Quality Care Advisor

Quality Care Advisor BlueCare

• Employment Term:Permanent full time

• Location:Brisbane based with travel across Sunshine Coast

• Remuneration: $59.43 - $60.70 p/h Super Not for Profit Salary Packaging Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

Were looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others - through small moments that leave big impacts.

About the role:

As our Quality Care Advisor you will play a pivotal role in supporting clinical excellence safety and compliance across a portfolio of residential aged care homes.

Working in partnership with operational and clinical leaders youll provide expert advice coaching and escalation support helping services deliver safe person-centred and evidence-based care.

This is a highly collaborative role focused on strengthening clinical governance managing risk and driving continuous improvement while remaining independent of direct care delivery.

In this role you will:

• Provide expert clinical quality risk and safety advice to support improved resident outcomes

• Support leaders to identify risks trends and improvement opportunities using data audits and feedback

• Act as a clinical escalation point for complex care issues including deterioration wounds falls infection prevention and medication safety

• Assist services to manage serious incidents complaints and regulatory reporting requirements

• Strengthen workforce capability through coaching mentoring and education in partnership with clinical education teams

• Support audit readiness accreditation and regulatory activities ensuring ongoing compliance with quality standards

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives research and innovation in care delivery

Essential qualifications & licences

• Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent) with current AHPRA registration

• Minimum 3 years experience as a Registered Nurse in residential aged care

• Current Drivers Licence and willingness to travel

• Ability to satisfy all required probity checks and vaccinations in line with policy and legislation

• Postgraduate qualifications (or working towards)

• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead training or willingness to undertake

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family wed love you to be too

Joining the states largest network of aged care workers with its over 8000 strong bright team in blue youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospitalyou 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 simpleeverybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender 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 additional support and to meet our RAP Team email

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 in 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.