Regional Role- WA | Aged Care Quality & Compliance | Melbourne
For Purpose Aged Care is seeking a Quality Operations Specialist to partner with operational leaders and support consistent, practical implementation of quality and governance systems across our residential aged care services.
This role is hands-on, field-facing and focused on translating regulatory and governance requirements into everyday practice at service level.
About the role
Reporting to the Quality & Risk Manager, you will:
* Provide quality and regulatory support to a designated group of services
* Support services to maintain ongoing regulatory readiness
* Conduct and coordinate internal audits and peer reviews
* Analyse audit findings, incidents and quality data to identify risk themes
* Support development and monitoring of corrective action plans
* Escalate systemic risks through formal governance pathways
* Coach and mentor site leaders in quality systems and governance maturity
* Contribute to regional and enterprise quality reporting
This role involves regular travel within the designated region.
About you
You are a quality-focused clinician who enjoys working closely with services and building capability.
You will bring:
* Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
* Experience in aged care quality, governance or compliance
* Strong working knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards
* Experience supporting audits, accreditation or regulatory readiness
* Ability to interpret quality and risk data to identify trends
* Strong stakeholder engagement and coaching skills
* Sound judgement in identifying and escalating risk
Postgraduate qualifications in quality, governance or health administration are desirable.
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 work in partnership not enforcement helping services lift capability, strengthen governance and deliver safer, more consistent care.