National Director of Nursing and Clinical Governance
Core
National executive leader overseeing clinical governance, nursing standards, and quality safety across 30+ residential aged care homes and retirement villages.
Role type
Senior executive nurse leader (clinical governance)
Builds
National clinical governance frameworks, evidence-based care models, and workforce leadership pathways
Domain
Aged care / Health services
Required skills
Strategic leadership in aged care, clinical governance framework expertise, risk management, regulatory compliance, organizational transformation, adult learning principles
Preferred skills
Influence without authority, coaching style, stakeholder partnership
Technologies
AHPRA standards, Aged Care Quality Standards
Responsibilities
Lead national clinical governance team to ensure safety systems and accreditation; Drive contemporary nursing standards and practice models; Partner with executives to design and evaluate models of care; Embed continuous education and leadership succession pathways; Act as primary clinical nursing authority with regulatory bodies
Seniority
Executive, multi-site accountability
