Wellness and Lifestyle Coordinator

Are you passionate about healthy ageing and creating environments that promote quality of life? Do you have experience in Aged Care? Lourdes Valley is looking for a Wellness and Lifestyle Coordinator.

This is a professional, leadership role, reporting to the Residential Services Manager, with the aim to support and enable residents to maximise their independence and improve and maintain their health and quality of life. You will employ best practice evidence based tools in health promotion, person centred care, and healthy ageing to manage lifestyle programs. You will have a strong customer service focus, undertaking regular consultation with residents and families, and tailoring programs to suit identified customer needs. You will manage a team of lifestyle to ensure high quality lifestyle and exercise services. Including assisting residents to set goals, supporting them emotionally, facilitating health literacy and enabling participation by ensuring that programs are accessible and relevant to the needs of every, individual resident.

You will work with older customers to increase their physical and social engagement. You will also be responsible for the maintenance of quality care with dignity as well as liaising with management to ensure continuous improvements are made and the Aged Care Standard 3 principles are consistently implemented and evaluated through the provision of effective care methods, risk management, quality assurance and compliance activities. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with the capacity to deliver exceptional customer service, planning and sound decision-making within a person-centred care environment to join us and provide leadership and drive development opportunities within our team.

A Diploma or equivalent in Health Promotion, Social Work, Dementia Care, Health Coaching, Healthy Ageing, Leisure and Lifestyle or any related discipline is essential for this role, as is an understanding of healthy ageing, person centred care, regulatory compliance, project management and financial management.

Ideally, you have experience in a similar role, however we welcome applications from graduates who will be mentored and supported by our team.　

Maximum salary packaging as well as meal and entertainment benefits are available to all positions within Southern Cross Care. You'll enjoy exceptional learning opportunities, a friendly, caring team environment and the satisfaction of providing significant benefits to the lives of those within your care.

*All Southern Cross Care staff require a current National Police Certificate for the purpose of aged care.

Enquiries to Lijo Kurian on 08 8433 0400

Applications close by 1 June 2018