Team Leader

**Team Leader - Disability**:
Rotorua, NZ

Permanent

**Who we are | Ko wai matou?**

Geneva Healthcare is a specialist healthcare services and staffing company, a well-established, respected brand having been operational for over 16 years. Our Vision is to be recognised as the highest value provider of healthcare services and solutions across New Zealand, allowing us to directly influence and improve the quality and level of care clients receive.

Community Living is part of Geneva Healthcare group, we are dedicated to supporting clients who have a range of intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Our Community Living Homes throughout Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provide supported residential living for people with physical and/or intellectual disability.

**Why Us | He aha ai matou?**

There's never been a busier time in the healthcare sector, and there'll be plenty to keep you occupied in this role.
- The opportunity to work autonomously while working with a supportive team and respected organisation
- Company vehicle
- Company phone and laptop
- Subsidised Health Insurance
- The ability to work flexible hours that suit you
- A rewarding end to each day knowing you've made a difference

**About the Role | He korero whakamarama mo tenei turanga**

The Team Leader provides front line operational coordination across Community Living designated sites. Includes staff leadership and ensuring the needs of residents and their family/whanau are met with care that is focused on identified needs and person centred planning. This is a full time permanent role based in Rotorua
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to:_
- Rostering
- Stock management.
- Twice yearly completion of resident Person Centred Plans
- Overview of Medication Management - training support, record oversight, error reporting
- Resident GP, Hospital and other health related visits
- Support Worker
- interviewing and selection
- induction and orientation
- annual appraisals
- performance management
- Oversight of food management
- Oversight of site resource usage
- Safe environment oversight - daily duties, health & safety
- Oversight of operational and clinical functioning of all houses under their management.
- Oversee the arrival and settling in of new residents including orientation, staffing recruitment liaison, system setup and GP/Pharmacy liaison

**What you will bring | Nga tohungatanga mo tenei turanga**
- Care giving qualification to NZQA Level 4 or equivalent
- Proven staff leadership and management skills
- Experience and advanced knowledge from the rehabilitation, disability or aged care sector
- Clinical skills in PEG feeding, medication management, safe handling, challenging behaviours and other areas relevant to intellectual and physical disability - site(s) dependant
- A caring and compassionate approach to all cares with a passion for supporting and enabling people living with disability to live a full and meaningful life with choice.
- Proven communication skills and ability to develop professional relationships, meeting and exceeding all stakeholder expectations
- Ability to provide effective and supportive supervision and teaching to Support Workers
- A full Clean NZ Driver Licence and confidence with manual disability vehicles
- A commitment to quality services and a desire to be part of an organisation that is an industry leader

If you have well developed communication skills, enjoy goal planning/planning activities and are passionate about supporting clients with a disability get out and live their best lives, then we would love to hear from you. Experience in a similar role would be ideal but is not essential.

**You must also be a citizen or resident of New Zealand to apply**Reference#: 853550CLTL