Advance Care Planning Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Peninsula Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 35358

**- An exciting opportunity to join a supportive and dynamic team**
- **Providing Advance Care planning to clients within the Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations**:

- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and surrounding suburbs**:

- **Classification range: QUAL SOC WKR GR2 YR 1-4 (SC24)**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values**:Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.
**What You Will Be Doing**

We all have the right to make our own medical treatment decisions. However, we could all experience an injury or illness that renders us incapable of making these decisions, or communicating our wishes, either temporarily or permanently. So, planning ahead is relevant to everyone. Advance Care Planning (ACP) provides a clear process for talking about and documenting preferences for a person's future health care. The choices made through this process only come into operation if they no longer have capacity to make their own decisions regarding medical care and treatment. The way in which a person completes the relevant ACP documentation will guide medical decision makers, their family and presiding doctors to make decisions based on their expressed wishes and expectations.
The Advanced Care Planning Clinician works as part of a team who are responsible for providing ACP support across PH and in the community.
**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Qualified Social Worker with eligibility of the AASW.
- Sound understanding of Advance Care Planning aims and underlying principles.
- Demonstrated commitment to person centred care and patient advocacy.
- Workplace experience supporting and mentoring colleagues / staff.
- Willingness to learn, maintain and advance knowledge relevant to the position.
- Commitment to work as part of a specialised team to achieve the ACP Program aims.
- Ability to supervise undergraduate students.
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Aged Care Police Check.
- Working with Children Check.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

**What Next**

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People Experience Team on (03) 9784 2700.
**Additional Requirements**

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.

- Please refer to salary circular Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Pubic Sector) (Single interest employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2026 for salary range.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.**
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