Transition Care Programme Coordinator

**Job no**: 822458
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Western
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Nursing/Midwifery
- **Central Adelaide Local Health Network - Acute and Urgent Care**:

- **Salary: RN/M2C - $79,998 - $101,120 (p.a.) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits**:

- **Salary: AHP2 - $85,665 - $99,241 (p.a.) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits**:

- **Part Time, Contract Role working 22.8 hours per week until 30 Jun 2027**

The Transition Care Programme (TCP) is responsible for the delivery of services to meet the needs of older people with significant needs as they exit hospital. The Transition Care Programme supports older people in their transition from the hospital into appropriate community support, health, and rehabilitation services.

The CN/AHP will assist the Nurse Unit Manager in the planning, coordinating and acceptance of clients to the Transition Care Programme.

The TCP CN/AHP Coordinator is required to:

- Liaise with hospitals to identify suitable older people within CALHN inpatient services; ensure that those older people who are identified to be part of the program are discharged to appropriate rehabilitation services; develop short-term care coordination plans for those patients assessed; ensure ongoing case management is established and provided in the community following the patients discharge from the program; and ensure that appropriate service linkages are maintained, particularly across the aged care agencies, primary health care and General Practice.
- Accepts accountability for their own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff.
- Facilitate Aged Care Assessments as required for clients referred to TCP to ensure safe and appropriate transfer of people to TCP or ACAT dependent services and to enable key performance indicators to be achieved.

**Educational/Vocational Qualifications**
- Registered or eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate OR
- Must hold an appropriate degree level qualification or equivalent which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist by The Occupational Board of Australia OR
- Must hold an appropriate degree level qualification or equivalent which entails registration as a with the Physiotherapist by the Physiotherapy Board of Australia OR
- An appropriate degree level qualification or equivalent which entitles eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Work.

**Benefits of Working at CALHN**

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, and a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Central Adelaide Local Health Network.
- Salary packaging: Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
- Diversity and inclusion: CALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
- Flexible working arrangements: Voluntary flexible working provisions have been introduced to enable CALHN employees to better balance work, personal life and family commitments.
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites

***About CALHN**

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

Each day presents our nearly 15,000 employees with an opportunity to perform at their best, not because they are expected to, but because they want to as they work together to achieve our strategic ambitions. Together we’re committed to delivering the very best in care for the community in line with our organisation’s values.

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan area.

Our Statewide clinical services include BreastScreen SA, SA Pathology, SA Medical Imaging and SA Pharmacy. Community health services include SA Dental (including School Dental Services), SA Prison Health and Donate Life SA.

**Application Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss