Clinical Aged Care Assessment Officer

Clinical Aged Care Assessment Officer - SAS Program

Posted: 29/08/2025

Closing Date: 26/09/2025

Job Type: Temporary

Location: Melbourne - Northern Region

Job Category: Healthcare

Great People. Great Careers. Excellent Healthcare

DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider delivering a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services across Melbourne's northern growth corridor. DPV Health has been awarded the Premier's Primary Healthcare Service of the Year in 2023 & 2024.

Our People are the foundation of DPV Health; they are what make our organisation thrive and the ones who create meaningful change in people\'s lives. Over 700 professionals support and deliver excellent health care to our community at DPV Health. We are always looking for passionate, driven, great people to join our team and make a lasting impact. That is why we foster a workplace culture that is as rewarding as it is inclusive. We are committed to supporting Our People to lead fulfilling lives, no matter who they are, or where they are from - or where they are going.

Our workplace culture is committed to DPV Health values and celebrates workforce diversity reinforcing the positive approach we have to the way people contribute, communicate, engage and interact. Our People deserve to feel empowered and supported as they pursue their professional goals, learn new skills, and achieve meaningful milestones in their work. At DPV Health, we foster an environment that promotes greater growth, innovation, and collaboration, so you can feel elevated every day.

Our employee benefits, connect, recognise, and support Our People, acknowledging and valuing everyday contributions to the success and culture at DPV Health. We strive to ensure that Our People thrive at work and in all personal and professional pursuits. We invest in Our People, proudly offering a diverse range of opportunities including knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, leadership development, connectedness, and celebration; these are key pillars in our culture.

That's the DPV Health Way. For a full list of our benefits and more on great careers at DPV Health, please see our website.

Job Description

Greatness starts here

The Single Aged Care Assessment System (SAS) has been set up by the Health Department to simplify and improve access to aged care services. The SAS includes assessments for all aged care services, including Aged Care Assessments and Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Assessments.

Working as part of the SAS team, and reporting to the SAS Clinical Team Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Undertaking client assessments, reviews and development of support plans to assist clients in achieving their goals and living independently in their own homes and community.
  
• Participating clinical triage and case conferencing
  
• Identifying, monitoring and managing risks and leading appropriate escalation.
  

Desired Skills and Experience

Bring your great, everyday

To be successful in this role you will bring demonstrated experience working in Australia or overseas directly delivering services in aged care settings and/or to aged persons.

You will also come with:

• Tertiary Qualification in a health-related discipline directly related to health, aged care or specialist area such as Allied Health or Social Work.
  
• Current unrestricted registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or other relevant professional association.
  
• Enrolled Nurses with at least one years' Aged Care Needs Assessment experience to be considered.
  

The fine print

• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable), hold a valid WWCC.
  
• Full driver license and travel between sites required. Travel will also be required to conduct assessments within Northwestern local government areas (LGAs). We expect most assessments to be in the Western LGAs.
  

Our Talent Experience

For further information, please contact the SAS Program Manager, John Sampsonidis on 0429 510 370.

To view a copy of the Position Description, please click here

We will be screening, shortlisting, and interviewing applications as received, so don't delay. Please provide your resume as well as a brief statement addressing the 'Key Selection Criteria' outlined in the position description. This is a 1-year funded appointment with the possibility to extend.

DPV Health reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time

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DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.

To learn about the assistance we can offer during the recruitment process, your potential work environment, access features of a location, a copy of the position description, or if you require alternative formats to our process please contact peopleandculture@dpvhealth.org.au

We will not be accepting applications from agencies for this position.

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DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.

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