Job Description
About May Shaw
May Shaw Health Centre Inc. (MSHC) is an incorporated not for profit organisation. May Shaw Health Centre incorporates May Shaw Swansea, and May Shaw Aminya, Scottsdale.
Our Swansea site incorporates a 50 bed Residential Aged Care Facility, 18 independent living units, an Urgent Care Centre, 3 sub-acute beds, a Lunch with Friends Program and a variety of Home Care packages and services. Our Scottsdale site incorporates a 61 bed Residential Aged Care Facility, a Day Centre and a variety of Home Care packages and services.
Our Vision is to support our communities to celebrate life in every stage. We aim to do this by working with our rural communities to provide responsive and innovative health and aged care services to enable our communities to remain in their local area.
About the Opportunity
Based in Scottsdale or St Helens, the Home Care Coordinator coordinates day to day operations of the aged care programs (HCP and CHSP) within a community setting to ensure optimal delivery of support at all times. Supporting a team of skilled support staff, the Home Care Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day coordination of care to achieve a high standard of care for our consumers with a focus on supporting choice and independence.
Key responsibilities of the Home Care Coordinator include:
- Provide coordination and supervision of home care packages to ensure May Shaw Health Centre Inc. adheres to legislative requirements.
- Promote and encourage communication and interaction with care recipients to identify goals to promote independence.
- Coordinate product and service delivery to care recipients.
- Prepare documentation accurately and in a timely manner. Documentation includes but is not limited to care recipient assessments, support plans, environmental risk assessments etc.
- Monitor product and service provision of home care package care recipients to ensure spending remains within their individual budget.
- Provide care recipient clinical or personal care needs as required.
- Liaise with external stakeholders, providers and contractors for goods and services required by the relevant programs and care recipients.
- Roster workers via the client management software to meet organisation and care recipient requirements.
- Support, supervise and be a resource for Home Support Workers.
- Support the Director of Aged and Community Care in completion of reports, documentation and other relevant submissions.
- Support and provide On-Call/In charge assistance when required.
About You
- Demonstrated experience in assisting care recipients to identify goals to promote independence
- Demonstrated experience in providing support and mentoring workers to achieve high quality care
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results – drives and delivers performance against a set of goals.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-developed organisational and time management skills and the ability to proactively identify and meet expectations in a timely manner.
- Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and work unsupervised.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake research, assess findings, draw conclusions and report.
Selection Criteria
- Qualifications and/or Experience as an Enrolled Nurse, Registered Nurse or other Allied Health experience desirable.
- Current driver’s licence
- Demonstrated experience in an aged care environment
- Delivering Results – efficient follow through of any tasks to completion or as otherwise determined by the direct supervisor or designated employee.
- Confidentiality – applies the highest level of confidentiality, understanding that confidentiality is an imperative for clients, their families, fellow employees and MSHC.
- Able to develop strong, professional relationships with all internal/external stakeholders.
- Adapting to Change – willingly participates in and supports the change process.
Why Join Us?
Our values guide future choices and our behaviours; we value:
Collaboration – Communicating with honesty and integrity and partnering with each other and our communities.
Equity – Celebrating inclusivity and diversity within our communities.
Respect – Earning respect and trust by valuing individuals, families and communities with honesty and dignity.
Leadership – To have the courage to provide leadership, governance and management at all levels of our organisation and communities.
If you want to make a significant contribution to our values-based organisation, we can offer a competitive salary with generous salary sacrificing options, and extensive well-being services for you and your family.
TO APPLY: May Shaw has an online application portal here: https://may-shaw-health-centre.breezy.hr/
If you need any assistance with this process, please reach out to us via admin@dorsetec.org.au and we can provide free help with your resume, selection criteria and interview preparation. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so don’t delay.