Title:  Facility Manager

Date:  9 Sept 2025
Location:  Bethania
Business Unit:  St Jude's Aged Care

 

St Jude’s Health Care Group is a trusted provider of Aged Care, Allied Health and Disability Services, established in 1982. With a strong reputation built over four decades and as a purpose-driven organisation, we operate with a clear philosophy: we do not provide any service that isn’t good enough for our own families. Our work is grounded in respect, integrity, commitment, and genuine partnerships with the individuals and communities we support.
 

Role Summary

The Facility Manager is responsible for ensuring the proper and efficient management of the Bethania Gardens residential facility, including managing several budgets, the continuous quality improvement plan and the broader service delivery operation for the facility. All of this is achieved whilst considering and following all relevant legislations, standards and internal policies. The position plays a critical role in driving positive culture, service excellence and a person-centered approach to care through the mentorship and supervision of the staff team.    

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, legislations and policies.
  • Overseeing the provision of personal care services, nursing care and recovery plans that are in place across the facility.
  • Responsibility for overseeing the management of staff, including performance, recruitment, rostering, training and culture.
  • Ensuring that the facility is operating within budget, and operating in line with funding requirements and assessments, all whilst looking for ways to optimise revenue for the facility. 
  • Creating a feedback-positive workplace that makes staff and residents feel valued for their input, and seeks to act on the feedback received. 

 

This role is being hired on a permanent full-time basis and is located out of our charming facility in Bethania!

Skills, Attributes and Experience

We are looking for a significantly experienced and clinical aged care professional who has a track record of high performance within the sector. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for working within aged care, and a strong commitment to the excellent provision of residential services. They will have highly developed leadership and communication skills, including an ability to converse with people from all walks of life and an ability to bring people along on the journey with them. We are also looking for someone who has elite organisational/time management skills, which allows them to keep a cool head in the face of pressure/deadlines and make composed, logical decisions that serve to benefit all involved.  

 

Key criteria includes the below:

 

  • Appropriate tertiary qualifications and current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
  • Significant experience gained within management or supervisory capacities within the aged care sector.
  • Familiarity with the AN-ACC funding model, and the preparedness to assist the facility through future changes to aged care funding.
  • Possess or willing to obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check, National Police Clearance and driver's licence

 

St Jude's Bethania Gardens is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.