• Permanent part-time (0.6-0.8 EFT) with fixed-term full-time hours available until June 2025. After this period, permanent hours will be 0.6-0.8 EFT, depending on the candidate’s performance.
• Brunswick, Coburg, and Fawkner (dependent on demand)
• Work within a passionate, engaged, and supportive team aimed at providing high quality care to our community.
• Excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression. Opportunity for flexible working arrangements.
• Significant salary packaging options

Your new organisation:

The model of care involves a Wellness approach, working with clients aiming to maximise functional independence and their ability to participate and remain living their own homes in the community.

Your new role:

Care Coordinators work with clients with a chronic condition and/or complex needs along with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that the clients have the most appropriate services available when required.

This role is a unique opportunity to be a part of a passionate and highly skilled team, focused on prevention of chronic conditions and facilitating health behaviour change.

Care Coordinators will achieve this by providing:

• client centred care that is culturally responsive.
• client-focused broad multidisciplinary assessment and appropriate care planning
• build client self-management capacity.
• support the client and significant others to determine their preferred care options and most appropriate pathways.
• early intervention to minimise adverse effects and promote ongoing health and wellbeing including working collaboratively with the Allied Health, Nursing and NDIS assessor team for best outcomes

The successful candidate will also be encouraged to innovate and share ideas through involvement in quality improvement initiatives and have opportunities to be involved in program-level and/or organisational level committees.

Opportunities for supervision and professional development are also available to support you in your role.

You will be responsible for:

• Complete holistic client-centred comprehensive assessments with clients who may present with complex or multiple chronic health conditions
• Unique opportunity to work across our flagship services including the Chronic Pain Service, Diabetes Clinic, NDIS assessment team
• Support clients in identifying their needs, encourage steps towards taking an active self-management approach and linking them in with necessary services or supports
• Have a broad understanding of services available both within Merri Health and externally to assist in navigation of the health system
• Engage meaningfully with multiple stakeholders including GPs, other health care professionals, external services for clients to meet their health care needs
• Be involved with unique opportunities including GP engagement work, health behaviour change and outreach health prevention talks and seminars
• Effectively manage a caseload and actively communicate within the multidisciplinary team, including at case conference, to ensure coordination of services and facilitate discharge pathways.
• Actively participating in professional development to maintain and enhance clinical knowledge and technical skills relevant for the role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary degree in the field of Allied Health, Nursing or Social Work
• Full AHPRA registration or other relevant registration body
• Demonstrated experience in delivering client-centred comprehensive health assessments
• Knowledge and experience of working with clients with complex needs and/or chronic disease management
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively has part of a team
• Strong organisational, time management and planning skills
• Keen interest in working with the Chronic Pain Service, Diabetes Clinic and other relevant programs
• Interest in developing health coaching and/or motivational interviewing skills
• Previous experience working in a community health or rehabilitation setting, hospital and outpatient settings or another community-based organisation.

What we offer:

We offer a diverse, inclusive and flexible environment which encourages you to bring your whole self to work. As the successful applicant you’ll be joining an organisation where you will be supported to grow, learn and develop your skills to reach your potential.

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A position description is attached.

What else do I need to know

Preferred candidates will be subject to comprehensive reference and pre-employment background checking conducted by Merri Health prior to an offer of employment, including criminal record history check, NDIS worker screening and other employee screening and credential checks as determined by the position description. All candidates must have the right to work in Australia. Merri Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring a safe environment for children and young people. We encourage individuals of diverse backgrounds including but not limited to those from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, the LGBTIQA+ community and those living with a disability to apply.