curiosity and dedication to sharing your expertise in wound care, incontinence management, and infection control, will be essential to your success in this key role.

Your days will include;

• Leading, developing and implementing contemporary, evidence-based wound, continence care and infection control policy and practices  
• Providing expert clinical leadership and guidance to a team of healthcare professionals, older people, and families.  
• Serving as a resource and mentor for CHL Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare professionals seeking to expand their knowledge and skills in wound, continence care and infection control practices  
• Fostering a culture of compassionate care and dignity for older people and their families 
• Collaborating with Operations, Clinical Experts and Academic to develop wound management, pressure injury prevention (PIPP), continence and infection control programs 
• Developing an implementation plan to establish, embed, and evaluate the programs 
• Establishing facilities, systems, and processes to support billing and claiming for NP services 

The ideal candidate will have the ability to understand and interpret information, effectively navigate teams and influence stakeholders to build clinical capability across the business, in addition to the following;   

• Endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner by NMBA & Registered Nurse with AHPRA 
• Demonstrated NP experience in aged care with wound specialty - Essential  
• Advanced degree in nursing (Master’s degree or higher)   
• Min 10 years clinical nursing experience, ideally in wound and pressure injury prevention  
• Advanced wholistic clinical assessment and critical thinking skills 
• Confidence in using telehealth and other digital solutions to provide remote support and advice  
• Proven leadership and commercial experience in a clinical setting, with demonstrated ability to mentor and develop staff 
• Knowledge of aged care and end-of-life care's legal and ethical considerations, including advance care directives, consent, and decision-making processes 
• Demonstrated experience in managing and delivering projects 
• Ability to travel as required 
• Willingness to obtain Police Check    

Benefits Catholic Healthcare employees receive 

Additional leave days, salary packaging, fitness benefits, paid parental and family leave, and long service leave after five years! 

Catholic Healthcare is a values-based organisation that welcomes applicants from all faiths and backgrounds  

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a positive impact in a rewarding organisation like ours, we’d love to hear from you.      

Apply online now!    

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Catholic Healthcare acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we live, work and dream.  We pay our respects to their Indigenous Elders past and present, for they hold the traditions, culture, and hopes of their people as we journey towards reconciliation.  We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

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