Role/Caseload:
The Community Health and Therapy Services (CHATS) plays a vital role in the continuum of care for consumers and their carers at discharge from acute care through to re-establishment in the consumers’ residence, or when necessary, transitioning to residential care settings. CHATS comprise a range of outpatient healthcare activities focussed on assessing, re-abling and maintaining individuals’ capacity to successfully remain in their community.
The target consumer population is adults, including frail aged, and the carers of these consumers. Services encompass specialised and intensive rehabilitation, low-intensity rehabilitation, maintenance, and basic support, and are delivered via a trans-disciplinary team representing medical, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work, psychology, speech pathology, dietetics, specialist continence, healthcare assistants and personal care workers.
It is a mandatory requirement that the candidate has an Aged Care National Police Certificate
Working hours:
Can be negotiated -
Option 1:
- Full Time maximum 76 hours per fortnight
- Overtime will apply after 76 hours worked per fortnight
- 8 hours per day – generally between 0730 and 1700
- Full Time maximum 80 hours per fortnight
- Overtime will apply after 80 hours worked per fortnight
- 8.5 hours per day – generally between 0730 and 1700
- 1 rostered day off per month
Essential:
- Experience in community health, home visits, aged care services, rehabilitation
- An ability to apply clinical knowledge and skills, experience and clinical leadership in a community based service, covering a range of clinical conditions and complexity.
Desirable:
- Experience in neurological caseloads
- Knowledge of ieMR and proficiency in using this system
- Previous experience working in Australia, QLD Health and/or Mackay HHS or public hospital system
If this sounds like a role you would be interested in, or if you know someone who would be interested in a role in QLD then please reach out to Aisling on aisling.lane@talentquarter.com