Disability Navigator
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $55.40 - $65.37 ph + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ539112
Location: Broken Hill NSW
- Great opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference
- Grow your career with us with training on offer to support your learning
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.
What you'll be doing- Provide expert advice to support staff to deliver patient/client care to people with an Intellectual Disability and to support referred patients in accessing the Specialist Intellectual Disability Health Team based in WNSWLHD if or when required.
- Provide care coordination and navigation for NDIS eligible people who are in hospital, at risk of hospitalisation or where the support will expedite access to NDIS services to relieve pressure on LHD services.
- The position will inform and guide health staff on the delivery of care for people with Intellectual and/or physical Disability and their carers and families in any hospital or site in the Local Health District, including implementation and monitoring of the Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP).
What's on Offer
- 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
- Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment
- A paid allocated day off (ADO) every month
- Leaning and Development support with access to further education & training
- Corporate rates at local gym (YMCA)
- Fitness Passport
- A comfortable and affordable lifestyle with some of the best food, wine and scenery at your doorstep
About the Far West LHD
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. FWLHD has a mandate to provide the highest quality care and services to its communities using the latest clinical evidence and technological enablers. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible
- Relevant qualifications in a health, disability or social service role.
- Knowledge of Intellectual Disability and/or physical disability with current/recent (within the last 6 months) experience working with people with Intellectual/physical Disabilities.
- Minimum 3 years' experience working in the disability sector, with a strong understanding of navigating the NDIS and NDIA.
- Experience coordinating and communication complex care plan within a health care context, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Current unrestricted NSW drivers licence, ability and willingness to travel across the Far West LHD, frequently staying overnight, sometimes several nights.
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Helen Hayes on Helen.Hayes@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 15th January 2025
Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply
