Job no:
******
Work type:
Full time
Location:
Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories:
Allied and Scientific Health, Medical, Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Repat Health Precinct– Geriatric Care
Salary $125,183 - $130,779 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN3
Salary $108,347 - $116,216 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP3
Ongoing Permanent Full Time Contract
Make a Difference in Community Geriatrics – AHP3/RN3 Opportunity
Join our innovative Community Geriatrics team as an AHP3/RN3, where you'll provide specialised care to elderly patients across Adelaide's southern suburbs. This permanent, full-time position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of older adults while working within SA Health's supportive, multidisciplinary environment. Advance your career in geriatrics with excellent benefits, professional development opportunities, and the job security that comes with being part of South Australia's largest healthcare network.
About the role:
GEM@Home is a geriatrician-led multidisciplinary service, offering care to the older person, with complex medical, functional and or psychosocial needs, in their own home. Community Geriatrics provides short-term case management to prevent hospital admissions, through the delivery of care in the home environment.
Responsibilities:
Reporting Operationally to the Advanced Nurse Unit Manager, some of your duties for the role will include:
Individual case management, care planning, and liaison for older patients in the community
Utilise independent decision making to provide direct, expert clinical care, selecting, and implementing different therapeutic interventions
Effective complex discharge planning / hospital avoidance through the provision of education, equipment and referral including client/program evaluation
Linking clients and carers with relevant community resources and services
Communicating with clients' family, carers, and other service providers
Contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to client needs
About you:
RN3:
Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practising certificate
Registered Nurse and or Midwife with at least 3 years post-registration experience
Demonstrated competence in geriatrics and community nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
AHP3:
Must hold an appropriate degree level qualification and membership (or eligibility for membership) with the relevant professional association, and/or registration with the relevant Board – Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Dietetics, Psychology, Social Work or Exercise Physiology
Demonstrated ability to assume responsibility for the provision of clinical allied health services to a designated area as a member of an interdisciplinary team
Demonstrated ability to undertake assessment and intervention of clients with a variety of disorders and disabilities, including management of complex cases, particularly those with cognitive impairment or a diagnosis of dementia
Demonstrated experience in clinical management and leadership within a discrete unit, including program evaluation and service development
Please see the attached Role Descriptions for additional information.
Contact:
Shane Mooar, Advanced Nurse Unit Manager
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Application Closing Date:
11:55 pm Wednesday 10th of December ****
Attachments:
RN3 Community Geriatrics- Role Description
AHP3 Community Geriatrics- Role Description
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Applicant Information:
We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: ******
Advertised:
26 Nov **** Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close:
10 Dec **** Cen. Australia Daylight Time
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