Case Manager, Transition Care Program - Home Based

Melbourne Health; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Work

Career Growth

Supportive Culture

Innovation

World-Class Excellence

Salary packaging benefits

Parkville Precinct location

Job summary

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Royal Park Campus is seeking a Case Manager for the Transition Care Program - Home Based. You will coordinate short-term, goal-directed care for older adults following hospital discharge, working with clients, families and health professionals to support independence and safe home living.

This fixed-term role (until January 2027) offers a 64-hour fortnight schedule across four days, with a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Nurse or Allied Health professional, eligible for relevant professional registration.
• Sound clinical skills and the ability to adapt your approach to meet client needs.
• Understanding of goal-directed care and community-based programs and services.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with clients, carers, healthcare professionals and service providers.
• A solution-focused approach with well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Interest in expanding your knowledge of community services within RMH and the broader community.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments over the phone and in the client’s home to assess risk, collaboratively establish goals and monitor progress.
• Liaise with service providers to implement short term services and therapy for clients in their own home.
• The TCP Case Manager will assist clients in engaging with ongoing supports and services, and help them adjust to long-term care arrangements.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Allied Health

Clinical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Goal-directed care

Community services

Job description

Case Manager, Transition Care Program - Home Based

Transition Care Program - Home Based Case Manager

• Fixed term until January 2027 | 64 hours per fortnight (4 days)
• Grade 2 Allied Health or Registered Nurse Grade 4A.
• Gain valuable experience in providing goal-oriented case management for patients transitioning from hospital to home.

Join the multidisciplinary Transition Care Program (TCP) Home-Based team at The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Royal Park Campus as a Case Manager. You’ll coordinate short-term, goal-oriented care for older adults following a hospital stay, working collaboratively with clients, families and healthcare professionals to optimise independence, support recovery and help clients remain safely at home.

What you’ll do

The TCP case manager will hold a caseload and provide short-term case management to older adults following their discharge from hospital.

• Conduct assessments over the phone and in the client’s home to assess risk, collaboratively establish goals and monitor progress.
• Liaise with service providers to implement short term services and therapy for clients in their own home.
• The TCP Case Manager will assist clients in engaging with ongoing supports and services, and help them adjust to long-term care arrangements.

About you

• Qualified Registered Nurse or Allied Health professional, eligible for relevant professional registration.
• Sound clinical skills and the ability to adapt your approach to meet client needs.
• Understanding of goal-directed care and community-based programs and services.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with clients, carers, healthcare professionals and service providers.
• A solution-focused approach with well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Interest in expanding your knowledge of community services within RMH and the broader community.

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful WorkMake a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career GrowthAccess learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & BelongingJoin in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• InnovationHelp shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class ExcellenceWork alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefitsSalary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).
• Work in the Parkville PrecinctWork in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.