Company Background: Right at Home is an international leader in the home care industry. We provide care for seniors and adults with disabilities who need assistance to maintain their independence. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for those we serve by providing the Right Care every time.

Right at Home Sydney Parramatta is seeking qualified, reliable and passionate Registered Nurse (Care Coordinator/Community Health). You will need to be friendly, positive, and determined to make a difference. You can demonstrate client-focused behaviour, showing empathy, and treating others with dignity and respect. You’ll be a natural relationship builder, honest, helpful, and dependable, making you a great asset to our team. The successful candidate will coordinate, manage, and administer the delivery of care services to our clients.

Purpose of Position: This role is customer focused and involves consulting with families, preparing in home care assessments, and drafting care plans to best meet client requirements.

Duties include:

Meeting with clients and assessing their needs. This role will handle anything from information requests, feedback, general enquiries to complaints.

Preparing in-home care assessments and drafting care plans to best meet client requirements.

Recruiting, training, and managing the performance of the care team.

Maintaining client and care worker compliance and documentation according to government standards.

Ensure all documentation is accurately and comprehensively completed in Right at Home databases and software programs in accordance with organisation policies and procedures and legislative frameworks.

Provide direct nursing care and/or individual case management to aged people and People with disabilities.

Provide health education to improve the health outcomes for individual People or groups

Communicate effectively with the NDIS Program Manager in relation to program issues or opportunities for improvement

Attend and contribute to care team meetings, supervision meetings, and other relevant meetings as required and use information/feedback to continuously improve work performance

Assist in the delivery of person-centred service according to the objectives of each program

Identify early preventative actions for health concerns that may impact on other associated issues such as behaviour

Liaise, plan and coordinate health related services with key stakeholders in providing a high quality care based on individual need

Assess, review, develop and educate staff on individual health care plans and procedures.

Support staff in medication administration, and support quality improvement processes

Essential Criteria:

Current AHPRA registration and Australian Working Rights

Bachelor’s degree with previous experience of 1 years full time or equivalent part time in a fast-paced environment

Permanent Residents or citizens of Australia will be preferred

Current Australian National Police check, Working with Children Check, and Current First Aid & CPR certificate

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills

Fulfils the obligations of the Nursing Role for the Registered Nurse including Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct

Establishes and maintains effective communication and harmonious working relationships with our clients.

Updates knowledge and skills by pursuing continuing professional development

Time management and organisational skills

Ability to manage, direct and supervise staff, coordinating and assessing work activities

Nursing skills including wound care and medication management

Knowledge of high prevalent risks, risk assessments, risk mitigation

The ability to operate efficiently and deliver excellent service when under pressure

Time management, organisational skills & ability to manage competing priorities

Relationship development skills to support diverse clients to achieve their goals and objectives

Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Office experience (Excel, Word, Outlook, and CMS)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AU$76,000.00 – AU$86,000.00 per year