Acas Assessment Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 60725

The ACAS assessor position is designed to provide a comprehensive, holistic assessment of an older person or a younger person with an age related needs.
- Commonwealth funded service with excellent training and development opportunities
- Multiple positions available, permanent and temporary
- Flexibility and work-life balance, includes work from home and no weekend/after hours shifts

**About Monash Health**

**About Kingston Aged Care Assessment Service**:
The objective of the Kingston Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) is to provide a comprehensive, holistic assessment of an older person or a younger person with an age-related needs. The assessment is to identify the resources, strengths and problems of the person and to develop an individualised, coordinated support plan which focuses on client goals and re-ablement. ACAS assesses a person’s eligibility for Commonwealth funded care such as home care packages, restorative care, transition care, respite and residential care

**About The Role**

The ACAS assessor position is designed to provide a comprehensive, holistic assessment of an older person or a younger person with an age related needs. The assessment is to identify the resources, strengths and problems of the person and to develop an individualised, coordinated support plan which focuses on client goals and re-ablement.

All staff need to ensure the operational requirements of the program remain in line with the Commonwealth, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and Monash Health guidelines. This position is based at Kingston Centre, and entails travelling to home assessments within the Cities of Kingston, Bayside and Greater Dandenong as well as private hospitals in the area and Monash Health inpatient sites.

**About You**

Exceptional and effective communication skills with great attention to detail. Able to work collaboratively within a team environment while also being able to work autonomously. Excellent knowledge of the healthcare, aged care and community setting and advanced clinical assessment skills.

What You Need:

- Relevant Qualification (Register Nurse or Allied Health)
- Demonstrated experience in Nursing or Allied Health
- Current AHPRA registration (if applicable to profession)
- Current Australian driving licenses
- Australian working rights

**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 & assessment skills
- mentorship & supervision
- a supportive learning environment

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

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.

**How to Apply**

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 are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses.