Care Coordinator

**Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits**:

- ** Level 2 Registered Nurse position**:

- ** Permanent Part Time Vacancies;**:

- ** Week 1; **Mon - 0700-1538**:

- ** Week 2; **Thur - 1510-2348; **Sat - 0700-1538; **Sun - 0700-1538; **Mon - 0700-1538**:

- ** Week 3; **Wed - 1510-2348; **Mon - 1510-2348**:

- ** Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay**

**About the role**

Liaising with the Care Manager and Residential Services Manager, you will provide leadership, guidance, coaching and mentoring to Nurses and Personal Carers to ensure a holistic person centred service and support process, that aligns with the SCC Better for Life model, is adopted and is safe and effective and tailored to meet each resident’s needs, goals and preferences.

Key Responsibilities includes but are not limited to:

- Working positively and collaboratively with other staff and qualified practitioners
to provide proactive, holistic and person centred service and support, that is
safe and effective, for residents
- Listening to residents (and their representatives) about their needs, goals and
preferences and work collaboratively, and in partnership, with them to develop
a safe and effective care and service plan
- Maintaining current knowledge of contemporary best practice clinical care and
maintaining records of professional development to meet AHPRA requirements
- Coordinating the on boarding process for all new care and nursing employees plus agency staff to ensure an appropriate orientation into SCC’s Better for Life
model, policies and procedures appropriate for their role and an understanding
of their job requirements
- Monitoring SCC’s processes to ensure nursing and care staff read and comply with all policies, procedures and work instructions relevant to them
- Meeting and exceeding all relevant standards, regulations and laws, and contributing to our continuous improvement plans

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached position description.

**About you**
- Bachelor of Nursing with current AHPRA registration as an Registered Nurse
- Current First Aid Certificate (HLTAID011) & Current CPR Certificate (HLTAID009)
- Previous experience working as an Registered Nurse in an Aged Care Environment
- Sound communication skills with a level of English literacy that enables you to speak in a manner that older people can understand, as well as the ability to read written instructions and to write clearly and concisely particularly in progress notes
- Exceptional time management skills to manage own workload to meet deadlines and to support other staff
- Outstanding problem solving skills to balance supporting resident’s desire for independence and self determination to make their own choices against potential risks and duty of care
- High level understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours
- Excellent contemporary best practice clinical knowledge including of medicines used in aged care
- Excellent knowledge of the Aged Care Standards particularly as they relate to accreditation

**About us**

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.

**Applications close**: 4pm on Tuesday 16th of October, 2024