Triage Clinician, Post Acute and Community Health

3 weeks ago


Geelong, Australia Barwon Health Full time

**Employment Status**

Temporary Part Time

**Program**

Community Health & Rehab Operating

**Location**

120 Settlement Road Belmont

**Hours Per Fortnight**

64

**Position Summary**
- Facilitate timely, safe discharge for vulnerable bed based patients to transition home
- Be a member of a multidisciplinary health team innovating and evolving community programs
- Opportunity for a diverse role in the wider Chronic and Complex Programs

**About the facility**

Barwon Health is the largest health service in regional Victoria and based in Geelong, it is within commuting range from the west side of Melbourne. With approximately 7,000 employees, 22 sites and a broad range of services, Barwon Health plays a key role in the health and wellbeing of our local community and the Barwon South Western region.

The Barwon Post-Acute Care Program (BPAC) is under the Chronic and Complex Program portfolio, that aims to support a safe and timely discharge for people in public health bed based services, assessed as requiring short-term, community based support and coordination to aid recuperation in the community setting. BPAC Clinicians also support the triage and allocation of Community Nursing and CHRP referrals submitted via BOSSnet

**About the role**

The Barwon Post-Acute Care Program have two part-time positions available Registered Nurses (Division 1) to work 32 hours a fortnight. We require these positions to have the ability to pick up extra shifts to cover planned and unplanned leave, over a 7 day a week roster.

As a Barwon Post-Acute Care Program (BPAC) Clinician, you will support a team of health professional to triage, assess and broker services to support clients requiring short-term support following a bed-based admission at a public bed based health care. The role requires clinicians to work collaboratively with acute, subacute and community based services. The BPAC team is located at 120 Settlement Rd Belmont with HARP, Remote Patient Monitoring, HealthLinks, Information and Access and the Social Support Program. The role is largely office based, working with clients over the phone or via telehealth.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) and means “Tongue of Land”.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._**

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Do you have a current nursing registration with AHPRA?
Desirable: Do you have recent experience in delivering/supporting the delivery of community based care? If yes, please explain.
Desirable: Have you recent experience in care coordination and/or discharge planning for bed based public health consumers?
Desirable: Have you recent experience in using PJB and iPM Clinical data bases? If yes, please explain.
Desirable: Do you have the ability to work week days and weekends?
Desirable: Are you available to work additional hours/days as required, including week days and weekends?
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.

**Contact Person**

Chelsea Gielen

**Contact Person Job Title**

HARP/BPAC Coordinator

**Contact Number**

(03) 4215 7401

**Closing Date**

27/01/2023



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