Aged Care Assessment Team Assessor

4 weeks ago

Hunter Valley, Australia Hunter New England Local Health District Full time

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full and Part Time Until June 2024

**Position Classification**:Occupational Therapist Level 1, Occupational Therapist Level 2, Registered Nurse, Social Worker Level 1, Social Worker Level 2

**Remuneration**: $35.33 - $51.04 Per Hour + 11% Super + Salary Packaging

**Hours Per Week**:38

**Requisition ID**: REQ448657

**Applications Close: Monday, 27th November 2023**

**Aged Care Assessment Team Assessor**

**Wallsend Campus**

**Where you'll be working**:
The Aged Care Services Team is located in multiple centres across the Hunter including Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, and Lower Hunter.

The CACs GNS Aged Care Services comprises of ACAT, Dementia Advisory Service, Regional Assessment Service, Community Dementia Nurses, Neuropsychology Service, and Hunter Carer Support.

**About the role**:

- You will be responsible for working together with older people, their families, and carers to identify their goals and wishes through completing a comprehensive assessment, aged care approvals, and facilitating timely referrals to Commonwealth Home Support Program-funded services and health services
- You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and with Geriatricians, GP’s and Practice Nurses, other Health Services, and Non-Government service providers
- An extensive orientation will be provided including National ACAT training to access My Aged Care orientation and the initial education period will take approximately 2 months and will be based at Aged Care Services, Booth Building, Longworth Avenue, Wallsend NSW 2287 for this period
- After the initial training period, you will then be advised which location will become your accustomed place of work
- The service locations are any of the following: Wallsend Campus, Rankin Park Campus, Newcastle Community Centre, Westlakes Community Centre (Toronto), Eastlakes Community Centre (Windale), Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace or Kurri Kurri Community Centre

**Requirements**:

- Must hold a qualification in one of the following: Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Social Work, which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association / provisional or general registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Eligibility to drive in NSW including willingness to travel to conduct home visit assessments

**Benefits**:

- Sustainable Healthcare:Together towards zero
- ADO's each month (for full time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

**About you**:

- Experienced clinician with knowledge of Aged Care and the Aged Care Community System
- Advanced computer skills
- Advanced assessment and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team
- Well-developed time management skills
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding and provision of person-centred care in collaboration with clients, carers, and service providers to achieve identified outcomes

**Need more information?**

**Information for Applicants**:
**An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.**

**This position is full time; however, part time arrangements will be considered (minimum 3 days/24 hours per week).**

**We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.**

**This is a Category A position.**
**Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with **NSW Health policy directive
**PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
**for Category A positions prior to offer. **All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

**All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). **New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

**HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of**
**benefits**
**such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.**

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