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CEO - Residential Aged Care

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Business Zenith Executive Search

Job Description

Work for a regional Not for Profit Residential Aged Care Organisation that provides personalised and supported care to each of their residents. This is a beautiful family friendly town that will help you escape the busyness of living in Metro areas. Work alongside a team that will encourage and support your journey from the start and welcomes you into an environment where you will feel like home.

This position will be reporting to the Board and the Executive Officer is responsible for providing leadership and the oversight of exceptional service to all of their staff and residents. The Executive Officer is responsible for profitability, compliance, continued development of the home's services in order to meet organisations strategic plan.

Small Residential Aged Care Facility - Regional Location

Full Time Permanent role

Competitive salary plus super

Salary packaging $18,550

Flexible working arrangements for DIDO or Live in Town.

Accommodation is available for those relocating to the area

The Role

Work closely with the Board of Directors, Care Manager, Clinical and Quality Manager, catering, cleaning and maintenance and nurses.

The EO is expected to bring leadership and innovative thinking to continually improve aged care outcomes

Exceptional understanding of the Aged Care Standards and across the changing regulatory requirements.

Providing resident focused, personal centered care services with consent from resident

Provide leadership and vision for all operational functions of the enterprise. Developing management strategies and systems to enable the organisation to meet all quality standards and statutory compliance requirements

Protection and maintenance of assets including upgrades to infrastructure planning

Be in attendance at Board and Committee meetings

Capacity to proactively manage liquidity risk and deliver on the Board's vision and strategies

Provide the leadership and management strategies to enable the organisation to meet all statutory compliance requirements

Ensure delivery of a high standard of care. Help to develop services that are safe, culturally appropriate, nurturing and promote dignified aged care

Determine best practice human resource management requirements and best practice

Work to ensure ongoing professional development of staff and promotion of a safe and inclusive positive working environment

Business Performance and Financial Management - budgets, strategic planning

IT competency and understanding of the value and risks for technology solutions for assisting work efficiency and communications

Risk management and maintaining quality standards

Workforce management - Demonstrated understanding of building a skilled and committed workforce with a caring and professional culture and an ability to inspire staff

Organisational leadership - Skills in understanding of role and responsibility at EO level including workforce planning responsibilities including attaining and retention, effective delegation, workforce professional staff development

Communication with range of stakeholders -residents, their families and funding bodies

Effective systems management for monitoring risk and continuous improvement

Governance - Knowledge of governance practices, management reporting and compliance reporting and ability to support the operations of Board of Management

Knowledge of policy, and procedural protocols and quality control

Strategic thinking, and planning and critical thinking. A strong vision for moving forward

The Successful Candidate

Experience working in Residential Aged Care - preferable

Experience working as a EO or similar or senior leadership position

Experience working in a regional location - preferable

Leadership with a track record of running a high performing business

Ability to lead an effective team and empowering staff to provide exceptional client focused care services

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Experience working collaboratively with Boards to set a clear strategy and business focus

Competency in a senior level of financial management - including reviewing and analysing budgets and reports

Strategic and critical thinking and planning capability - be able to identify changing themes, trends and future directions and respond to these

IMMEDIATE INTERVIEWS - Please get in touch with Michelle from Zenith Healthcare on 0483 929 *** or **************@zenithsearch.com for more information. No cover letter required

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Job Details

Posted Date: December 8, 2025
Job Type: Business
Location: Australia
Company: Zenith Executive Search

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