1. Permanent, Full-time Leadership position
2. Stunning Care Home in the heart of Clevedon, South Auckland
3. Competitive salary + great staff benefits offered.
4. Work for an organisation that cares about you and your professional development and growth!
About the role
We are looking for an Assistant Care Manager at our stunning Otau Ridge Village in Clevedon.
Reporting to the Nurse Manager, you will be responsible for providing supervision to the registered Nurses ensuring clinical excellence is at the forefront of everything we do. This in a hands-on RN role with management responsibilities. You may be a Senior Nurse in Aged Care with the right attitude wanting to step up into management. We are offering great staff benefits such as Health and Life insurance, paid 'wellness' days and your birthday off each year, just to mention a few.
This is a Tuesday to Saturday role working 40 hours a week.
Some of the great things you will be doing:
5. Using your clinical skills to assess and identify the needs of our residents to be able to formulate/review individual care plans.
6. Ensure compassionate and excellent quality of care is provided to all residents.
7. Develop lasting relationships with our residents and their families/ whanau.
8. Lead and manage a team of registered nurses, ensuring day to day high levels of clinical delivery. Ensuring clinical compliance meets auditing requirements.
9. Supporting, identifying, and upskilling the needs and requirements of the registered nurses and care workers, as well as providing appropriate direction and delegation.
10. Working and liaising closely with the Manager to undertake risk management, quality projects and improvements.
11. Support the 'Clinical On-Call' roster.
About you
12. You will have Aged Care experience as a Sr. Registered Nurse or advanced clinical practice
13. Current Annual Practicing certificate and First Aid Certificate.
14. Current InterRai certification.
15. Up to date knowledge on wound care.
16. Demonstrates excellent leadership and communication skills.
17. You will also have a helpful, team player attitude and a caring, respectful manner which is important in our aged care environment.
18. Provide Nursing Practice in a culturally safe manner and supports the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
19. Upholds the Rights of the Health and Disability Code.
About us
Established in 1984, Metlifecare is a leading owner and operator of retirement villages, providing rewarding lifestyles and care to more than 7,200 New Zealanders. We pride ourselves on providing retirement communities in which people are empowered to be the very best version of themselves.