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Clinical Nurse Lead

  • Glenelg, SA, Australia, 5045
  • Direct Care & Clinical Services
  • Leadership & Management
  • Permanent Full-Time
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Lead Clinical Excellence. Make a Meaningful Difference.

At Uniting Communities, we're committed to creating exceptional experiences for older people through compassionate, person-centred care. We are seeking an experienced and passionate Clinical Nurse Lead to join our Residential Aged Care team at MurrayMudge in Glenelg. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse ready to step into a leadership role where you can mentor teams, influence clinical practice, and help shape the quality of care delivered to residents every day. 

About the Role

As a Clinical Nurse Lead, you will provide clinical leadership and support across the home, working closely with the Clinical Care Manager and fellow Clinical Nurse Leads to ensure residents receive high-quality, dignified and person-centred care. You'll play a key role in complex clinical care, infection prevention and control, quality improvement, staff development, and resident wellbeing. 

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing leadership, guidance and mentoring to nursing and care teams. 
  • Supporting residents with complex clinical and dementia care needs. 
  • Leading clinical reviews, assessments, care planning and documentation. 
  • Driving best-practice infection prevention and control initiatives. 
  • Partnering with residents, families and multidisciplinary stakeholders. 
  • Supporting quality, compliance and continuous improvement activities.  Position Description - RAC (Murray Mudge) Clinical Nurse Lead.pdf

About You

You are an experienced Registered Nurse who leads by example and is passionate about delivering outstanding care to older people. You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy coaching others to succeed. 

To be successful, you will bring:

  • Bachelor of Nursing and current AHPRA registration. 
  • Strong clinical nursing experience and sound clinical judgement. 
  • Leadership capability with experience mentoring and supporting teams. 
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. 
  • A commitment to resident-centred care and continuous improvement. 
  • Previous aged care leadership experience will be highly regarded. 

Why Join Uniting Communities?

  • Opportunity to lead and influence clinical excellence.
  • Supportive and collaborative leadership team.
  • Purpose-driven organisation making a difference in South Australia.
  • Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.
  • Work for an organisation guided by values that are Kind, Bold and Genuine

Apply Now

If you are an experienced Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership career and make a lasting impact on the lives of older people, we'd love to hear from you.

Join Uniting Communities and help create a place where residents can live with dignity, choice and purpose.

Uniting Communities is an equal opportunity employer committed to a safe, inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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