Senior Health Coach
Job No:
ILA331036
Location:
Cairns
Clinical Case Manager - Empowering Older Adults to Thrive.
Are you passionate about helping older adults live their best lives? Do you thrive on making a difference and guiding individuals toward improved well-being? Do you excel at time management, working systematically, and taking ownership of tasks?
As a Clinical Case Manager, you will play a pivotal role in our 8-week Short Term Restorative Care Program. The role is to provide care management and coordination, not care delivery. Administration tasks are no match for your meticulous attention to detail and knack for keeping things organised.
- Permanent Full-Time role
- To deliver health services to clients in Cairns region
- Competitive base rate plus superannuation with eligibility to salary packaging (up to $18.5K tax free)
- Ability to work from home with some travelling required for face-to-face assessments & service promotions with clients, as per business requirements
- Travel reimbursement payment for use of own private vehicle.
Benefits for you
We offer a growing range of benefits including:
- Tax benefits through salary packaging options as a not-for-profit organisation
- Regular hours to suit your work-life balance
- Professional development, employee award programs and career progression opportunities
- A career with purpose - the opportunity to make a real difference in the community and our client’s lives
- A safe and healthy workplace culture which promotes diversity and mutual respect
- Exclusive employee benefits & discounts with health and financial providers
- EAP support with 'no cost' access to wellness services
Why Bring your skills to integratedliving ?
You will work collaboratively to improve the quality of clients care through facilitating the efficient use of resources thereby enhancing quality, cost-effective outcomes.
At integratedliving, our Clinical Case Managers (Senior Health Coaches) work collaboratively with other health professionals to assess, plan and implement restorative or reablement activities for our clients. The focus of this role is to enable prioritization and individualization of health management through promotion of health literacy and empowerment of clients and their families/carers through coaching, education and use of assistive technologies, to achieve and maintain optimum level of health and well-being.
- You will be visiting our clients in their homes to assess, plan, implement and coordinate their Short-Term Restorative Care program in Cairns.
- Enjoy working from home with remote supervision provided.
- You will work within Aged Care Standards
- Partner with clients to understand their needs, develop personalised plans, and provide ongoing support throughout the 8-week program
- Empower and support clients to achieve their optimal levels of functioning independence and self-care
- You will educate clients, carers and their families around the areas of wellness and reablement including ongoing Chronic Disease Management
- Facilitate group workshops and support sessions focused on promoting healthy lifestyle and self-management skills, tailored to the 8-week program structure
- Coordinate care with multiple disciplines including, GP's, specialists, and our Allied Health team to ensure a holistic approach to client care.
- You will enjoy working independently to promote the service and to seek referral of new clients to ensure full occupancy of the program
- Building and maintain relationships with local health professionals and services to ensure a high quality of care is maintained throughout the program
What you need to be considered for the role?
- Degree qualification in nursing or allied health
- Registration with relevant professional body or Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- 3+ years of clinical or health management experience in Nursing or Allied Health
- Experience within a health or community aged care setting
- Ongoing commitment to Continued Professional Development and Education
- Demonstrated understanding of community aged care guidelines and the principles of primary health care and health promotion
- Demonstrated understanding of evidenced based care
- Ability to conduct Case Management and Health assessments
- Strong interpersonal skills, problem solving, analytical and reporting skills
- Ability to work as part of a wider team and autonomously in a remote model of working
- Demonstrate excellent time management skills to prioritise client needs and manage a busy schedule
- Strong IT and administration skills and demonstrated competence in delivering services via virtual health technologies and a willingness to learn and adopt new technologies
- Contribute to a positive and supportive team environment
- Current driver's license and ability to travel within the region on a regular basis
If you have a passion for supporting the health and well-being of older adults, we would love to hear from you!
For more information, please click here for a copy of the position description.
Applications will close when a suitable applicant has been identified so, please don't delay submitting your application as we assess applications as they are received.
Please note: all integratedliving team members who can be safely vaccinated are strongly encouraged to remain up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations.
integratedliving Australia values diversity and promotes understanding and inclusion of all people organisation wide.
Our workforce proudly reflects the local communities we live and work in and we actively encourage all applications.
https://integratedliving.org.au/work-with-us/careers-with-us
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.
Work With Us
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Do something meaningful for others, for yourself and for your community. Be challenged and rewarded, while helping people who need care and support, to remain in their own homes. Every day is different, and your customers will amaze you, shock you and most of all inspire you. Be part of an organisation that fosters flexibility, values support, and keeps people connected.
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