AN-ACC Specialist

• Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.
• Permanent Full Time position - 76 hours per fortnight
• Modern office in a great city-fringe location with onsite parking
• Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay

About the roleThe AN-ACC Specialist leads the organisational management of AN-ACC assessments and reclassifications, ensuring that across all residential services residents are appropriately classified in a timely manner. The AN-ACC Specialist is a subject matter expert on AN-ACC, mentors and coaches staff through AN-ACC related processes, and
monitors AN-ACC outcomes.The AN-ACC Specialist fulfils a key role in SCC’s Services team and works collaboratively and with accountability to achieve the operational and strategic outcomes for the organisation.The AN-ACC Specialist reports to Program Manager Service Assurance (Residential Services) and works closely with the Group Manager – Business Performance & Administration as well as Residential Services Managers, Care Managers and Clinical Lead & Admission Nurses.Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Build capacity of site based teams to predict AN-ACC outcomes, identify reclassification potential, prepare for AN-ACC assessments, and achieve AN-ACC outcomes in line with the operational requirements of the residential site.
• Lead and monitor the quality of comprehensive contemporary assessment and care planning documentation, ensuring resident’s documentation accurately reflects their functioning and is congruent for optimal resident outcome
• Ensure clinical care documentation is completed and collated accurately within required timeframes, to facilitate AN-ACC assessment.
• Support the Residential Services Managers and others in interpreting diagnoses and associated care needs for admission or re-assessment considerations.
• Monitor which residents are due for assessment/re-assessment. Ensuring timely and appropriate action is taken including by the site based teams, and KPIs are achieved.
• Provide reporting and meaningful insights related to site based AN-ACC outcomes and action plans in place.

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached job description.About youWe are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Current registration (practising certificate) as a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with AHPRA
• Experience with AN-ACC, including assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in the leadership of staff through periods of change in culture, services and approaches to resident care.
• Previous auditing and quality assurance experience
• Demonstrated best practice clinical management skills appropriate to the role to enable accurate assessments and documentation.
• Excellent knowledge of the Aged Care Standards.
• Excellent understanding of how to apply AN-ACC to ensure optimum levels of funding are achieved.
• Excellent contemporary best practice clinical knowledge in aged care.
• Sound knowledge of adult learning principles for educating and mentoring others.

About usSouthern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your well-being and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.Enquiries:Applications close: 15 April 2024 at 4pm