Rn Case Manager

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in your local community?
- Assist customers to live independently in their home, keeping them safe and connected to their community.

We are looking for a permanent full-time RN Case Manager to join our caring and dynamic office team in Geelong. Just Better Care Case Managers play a key role in helping families receive the care and support services they need.

RN Case Managers are responsible for coordinating the delivery of services using a team of Community Support Professionals. You will work with Community Support Workers and the Coordinator team ensuring our customers get the right care at the right time.

**About us**:
Across Australia Just Better Care provides in-home aged care and disability support services, supporting people to live independently. For over 15 years, we have been supporting older people, and people living with disability, to live independently in their own homes and stay connected to their local community.

Our friendly, compassionate and experienced team makes this possible.

**Duties and responsibilities include**:

- Managing and coordinating the customer's Home Care Package budget and services.
- Travelling between customer’s homes and providing individual and personalised support to customers in accordance with their support plans and/or medical practitioner’s directions.
- Working under the guidance and supervision of medical practitioners, working with allied health professionals, monitoring and communicating the customer’s condition, and other health and wellness related activities.
- Demonstrating a commitment to best practise, ensuring that all services are provided in a caring and respectful way in accordance with Just Better Care’s policy and procedures, and legislative requirements.
- Medication Management and Complex Clinical Care i.e. palliative care, bowel care/suppositories, catheter care, stoma care, oxygen and more.
- Monitoring and communicating on the customer’s wellbeing and reporting on progress of customers.
- Ensuring that all services are provided in a caring and respectful way in accordance with Just Better Care’s policy and procedures, legislative requirements and program specific guidelines (i.e. DVA Community Nursing).
- Providing training, coaching and guidance to Community Support Professionals, Enrolled Nurses and Support Staff/Case Managers as required.
- Conducting skills assessments of Community Support Professionals performing complex care services as required.
- Demonstrating a commitment to best practice and evidence of continued professional development.
- Participating in staff meetings and attending training opportunities when required.

**About you**:

- Caring, compassionate & friendly
- Excellent clinical assessment skills
- Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication skills.
- Reliable & dependable
- Proven relationship management with all internal and external stakeholders, as well as good interpersonal, negotiation and problem solving skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Comfortable using technology (i.e. mobile devices) for accessing rosters & recording customer assessments & documenting feedback

**What you will need**:

- Current Registered Nurse registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance / Criminal Record Check
- Current CPR / First Aid Certificate
- Current Australian Driver’s Licence
- Reliable, registered and insured vehicle (comprehensive insurance is preferred)
- Previous experience in the community care or health/aged care sector (preferred)

**Next steps**:
**Possible starts with you