AddressMackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork.
Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.
Role details
The Home and Community Care Services at the Carlyle Community Health Centre is seeking applications for an Assistant Home Care Coordinator to join their team on a temporary basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
- To be an active member of our Mackay District Home Care Service, to be supported by a highly motivated, consumer focused Home Care Coordination Team. To liaise and interact with other like-minded Community Based Service Providers and Health Professionals.
- To assist in the coordination, rostering, implementation, monitoring and reviewing of a range of flexible home-based support services to eligible clients of the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) and Home Care Packages (HCP), with the aim of enhancing the independence of clients. This is to be in line with care plans developed for each client.
About the Team
Mackay District Home Care Service is funded by the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) to provide accessible, flexible and goal orientated basic support services. Our service is also an Approved Aged Care Provider, providing Home Packages to eligible consumers under Client Directed Care.
Mackay District Home Care Service provides basic support services, predominately Domestic Assistance and Social Support to approximately 1000 consumers within the Mackay district.
Potential CHSP consumers are registered and screened by “My Aged Care” and if eligible referred for assessment by a Regional Assessment Service (RAS). Assessment is based on assisting frail aged people, people with a disability and their carers to continue to live in the community as independently as possible.
The Mackay Home Care operates as part of the Mackay Hospital and Health Service. The office is in the Carlyle Community Health Centre Building, 40 Carlyle Street, Mackay.
About our Hospital and Health Service
has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
