Team Leader Heidelberg ACAS

 

• Position located at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
• Permanent Part Time
• Exciting opportunity to lead a high performing team through the Aged Care Reforms

 

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

 

The Austin Aged Care Assessment program sits within Aged Care Community Services as part of the Continuing Care Division at Austin Health. The Service undertakes both comprehensive and home support assessments for eligible older Australians as part of the new Single Assessment System for Aged Care. It is a service that helps older people, and their families make decisions about the services that they need to remain at home safely. 

 

 

As the Team Leader you will provide operational oversight and support to the Heidelberg Aged Care Assessent Team. Supported by the Community Aged Care Services Manager you will have a key role in supporting a positive team culture, overseeing intake and triage functions and ensuring program achievement of KPIs. The role encompasses a clinical component to maintain assessment expertise, and ensure timley response to referrals. 

 

A regular day will involve:

 

You will be someone who has well developed leaderships skills. You’ll have a passion for Aged Care Services and a strong commitment to delivering high quality assessment outcomes. You’ll have a strong focus on quality and service improvement, and a proven ability to support teams through change. An understanding of the aged care reforms would be beneficial.

 

You'll further have:

 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Shakira Simon, Community Aged Care Services Manager at Shakira.Simon@austin.org.au