Career Opportunities.
WHY WORK WITH US
Palliative Care South East is an attractive and principled employer. This means sustaining a positive culture which values and is supportive of its employees and volunteers.
We do this by maintaining a workplace environment that reflects our core values of respect, innovation, integrity and enablement, and by demonstrating trust, honesty and compassion in all that we do.
We achieve this by:
- Placing our clients, their carers and families at the centre of what we do
- Demonstrating leadership driven by contemporary palliative care approaches and practices
- Providing an environment for continuous learning that celebrates achievement and embraces change
- Encouraging staff to take up challenges and look for opportunities for improvement
- Facilitating individual personal and professional growth
- Building collaborative and positive teams
- Providing a safe and flexible work environment
- Offering competitive salaries and conditions including salary packaging
Current Vacancies.
Please see the links below for our current vacancies.
Preferred candidates will require a clear Police Check and a current Working with Children’s Check prior to commencement of employment
Expressions of Interest for Director
We welcome your interest in contributing to Palliative Care South East Ltd, bring your skills and experience to contribute to the strategy and governance as a Board Director.
Palliative Care South East Ltd (PCSE) is a for-purpose company that provides community based palliative care in the south east region of Melbourne. We support people with a life-limiting illness to live well and, in doing so, offer support at home to improve the quality of life of individuals, carers and families. We support the communities of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire.
The function and responsibilities of the Board are as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), legislation administered by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and the Constitution of Palliative Care South East. The Board’s purpose is to provide governance and strategic leadership while providing oversight and monitoring of the organisation’s performance and compliance, this role is remunerated.
We are seeking persons eligible to be a director of a company under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and to be a responsible person of a registered charity under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2002 (Cth).
Our skills-based Board will consider individuals with one or more of the following attributes:
Local resident:
- Resident of the City of Greater Dandenong or Cardinia Shire
- Cultural diversity – born overseas or living as a first generation of Australian birth.
- A First Nations representative.
- Allied Health, clinical or community sector experience
Lived experience in palliative care
- Personal experience with palliative care as a health professional, carer or relative of an individual with a life-limiting illness.
- Experience as a carer or supporter of an individual with a life-limiting illness
- Networks to engage local communities.
Requirements for the role
- Strategic thinking, and successful involvement in strategic change
- An interest or experience in palliative care and/or the community health sector
- An outcomes-focus, including how this is embedded into an organisation’s systems and processes
- An understanding of the characteristics of the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and of the community’s issues and concerns
- A strong understanding (or experience) of key issues organisations such as PCSE are facing
- Self-motivated with the capacity to recognise own strengths and weaknesses
- Demonstrated capacity to develop and maintain strategic networks and relationships
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Prior experience working closely with a Board or Committee of Management
If you believe in supporting people with a life-limiting illness and you want to make a social and community impact, consider becoming a Board member with Palliative Care South East. We will provide support and engagement to assist you to navigate through the process.
For further confidential discussion please contact the Lynn to discuss on 5991 1300, or submit your interest, via an email to Lynn.hutchison@palliativecarese.org.au by COB November 6th 2024.