Care Assessment Officer / Education Coordinator (Registered Nurse)

CARE ASSESSMENT OFFICER / EDUCATION COORDINATOR (REGISTERED NURSE)

POSITION PURPOSE

This is a Dual Role that provides the employee with the benefit of working across the Care Assessment Officer and the Education Coordinator role. The purpose of the position is to provide support to the General Manager (GM) and Regional Care Assessment Consultants (RCAC) in the creation and storage of accurate ACFI appraisals. This will be achieved by providing leadership in the assessment of residents and delivering education initiatives to the team members on optimal application of the ACFI.

Demonstrate behaviours that support Opal HealthCare’s values.

About the role: 

• Based @ Sandringham – BlueCross Karinya Grove
• Permanent Part-time opportunity - 3 Days a week on Monday to Friday, office hours
• Current Practicing Registration as a Nurse with AHPRA for at least 2 years
• Additional certifications, in relation to ACFI or Quality activity highly desirable

About you: 

• Demonstrated accurate ACFI documentation and monthly reporting
• Experience Managing ACFI activities including assessments, collating answer appraisal and successful submission of claims to Medicare
• Ensure the resident ACFI review process operates efficiently/effectively (schedule regular reviews at all facilities)
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and analyse data
• Demonstrated improvement in ACFI knowledge by Nurse/Care team member at care community
• Capacity and knowledge to deliver training to all newly team care members and at regular intervals to all current team members as identified by Manager
• Comprehensive clinical skills and knowledge that allows to provide one on one informal clinical education sessions where required

At Opal HealthCare we are dedicated to our purpose to bring joy to those we care for. In joining Opal, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Dedicated mentoring & internal/external career development programs to build and accelerate your career - such as Nurse Graduate programs, Emerging Leadership Programs, Senior Leaders programs and more via our very own Opal Healthcare Academy https://academy.opalhealthcare.com.au/
• Leave loading: opportunity to withdraw leave 
• Employee Referral Program – earn up to $5,000 in incentives for inviting your friends to work
• Internal & external training programs
• National secondment opportunities to diversify your experience   
• Sector leading training, systems & innovation

Please note all applicants must be willing to complete a pre-employment medical, police clearance and NDIS worker’s clearance.