Acas Assessor

-Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Research, Medical
Reference: 70372

**Comprehensive Assessor**
- **
Leader provider of comprehensive **assessment** services across north western metro Melbourne**:

- ** Support Older people to remain independently as possible**:

- ** Located at Royal Park Campus**

The Comprehensive Assessor will join an innovative team of assessors that comprise the North West ACAS and Hume Regional Assessment Service. As a comprehensive assessor you will be responsible for assessing eligibility for Commonwealth funded programs, including CHSP, Home Care Packages and Residential Care.

**Your new role**:

- Participating in the Intake and Triage team, managing referrals coming via My Aged Care and external sources.
- Undertaking comprehensive assessments
- Participating in any supervision of Grade 1 staff or equivalent
- Engaging with a range of internal and external stakeholders, in particular CHSP providers, advocacy services and HCP and residential care providers.

**About You**:

- You have strong clinical aged care experience in health and/or community settings
- You have strong content knowledge of the issues that impact on an older person managing independently in the community
- You have demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with persons with special needs, including those experiencing homelessness, language and cultural barriers, and those living with dementia

**Interested?**
- If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.
- For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.