• Grade 3
• Part-Time

Ballarat Hospice Care Inc. (BHCI) is a home-based palliative care service; caring for people living with a life limiting illness and supporting their family and carers in their place of residence.

We are a team of specialist palliative care nurses, grief and bereavement support workers and counsellors, patient and family support volunteers and compassionate administrative staff. W e work closely with GPs, local hospitals, specialist doctors and nursing services – all to meet the varying and individual needs of the people we care for including 24hr support and loan of equipment without direct cost to the patient or family. We also offer education to carers and patients and to health and community services and groups. We cover the Hepburn Shire, City of Ballarat, the northern end of the Golden Plains Shire and the western end of Moorabool Shire.

As an incorporated organisation we work under the Incorporations Act and hold a Service Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.

Key Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates and upholds the values of BHCI through professional attributes and behaviours
2. To conduct clinical nursing assessment, care planning and evaluation; screening for psycho- social and spiritual issues
3. Effective planning and delivery of quality palliative care for patients / carers, through a managed care system
4. Effective and comprehensive communication / clinical handover to the rest of the healthcare team regarding the patient / carer needs
5. Demonstrate effective and efficient management of own workload to include opportunities for research and quality improvements
6. Meaningful self-care and professional self-development
7. Utilise culturally appropriate intervention strategies for patients and families of CALD,Indigenous, LGBTI and vulnerable groups