Just two weeks into her new role at the Lilliane Brady Village aged care home, new Facility Manager Pamela Nisbet is already talking about calling Cobar home long after her working days are over.
“I’ll stay for the rest of my working life and maybe beyond,” Pamela told The Cobar Weekly.
After a career in aged care spanning more than three decades across New Zealand, Canada and Australia, Pamela took over the reins at the Lilliane Brady Village from Genie McMullen earlier this month and said she immediately felt she had found where she belongs.
“I feel as if I came home,” Pamela said.
“I was impressed with the interview panel and the commitment of Cobar Shire Council to the people of Cobar is phenomenal.”
Pamela began working in Aged Care in 1990 after previously working as a nursing supervisor in a large psychiatric hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand.
She later moved to Canada, where she managed aged care facilities ranging in size from 112 to 628 beds before coming to Australia.
She most recently led a 30-bed aged care home attached to the hospital at Leongatha in Victoria.
“I feel blessed to belong to two such wonderful countries like New Zealand and Canada and now have the added joy of working in Australia in my twilight years,” she said.
Pamela’s new role at the LBV will involve her overseeing the operation of the home under the guidance of the Council as per their mission and vision for the aged population of Cobar.
“I work closely with the clinical staff and the residents to ensure we are fulfilling the quality of care and services that they deserve as well as complying with the enhanced strengthened quality standards of the Australian Aged Care Act,” she said.
Pamela said her priority at the Lilliane Brady Village is ensuring residents continue to receive the highest standard of care while creating an environment that truly feels like home.
“Resident choice is the number one priority,” she said.
“A home-like environment means meeting all of a person’s needs—their cultural, spiritual and social needs—and giving them the same choices they would have in their own home.”
She describes her leadership style as compassionate and inclusive, with residents always at the centre of every decision…Subscribe to read the rest of the article.
