Clinical Care Partner

Clinical Care Partner | BlueCare | Community Service

• Employment Status: Permanent Full Time
• Location: Dicky Beach & Surrounding Areas
• Remuneration: $55.23-$57.05 p/hr + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (increases your take home pay) + Allowances + Travel Reimbursement (KM’s) + Employee Discounts
• Classification: QRN1.5 - QRN1.7 determined by demonstrated clinical hours and experience

A career that puts you at the heart of it all.

At BlueCare, you’ll be part of a team making a meaningful difference every day, supporting people to live life their way. 

About the role:

As a Clinical Care Partner, you’ll coordinate person-centred care and services for clients with complex clinical and care needs, supporting the best possible outcomes from their Aged Care Service funding.

• Assessing complex client needs and developing and reviewing individualised care plans
• Coordinating services and care transitions with clients, families and multidisciplinary teams
• Managing client care budgets and available funding
• Monitoring changing needs and clinical deterioration, ensuring appropriate escalation and follow-up
• Reviewing care plans, services and outcomes
• Supporting clients to navigate the care system and access appropriate services

With no two days ever the same, you’ll spend the majority of your day on the road engaging with clients in the community.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia.

Role requirements:

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health professional with current AHPRA registration - Essential
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence - Essential
• Roadworthy and insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle for work - Essential
• Clinical experience and sound knowledge of client-centred, community-based care
• Experience and knowledge of Community Funding streams and programs
• Ability to collaborate with clinical and care teams to coordinate care and exercise professional judgement
• Knowledge of relevant aged care legislative, regulatory and quality requirements
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously
• Ability to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies - Essential

Employee Benefits:  

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly  

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children  

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur  

• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [email protected]

Safe workplace  

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.