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• Personal Care Assistant positions in Residential Aged Care or Home Care
• Join a not-for-profit, values-based aged care organisation

Make a difference through providing high quality personalised care to our valued aged care residents. This is a rewarding and diverse role that includes personal care such as showering, dressing, assisting with eating and social activities & supporting our residents in living life to its fullest.

Currently we're looking for Personal Care Assistants & Home Care Workers to join our team to support our residents in our Residential Aged Care homes or the Home Care Community. We have a variety of shift times available across all 7 days and across 41 different locations across NSW and QLD.  

As part of a dedicated team who work hard to create a safe, home like environment you'll be responsible for:

• Assisting with personal care such as showering & dressing
• Supporting with day to day tasks such as eating and social activities
• Working with clinical staff to ensure care & medication plans are followed
• Maintaining documentation & working as part of a team to ensure our residents' health and well-being are optimised
• Providing high quality service to families and the community

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• Completed a Certificate 3 in Aged Care (or Certificate IV in Ageing) AND completed your 120 hour work placement 
• A passion for providing high quality care to the elderly
• Great communication & team work skills
• Flexibility & the ability to adapt to change

Position Title:  Patient Service Assistant

Reports to (position):  Dialysis Clinic Manager

Primary purpose of the role:

• To provide support to the nursing staff in the dialysis clinic by performing non-clinical duties relating to direct and indirect patient care.
• Functions as a team member, promoting the values, missions and goals of the clinic and company, constantly working towards their achievement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Protects the rights of patients by adhering to Privacy Principles and providing an excellent standard of care.
• Ensures cleanliness and neatness of patient’s environment and stock room
• Ensures cleaning of the Isolation rooms is done when required.
• Cleans exterior of dialysis machines, patient chairs and over-bed tables as per policy and procedures
• Assists with basic food preparation and delivery of nutritional requirements to patients as well as assists with meal ordering
• Serves, distributes and collects patient / visitors meals and refreshments
• Arranges patient transport from Dialysis treatment
• Attends to the re-stocking of consumables in the stock room and trolley/s as required for daily operation of the clinic
• Monitors consumable stores and orders stock as required
• Confirms delivery of stock, checks inventory and documentation
• Performs stocktake when requested
• Maintains Clinic Manager database
• Ensures routine collection and appropriate disposal of linen, rubbish and contaminated waste
• Orders and pack away linen
• Assist in the collection of blood samples by pathology lab, help spin blood before collection
• Participates in Quality Improvements  activities as required by the Dialysis Clinic Manager
• Ensures/promotes a safe, secure and healthy working environment to staff and a comfortable, safe environment for visitors and patients as detailed in the Workplace Health and Safety policy (FMEAU-28).
• Engages in interne.al and external in-service activities to enhance / maintain skills and knowledge

Competencies (attitude, skills, typical qualifications & experience)

Essential:           

• Knowledge of Infection Control / Hygiene principles and implementation of this knowledge into daily practice
• Demonstrated organizational and problem solving  skills combined with the ability to work in a self-directed manner
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to operate within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of Work Health and Safety as it relates to the role within the facility
• Understanding of the Quality improvement process and risk management obligations
• Demonstrated skills in food preparation and presentation
• Basic office skills, including filing and answering telephone enquiries
• Previous experience in patient assistant role
• Basic computer literacy.

 Desirable:         

• Completion of a Patient Service Assistant Certificate or equivalent qualification
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement initiatives.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Team player

Your Career

This strategic channel role will develop the full 360 degree Cloud Service Provider partner led growth from leveraging Cloud Service Provider (CSP) partner teams, CSP partner reach and marketplaces. Reporting to the ANZ Cloud Service Provider Manager you will center your role on developing and growing channel led opportunities with partners who actively drive revenue for their business via cloud providers and marketplaces.. You will be responsible for educating and engaging the sales account teams within partners and at Palo Alto Networks on the benefits of tri party collaboration. We win by deliberate joint account engagement to solve our joint customers biggest challenges of securing their digital future. Success in the role will also require developing a strong internal network across Palo Alto Networks teams, including marketing, inside sales and Sales Engineers and most importantly our speedboat solutions specialists.

Your Impact

• Grow partner led marketplace transactions and New Customer Acquisitions
• Grow service creation for partners from customer cloud migrations and operations
• Business development with partners involvement to help activate them on Palo Alto Networks offerings
• Build a strong business network within the cloud service providers channels organizations - It is your responsibility to continue to nurture and grow your network
• Engaging with key stakeholders (Channel leadership, Channel Business Managers, Cloud Service Provider Partner Managers) build and execute on a your CSP channel plan
• As part of the overall plan, activate current marketplace partners, identify and recruit new partners who have viewed marketplaces as a relevant pathway in their go-to-market strategy
• Develop and execute business plans driving all aspects of the partner relationship to maximize growth opportunities and ensuring partner is well-positioned to deliver successful customer implementations and recommendations
• Work well in a team environment to ensure partner and customer satisfaction
• Design compelling value proposition that inspire partners to promote our solutions 
• Work with select partners and help them build a services catalog around our cloud security offerings
• Provide clear and consistent communication across the region with your dedicated partners to build strong partnerships throughout your assignment
• Lead regular business performance and relationship reviews with senior management and various stakeholders 
• Build and maintain activity of performance reports and activity dashboards

We’re seeking expressions of interest from Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Physiotherapists with at least five (5)+ years’ experience in people management, quality management or clinical management within the residential aged care sector (above and beyond initial 5+ years aged care experience) for potential future roles.

Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) is Australia's largest health and human services consulting firm. We're currently tendering for additional work to undertake Residential Aged Care assessments of residents in aged care facilities on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

The work will involve you leading a team of experienced aged care professionals who will be visiting aged care facilities to assess residents using the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) assessment funding tool. You will provide in-field support to assessors to ensure the quality and consistency of assessments, plus develop assessor support and quality assurance mechanisms.

On offer:

• Very attractive salary - $130,000p.a. + 11% superannuation.
• Permanent full-time role.
• Involvement in the recruitment and onboarding of assessors in your allocated area.
• Support from an administrative assistant to manage the scheduling of assessments and team rostering.
• Full training provided in the use and application of the AN-ACC assessment tool.

About the position:

• Provide in-field clinical support to a team of assessors to assure consistency and quality of assessments.
• Manage performance and ongoing training requirements of assessors.
• Collaborate with other Area Managers and share learnings to ensure continuous improvement.
• Provide regular updates and data reports on team.
• Travel within your allocated area.

Required:

• 5+ years’ experience in people management, quality management, or clinical management within the residential aged care sector (above and beyond initial 5+ years aged care experience).
• Current, unrestricted AHPRA registration.
• Intermediate to advanced IT skills particularly in Excel.
• Excellent writing skills including report writing.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable car for travel.

If you have the necessary skills and experience and are interested in working with us, then we'd like to hear from you now.

To Apply please upload the following:

Your CV - specifying each employer, your role, experience with varying health conditions and residents with different backgrounds, as well as the assessment frameworks/tools you have used. Please also provide the year of study for all relevant qualifications and if you have a proficiency in a language other than English.

and a 300-word blurb. We’d like to know a little more about you (more than we’d get from a CV). Tell us about your passion for aged care, the approach you take to engage with residents and make swift, yet clinically sound judgements. What your experience has been in leading and mentoring teams, including how you balanced that against the need to manage performance and the quality of work.

Applications close Friday 1 March 2024

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please email: [email protected]

All applicants must have full Australian working rights.

Further information about AHA is available at our website: www.ahaconsulting.com.au

Agency applications will not be considered.

AHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We support flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously, and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer. All are encouraged to apply.