Wellbeing Manager (Case Manager), Telehealth - Sydney, NSW
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Summary about this job
Aged & Disability Support
Company: Feros Care
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
Salary: Base + Salary Packaging + Company Car & Phone
Phone: +61-3-3037-8048
Fax: +61-3-1442-8434
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Detail information about job Wellbeing Manager (Case Manager), Telehealth - Sydney, NSW. Terms and conditions vacancy
About the Role:
Reporting to the Program Manager - Virtual Care, the Wellbeing Manager - Telehealth will provide face to face support to clients in the Central and East Sydney regions who participate in our Telehealth service for seniors over 70 years. The goal of the service is to help people build their knowledge and skills in self-management of their chronic disease, working closely with their GP and other supports, to assist them to be healthier, independent and socially connected.
The position is a mobile role with many visits to client's homes, GP surgeries and health partners each week, you will be the key clinician and face of this Telehealth initiative.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Visit our clients in their homes to conduct holistic assessments, and production of goal driven support and wellness plans, incorporating wellness based goals to achieve healthy, active, independent and socially connected lives
- Provide chronic disease and health education to clients and their families that considers cultural, spiritual, intellectual and psychosocial needs, and preserves autonomy, dignity and rights to promote long term wellness and self-management
- Installation, training and ongoing support to clients in the use of Telehealth and emerging technologies
- Linking and supporting clients to the appropriate supports and services to optimise choice and positive health outcomes
- Develop positive and productive partnerships with local GP practices and proactively network with local service providers and key referral agencies to promote Feros Care's Telehealth and care services
- Act as an Ambassador for Feros Care, participating in community events and initiatives to build the Feros Care brand and promote our services
About You:
- Experienced Registered Nurse with Current Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Registration
- Demonstrated experience in assessment and goal orientated support planning within restorative care, rehabilitation and/or chronic disease management domains.
- Demonstrated ability to develop robust and sustainable working relationships with GP's, referral agencies and health services that encourage cooperation, accountability and promotes Feros Care and it's services
- Demonstrated skills in the use of smartphones, laptops, video conferencing and web access to systems for information, data entry and communication
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with a high degree of drive, initiative, motivation and outcome orientation, with the capacity to deal with multiple and often conflicting priorities
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in contemporary chronic disease coaching, health literacy and case management
- Well-developed organisation, negotiation, facilitation and communication skills
About Feros Care
Feros Care is a multi-award winning not-for-profit organisation offering a range of aged, disability and community care services. What we care most about is helping people live bolder lives. Better connected. More active. More fulfilling.
We don't just want our clients to live. We want them to dream. To get their feet wet and their hands dirty. To laugh, have friends, be happy.
We call it growing bold and for over 30 years, we are making it real, both for older Australians and those living with disability.
We place a strong importance on our culture and strive to create an environment where staff are able to do their best life's work. We love diversity within our teams, it brings richness in ideas, perspectives. It makes us a better organisation and allows us to achieve more than we could have imagined.
We encourage people with disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job.
When successful, you will be required to undertake a criminal records check in accordance with legislation and have the right to work in Australia.
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Kerry Bundock on (07) 5669 0593, quoting Ref No. 815891.