About the role

To support the continued focus of person-centered care within the organisation, ARRCS are actively recruiting an experienced Clinical Nurse Manager to join our team at our Hetti Perkins Aged Home Care Facility.

Located in Alice Springs, NT, this role will see you responsible for the coordination of our consumers in residential care; the leadership and management of staff (nursing and care assistants) to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe, person-centred care.

This critical role is being recruited on a permanent, full-time basis and attracts the following remuneration:

• Penalty driven hourly rate of an Aged Care Registered Nurse Level 3 ranging from $48.12 - $50.54 gross base PA dependent on experience.
• In addition to your base salary – This role attracts a $50,000 PA bonus for the first 2 years of employment. This bonus brings your hourly rate to $73.42 - $75.84 / hour gross base.
• Access to full salary sacrifice benefits through CBB Salary Packaging which adds up to an estimate of $6,300 to your annual wages.
• The ability to have ‘Work, Life, Balance’ with flexibility on rostering and working for a family friendly organisation.
• Access to a skilled and resourced in-house Clinical Education team to support you not only on Aged Care legislation and processes, but to continue to work with you with personal, clinical, and professional development.
• Employment terms under a lucrative enterprise agreement which allows for overtime rates, weekend, evening shifts, public holiday rates and additional allowances.

The position is also responsible for providing an environment that supports learning, oversees education programs, and monitors professional standards of practice while providing safe and efficient patient care through the performance development and management process.

This role would suit a Registered Nurse with both clinical and management experience. You will have strong leadership skills and be able to manage a multi-disciplinary team. You will be hands on in your management style and enjoy providing mentorship and guidance to both your direct and indirect staff.

Hetti Perkins is a 60-bed facility and is an Indigenous service, home to people from various local communities and language groups. At ARRCS, we work with local communities to support and develop an Indigenous workforce with knowledge and understanding to provide culturally appropriate care

Benefits of working for us

ARRCS is the largest Aged Care Provider in the NT - your career can take you all over the NT including Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine or if you relocate interstate ARRCS are a pathway to Uniting Care QLD.

• Annual pay increases when working in accordance with our current Enterprise Agreement.
• Salary Packaging through CBB as noted above.
• Access to 70,000 Training and Development Courses through our Learning Platform.
• Telus Employee Wellbeing & Emotional Support

Skills & experience

To be considered for this role, we will be looking at the following experience and qualifications:

• Previous experience working as a Registered Nurse ideally within the Aged Care industry.
• Previous experience in leading, coaching or mentoring other Healthcare staff.
• Knowledge and ability to interpret and apply the Aged Care Quality Standards and regulatory legislation.
• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills and ability to coach frontline staff.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and business improvement.
• Strong knowledge of and commitment to workplace safety.

About the business

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) is not-for-profit aged care and community service provider that provide services including Residential Care, Home Care, School Nutrition and Early Learning Childhood programs in the Northern Territory.

Our Vision is passionately pursuing new ways to care where people and communities flourish and lead meaningful lives. ARRCS provides regional care and support to people and their communities throughout the Northern Territory from Darwin to Docker River with our purpose is to genuinely connect with the communities we serve, and enable our clients with agency, pride and dignity.

Our people are at the centre of our organisation and ensuring we have the right people in the right roles is the key to the success of our Consumer Centered Service Delivery.

Before applying, you need to have the following

All ARRCS employees are required to have the following. These are not required at time of application, however, must be lodged and or received at commencement.

• A National Police Check or willingness to obtain, dated within three months of commencement if successful.
• A NDIS Screening check or proof of application.
• Current year flu vaccination.

Our staff and volunteers are compassionate and knowledgeable members of the local community, who are committed to providing personalised care and support. More than a service provider, we understand that we are an important part of the regional and remote communities we work in and acknowledge our responsibility to ensure our people are connected to those communities, people and cultures.

ARRCS is committed to engagement with people of all ages, from varying backgrounds, cultures and nationalities and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with lived experience of disability, people from CALD and the LGBTQI+ communities to submit their applications.

To discuss this opportunity further, please contact our Talent Acquisition team via [email protected] or phone 08 8982 5200.