Care Co-ordinator

**Churches of Christ, Arcadia Aged Care, Essendon, VIC**

**Permanent, Part-time Opportunity**

**Imagine a career with Churches of Christ**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Employee discount program through our large network or retail partners (Bupa Health, Medibank, JB HI-FI etc);
- A work culture that values you.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia’s largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**Highlighting the importance of this role**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Care Coordinator to join our team at Arcadia Aged Care Service, on a Part-time basis. Our 102-bed service is surrounded by beautiful parklands and located only 9km from Melbourne’s CBD.

The Care Coordinator is responsible for providing advanced clinical support, leadership and coordination of clinical care for residents/clients with complex needs. You will provide mentorship and guidance for a care team of PCW’s and Registered Nurses within our facility. This position will require you to work 75 hours per Fortnight.

In this role you will:

- Oversee and co-ordinate the completion of baseline and required focus assessments of individual residents/client’s needs and record findings within a Positive Wellbeing Model;
- Ensure that care plans are developed and reviewed based on the assessment findings of individual residents/client’s needs, in accordance with the organisation's timelines;
- Co-ordinate the collection of accurate clinical/care data for timely submission of Aged Care Funding Instrument;
- Monitor that resident/client documentation is accurately reflective of care provisions and is in accordance with organisational requirements;
- Co-ordinate the care provision of external service providers;
- Assist in the review and maintenance of clinical programs and initiatives;
- Co-ordinate the collection of clinical indicator data in accordance with the organisation's reporting timelines.

**What you can bring to the team**

This role would be ideal for an experienced Registered Nurse with several years aged care experience who is looking for a new challenge. Committed to continuous improvement, you look forward to the changing opportunities this diverse role offers. You are often recognised for your highly developed problem-solving, conflict resolution, decision-making and negotiation skills.

As the Care Coordinator, ideally your experience and qualifications include:

- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse;
- Experience in managing and leading teams in the aged care sector;
- Strong knowledge of the aged care accreditation system and compliance;
- Demonstrated knowledge of ACFI/AC-ANN;
- Experience in educating, mentoring and motivating staff;
- Superior communication skills both written and verbal;
- Possess or have the ability to obtain a National Police and NDIS Check;
- National Personal Insolvency Check or the ability to acquire.

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.
- Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. As part of the recruitment processes we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction._

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as received