Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Salary: Competitive salary package commensurate with experience
Location: Hybrid - Melbourne-based with national travel
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Olivia Macmillan | omacmillan@mercy.com.au
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our people have delivered compassionate care across hospitals, aged care homes, community services and research. Today, with more than 10,000 dedicated staff across Australia, we’re continuing to grow our impact — and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
As our National Lifestyle Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping meaningful, innovative and resident‑centred lifestyle programs across Mercy Health’s national residential aged care portfolio.
You will bring vision, creativity and strong leadership to enhance resident wellbeing, reduce social isolation and ensure every home delivers engaging, culturally responsive and person‑centred lifestyle experiences.
Partnering closely with Lifestyle Coordinators, Service/Precinct Managers, volunteers and community partners, you’ll elevate practice standards, mentor staff, and embed scalable lifestyle initiatives that honour the individuality, dignity and joy of residents in our care.
This is an opportunity to influence national practice, drive innovation and contribute to healthy ageing outcomes for thousands of older Australians.
What you’ll bring
To thrive in this role, you will bring:
Strong leadership capability and experience mentoring and developing teams
Proven ability to design, implement and evaluate innovative, resident‑centred lifestyle programs
Excellent communication, organisation and time‑management skills
A collaborative, compassionate mindset and an ability to build strong relationships across diverse stakeholders
Confidence in navigating compliance, quality standards and industry legislation
Experience managing programs across multiple sites or a large, complex service environment
A creative, forward‑thinking approach that sees opportunities for improvement and innovation
Ability to support intergenerational programs, volunteers, and community partnerships
Financial literacy to support budgeting and resource planning
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
A relevant qualification (Diversional Therapy, Health Promotion, Health Science, Allied Health, Gerontology or similar)
A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
Ready to help us shape the future of aged care?
Join us to make a genuine difference in the lives of older Australians — and in your own career.
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Please contact us if you’d like to know more or talk through any adjustments that would support a fair and equitable recruitment process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.