Residential Service Manager in Caboolture

RELOCATION OPPORTUNITY - CHERBOURG, QLD

Employment Term: Permanent Full Time

Location: Cherbourg – Ny-Ku Byun Elders Village

Remuneration: Competitive Salary + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging

• Sign On Bonus $2,000
• Retention Bonuses $27,500 paid in instalments over 24 months
• Relocation Package up to $5,000 available to those needing to relocate
• Additional remote living and relocation benefits may also apply through NFP salary packaging

Pinangba is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service delivery arm of BlueCare. The foundations of Pinangba are built from our cultural identity and strong community relationships and partnerships. Ny-Ku Byun Elders Village, meaning ‘Our Home’, is located in the Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, where One Community, Many Tribes reflects the strong community connections at the heart of the village. Ny-Ku Byun provides high-quality aged care in a welcoming, home-like environment centred on our Elders, families and community. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

About the role

As Residential Service Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day operations of Ny-Ku Byun Elders Village, working alongside your team to provide high-quality, culturally responsive and person-centred care to our Elders. You’ll provide leadership across quality, compliance, care governance and service performance, ensuring the facility meets regulatory and accreditation requirements while supporting continuous improvement and strong operational outcomes. You’ll also oversee the financial sustainability of the service, including occupancy, resources and the effective delivery of hospitality, lifestyle and support services. Working closely with your senior clinicians and frontline leaders, you’ll lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of nurses, personal carers and support staff, providing coaching, direction and support to enable their success. At the heart of the role is building strong relationships with Elders, families, employees and community, ensuring Ny-Ku Byun continues to provide quality care that respects individual needs, culture and connection to community. We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success.

Role requirements

• With a strong background in residential aged care or healthcare service management, you’ll bring demonstrated leadership capability and a genuine commitment to quality, person-centred care.
• You’ll be confident leading multidisciplinary teams, managing operational and financial priorities and supporting your people to deliver strong service outcomes.
• Relevant tertiary qualification OR equivalent experience in high-level service delivery and quality – Essential
• Extensive leadership and management experience within residential aged care or a comparable care environment – Essential
• Demonstrated financial capability, including operational budget management – Essential
• Experience working within and leading a multidisciplinary team – Essential
• Strong understanding of resident-centred care and residential aged care service delivery – Essential
• Knowledge of continuous quality improvement practices – Essential
• Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities
• Ability to provide leadership, coaching and mentorship to team members
• Ability to satisfy relevant probity checks required by legislation or organisational policy – Essential

In accordance with requirements outlined by the ACQSC and/or NDIS, this role is considered Key Personnel. You will be required to meet key suitability criteria and complete additional compliance measures.

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too. Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple– everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.