Clinical Coordinator - Chalmers
Mō mātou - About us
Our name, Enliven, is a celebration of our beginnings, our heritage and the values we share. Our homes and villages are places where older people have companionship, choice, variety, fun, meaningful activity and a sense of purpose. Being part of our team means the opportunity to share in our values-based approach and be part of a not-for-profit service specialising in the support of our elders.
Mō te tūranga - About the role
The Clinical Coordinator supports the Home Manager and Clinical Nurse Manager to provide a high standard of clinical care and deliver a warm and safe environment for residents and staff.
The focus is on effective day to day co-ordination and supervision of resident care, and provision of professional leadership and support to our team of Registered and Enrolled Nurses and Healthcare Assistants. The Clinical Coordinator will actively function as a clinical leader and take responsibility for managing oversight of the day to day care needs of our residents living at Chalmers. Our Elders living at Chalmers Home have a wide variety of health needs, which can be complex and include hospital level care. The Clinical Co-Ordinator will be across the clinical care needs whilst coaching and mentoring our teams to be proactively involved in the decisions that lead to a high quality of care and support.
Hours of work will be 40 per week to be worked as Tues/Wed 07.00-15.00 and Thurs to Sat 09.00-17.30. Whilst hours are regular there may be times when flexibility is required to meet operational needs. As a part of the clinical team, there is a shared responsibility to provide on-call cover to support the teams and ensure access to clinical advice and expertise outside of the day shift cover provided by this role. The clinical team work closely together; you will be well supported to assess and deliver high standards of care.
Mō koe - About you
As well as a passion for the wellbeing of older people, you will be enthusiastic but patient and well organised with great interpersonal skills. You will share our values of empathy, compassion, and respect.
You will be an instrumental person in fostering the right environment for everyone to enjoy a safe and healthy home to live or work, where residents are at the centre of our decision making and staff work together to achieve positive outcomes for people.
In addition, you will:
- Be an experienced RN, ready to take the next step in their career or you may have already taken that step and are looking for a fresh challenge
- Have at least 2 years’ experience in Aged care or Dementia care and have worked with high complexity health needs
- Be committed to supporting your team to deliver quality of care and outcomes for our Elders
- Foster strong positive working relationships with other team members, residents and their whānau
- Hold a Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing, but not essential, a desire for continuous learning is just as important to us
- InterRAI knowledge preferred.
Mo o tatau painga - About our benefits
A job with Enliven is a career that supports and empowers thousands of people to live happy, healthy lives. We love people – and that includes our employees.
As a team member with us you will benefit from the following:
- Progressive pay scale that recognises your skills and experience
- We offer the ability to be recognised through our PDRP programme and we actively encourage your on-going career development.
- Paid professional study days to meet the annual requirements of the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
- Reimbursement for Annual Practising Certificates for all regulated health professionals.
- Enliven offers the opportunity to progress your career in a variety of directions and to contribute to the way in which we operate every day.
- We are committed to maintaining our own health and well-being through activities focused on supporting ourselves at work.
- We offer great access to discounts with major NZ retailers and also discounted healthcare cover and free employee assistance programme.
Working in an Enliven Home offers you a community that is a warm and lively place to work - we are a welcoming place to work so get in touch and find out more now!
Nga Tono - Applications:
Sound like the right role for you? Click APPLY to start the application process.
If you would like more information first, please contact Chalmers Home Manager - Melissa McNamara on 06 758 51 90 or email our recruitment team at recruitment@psc.org.nz
Please note we will process applications as they are received so don't miss out - be an early applicant!
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