Location-VIC, WA, NSW or QLD | National Portfolio | Aged Care

For Purpose Aged Care is seeking an experienced Clinical Governance Manager to provide enterprise-level clinical governance oversight across our residential aged care services.

This role sits at the heart of governance assurance interpreting clinical risk, incident data and audit outcomes to strengthen systems, escalation pathways and executive oversight. It is a senior advisory role, focused on system integrity, risk intelligence and continuous improvement.

About the role

Reporting into the Quality, Experience and Improvement portfolio, you will:

• Provide enterprise clinical governance oversight and assurance
• Analyse clinical incidents, SIRS data, dashboards and audits to identify systemic risks
• Provide governance-level advice and recommendations to executive and committees
• Lead or support significant incident and systems-based reviews
• Ensure clinical governance frameworks, policies and escalation processes remain robust and defensible
• Prepare high-quality governance reports for executive and Board forums
• Partner with operational and clinical leaders to translate governance insight into measurable improvement

About you

You are a senior clinician with strong governance capability who can operate confidently at executive and Board level.

You will bring:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Significant experience in clinical governance, quality or senior clinical leadership in aged care or a regulated health environment
• Strong knowledge of aged care legislation and the Aged Care Quality Standards
• Experience leading or overseeing incident investigations and RCA
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear governance insight
• High-level capability in governance reporting and executive briefings

Postgraduate qualifications in clinical governance, quality or health administration will be highly regarded.

Benefits & Culture

As a purpose-led, not-for-profit organisation, we invest in our people and offer a range of benefits to support both work and life, including:

• Salary packaging – save up to $15,900 p.a. (Go Salary)
• Novated leasing
• Super salary sacrifice options
• State-of-the-art technology to help you work smarter
• Flexible work/life balance
• Team lunches & regular team-building events
• Exclusive discounts with JB Hi-Fi, Endota Spa & more
• CommBank workplace banking
• HESTA member benefits
• Access to EAP counselling (free & confidential)
• Ausmed Passport

Why Join Us at For Purpose Aged Care?

You’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical governance across a values-driven organisation committed to safe, high-quality care and continuous improvement.