Manager Tcp

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 59923

Manager Transition Care Program & Aged Care Assessment Service (Grade 5 Allied Health or Grade 5 RN ADON, exact classification TBC for RN)

Monash Health is excited to announce an opportunity to take the next step in your leadership career, within the Aged & Rehabilitation division.

Are you looking for:

- An exceptionally rewarding role, which will stretch your strategic thinking and clinical governance capabiltities?
- The chance to lead significant aged care reform and improve the lives of older Australians?
- To be part of reshaping the workforce and care delivery in the community, for Victoria's largest public health organisation?

**About TCP & ACAS**

TCP aims to minimise the number of older people experiencing inappropriate extended hospital lengths of stay, being prematurely admitted to residential care and/or prevent unnecessary presentations or admission to the Emergency Department. The program provides short term support and active management for older people at the interface of the acute/subacute and aged care (i.e. community and residential) sector. The program is goal orientated to optimise the patient’s functional capacity and finalise and access their longer-term care arrangements or maintenance at home

ACAS Program provides comprehensive, holistic assessments as part of My Aged Care for frail older persons or younger persons with a disability. The assessment considers the physical, medical, psychological and social needs of the client, an evaluation of their functional potential and develops care plans that promotes restoration of function and maximises independence. The ACAS program links people in with Commonwealth Home Support Program, Private services and delegable Commonwealth funded services such as residential respite, permanent care, Home care packages and Flexible care options.

**About The Role**
- Predominently based at Kingston Centre, with travel to Dandenong North and Cranbourne on regular basis.

The Manager of TCP/ACAS will work closely with the Director Clinical Operations and Senior clinicians to provide clinical leadership, risk management and service development to a large multi-disciplinary team. Innovation, continual improvement and actively seeking research opportunities are core priorities in order to improve outcomes for our community.

**About You**

You have established management/significant leadership skills within healthcare and are committed to improving outcomes for older Australians.

**You Are Also**
- have the abilitity to problem solve dynamically and see things from mutliple perspectives
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- are able to utilise your advanced communication and emotional intelligence to lead change initiatives
- lead with compassion, kindness and an open mind
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

**What You Need**
- Relevant Qualification (Allied Health or Nursing)
- Demonstrated experience in leadership roles
- Current AHPRA registration (if applicable to your profession)
- Australian drivers license
- Australian working rights
- Post graduatue qualifications (clinical or management) - preferrable

**What We Offer**
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.