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Clinical Assessor
1 month ago
**0.5FTE (20 hours per week) fixed term through to 3rd March 2025**:
- ** Assess & coordinate services for clients within the Long Term Supports - Chronic Health Conditions (LTS-CHC) funding stream**:
- ** Work alongside our experienced interdisciplinary Adult Community Therapy Service (ACTS)**:
- ** Registered health professional, with current practicing certificate**
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
**About the role**
The Adult Community Therapy Service (ACTS) delivers allied health services to adults aged 16-65 years in our Canterbury community. Our team includes Clinical Assessors, who provide needs assessment and service coordination (NASC) for clients funded by Long Term Supports-Chronic Health Conditions (LTS-CHC). This client group includes people aged 0-65 with complex chronic medical needs.
Our focus is the care and wellbeing of clients/whanau. We utilise a restorative model of care, supporting clients to live well within their communities. This can involve co-ordinating a range of services to support living at home, as well as facilitating transitions to supporting living or care facility options.
This is a busy, diverse role where you are guaranteed a varied, complex case load and plenty of opportunity to think outside the box.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing coordinated care plans for LTS-CHC clients, to support an appropriate service response
- Completion of InterRAI assessments for adults aged 17-65 and Paediatric Needs Assessments for children aged 0-17 years
- Clear communication with clients and family/whanau to ensure their understanding of available support options and management of service expectations
- Communication with a diverse group of internal and external agencies, to facilitate appropriate support outcomes for clients and to provide advice on other appropriate resources
- Work closely with the Service Coordinator for LTS-CHC, to enable efficient workflow
**About You**
The attributes we seek include:
Essential
- At least 3 years experience working within healthcare
- A high level of skill with clinical assessment and critical evaluation
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a high standard of verbal and written communication
- Ability to work autonomously, manage time well and prioritise workload appropriately
- Must be a health professional registered to work in New Zealand (Social work, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Registered Nurse or related discipline)
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
- Full NZ drivers licence
Desirable
- Previous experience working within community-based health and disability services
- Have completed InterRAI Assessment training
- Positive approach to problem solving and developing innovative solutions
- Experience working in area of Mental Health and/or Alcohol and Drug Services
**Working for Health New Zealand**
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellnesses. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
**Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**
**How to Apply**
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