Home Support Assessor,

We are looking for multiple Home Support Assessors who are team players working collaboratively with others, showing kindness and respect.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team whose main function is to assess the aged care needs of frail older people and assist them to gain access to the most appropriate types of services and care, including approval for Commonwealth subsidised aged care services.

Your new Role:

We are seeking multiple Home Support Assessors who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others and who love working with the community. As a part of our supportive multidisciplinary team that values inclusion and diversity you will provide non-clinical home-based face to face assessments of clients referred via the My Aged Care Gateway using the Integrated Assessment Tool. Under the Single Aged Care Assessment System, you will work with clients and their representative/s to establish goals specific to the client's needs and develop appropriate strategies and actions, including referrals to aged care and non-aged care services.

About You:

You will understand Metro South Health's values and have a genuine desire to join our team You will bring your unique abilities and experiences and be able to demonstrate:

• A positive attitude, resilience, and strong customer focus and teamwork skills
• Strong organisational abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Empathy and a genuine interest in supporting the local community
• Strong interpersonal, and verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work effectively and flexibly within a team to achieve common objectives
• Proficiency in the use of standard office software including Microsoft Office suite

Highly desirable:

• Previous experience with Regional Assessment Service
• Community or residential aged care experience

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging ( ) and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Community and Oral Health Services:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values ( ) were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.