Clinical Care Partner

Bolton Clarke Careers; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Private health insurance

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bolton Clarke Group is seeking a Clinical Care Partner to support the Home & Community Support program. You will oversee clinical care, guide care partners, and collaborate with participants to tailor individualized care plans that meet health and wellbeing needs.

The role involves coordinating services, managing budgets, and ensuring care aligns with Aged Care Quality Standards, with daily administrative duties as required.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA Registration is required.
• Experience in care management and aged care settings.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to manage budgets and coordinate services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review individualized care plans with participants.
• Coordinate and evaluate clinical services (wound care, medication, continence, chronic disease).
• Provide guidance for care partners and support participants in decision making and budgeting.
• Maintain clinical documentation and report risks or incidents.
• Support diversity and inclusion within care delivery.

Skills

Care management

Aged care experience

Budget management

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Assessment skills

Education

AHPRA Registration (current)

Job description

Bolton Clarke Groupone of Australia's largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally.Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 87 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

The Clinical Care Partner plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of person-centred, safe, and effective care within the Support at Home program. This position provides clinical oversight, guidance, and support to clients and care partners, ensuring that clinical risks are managed and that care plans are tailored to meet individual health and wellbeing needs. Provide support and oversight for clients identified as complex or high-risk, including those with unstable health conditions, recent hospitalisation, physical or cognitive impairment, increased falls, wound or medication risk, or signs of deterioration.

As a Clinical Care Partner, you will:

• Collaborate with participants to develop individualised care plans. Incorporating the participant's goals, service preferences, cultural needs, risk factors, and AT-HM requirements.
• Coordinate and evaluation effectiveness of clinical services, such as wound care, medication management, continence support, and chronic disease management.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the target population and their needs, from care coordination to complex care management.
• Supporting participants to navigate age-related systems and programs and linking them to additional supports.
• Supporting participants (and their carer or supporter) to make informed service decisions, including supported decision-making and self-management models.
• Collaborate with participants to plan, manage and understand individualised quarterly budgets in line with their care plan.
• Monitor spending to prevent underspends and overspends and align resource allocation with changing needs, including temporary increases during illness or recovery.
• Ensure care delivery aligns with the Aged Care Quality Standards and the Support at Home Program framework.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and records.
• Report clinical risks, incidents, and escalates concerns appropriately.
• Daily administrative duties as required by the Program.

Qualifications and experience

• Current AHPRA Registration
• Relevant Care Management and aged care experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge and experience of community-based care and support services
• Ability to manage a budget effectively.
• Demonstrated skills in networking, liaison and the development and maintenance of strong links with relevant service providers and users.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly developed assessment skills and the ability to creatively problem solve complex care

About this location

A new opportunity is now available to join Bolton Clarke, Home & Community Support team.

Why Work For Bolton Clarke

• Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits - claim up to $18,550 tax free
• Private health insurance and gym discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Our commitment to diversity: At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status.

Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.