Clinical Care Coordinator – Riverside Gardens, Nambucca Heads

Make your next career move count

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your career?

Join Respect Riverside Gardens in Nambucca Heads as our Clinical Care Coordinator and bring your clinical expertise, leadership skills and passion for person-centred care to a role where you can genuinely make a difference.

This is an opportunity to step into a position where your experience is valued, your ideas are heard, and you can play a key role in supporting both residents and the team around them.

Located on the beautiful NSW Mid North Coast, Riverside Gardens is a welcoming aged care home where residents are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll work alongside a supportive team who value collaboration, connection and delivering care that makes a real difference.

Why join Respect?

At Respect, we’re proud to be the largest provider of aged care services in Regional Australia.

As a not-for-profit organisation, everything we do is driven by our commitment to supporting older Australians with dignity, compassion and genuine connection.

When you join Respect, you’re joining more than an organisation — you’re becoming part of a team that genuinely cares about its people and provides opportunities to build a meaningful and rewarding career.

What you’ll love about working with us

• A supportive and people-focused workplace culture

• Meaningful work where you can see the difference you make every day

• Opportunities to develop your leadership and clinical skills

• Supportive onsite leadership

• Training and career development pathways

• A friendly, down-to-earth team environment

• The opportunity to build a long-term career with a growing organisation

• Generous salary packaging benefits as a not-for-profit — package up to $15,900 for everyday living expenses, plus a further $2,650 for meals and holiday accommodation

About the role

As Clinical Care Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our residents receive safe, high-quality and personalised care.

Working closely with the Care Manager, nursing team, care staff, residents, families and external healthcare professionals, you’ll provide clinical leadership while remaining connected to the day-to-day care of our residents.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll have the opportunity to mentor and support nursing staff, strengthen clinical practice, contribute to care planning and drive positive resident outcomes.

If you’re an experienced RN looking to take on greater responsibility and develop your leadership career, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

What you’ll be doing

No two days are the same. You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Coordinate admissions, complete comprehensive assessments and develop individualised care plans.

• Provide clinical leadership, guidance and support to nursing and care teams.

• Mentor and develop staff to promote high-quality clinical practice.

• Provide hands-on nursing care, including medication management, wound care and clinical monitoring.

• Work closely with residents, families, GPs, allied health professionals and other healthcare providers.

• Maintain high standards of clinical documentation and care planning.

• Support infection prevention and control practices and ensure compliance with relevant standards and legislation.

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

• Support the team through audits, accreditation and regulatory requirements.

About you

We’re looking for an experienced Registered Nurse who is ready to make an impact and take their career to the next level.

You’ll bring:

• Bachelor of Nursing and current AHPRA registration.

• Minimum 2 years’ nursing experience in residential aged care.

• Experience in a clinical leadership or care coordination role will be highly regarded.

• Strong clinical assessment, care planning and documentation skills.

• The ability to lead, mentor and support a multidisciplinary team.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

• A genuine commitment to person-centred care and achieving positive outcomes for residents.

• Confidence using clinical software and Microsoft applications.

• An understanding of aged care accreditation, quality standards and regulatory requirements.

• Eligibility to meet Aged Care Worker Screening requirements.

Live and work on the Mid North Coast

Based in Nambucca Heads, Riverside Gardens offers the opportunity to build your career while enjoying the relaxed lifestyle of one of the NSW Mid North Coast’s beautiful coastal communities.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a difference, develop your leadership skills and be part of a team that genuinely values what you bring, we’d love to hear from you.

Ready to take the next step?

If you’re ready for a new challenge and want to use your clinical experience in a role where you can make a real difference, apply today.

Selection processes will commence immediately, so don’t wait to apply.

We look forward to hearing from you!