Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with tertiary health services
- Gather information about relevant Aboriginal/ Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal tertiary health services, organisations and key contacts
- Provide information about own service to other organisations on request and liaison between staff supported and encouraged on formal and informal basis aimed at optimising service delivery
- Establish new networks as required to meet client needs and organisation objectives
- Maintain working relationships between and within organisations to provide identifiable benefits for clients and the oprganisation
- Share resources/information with other organisations wherever possible and appropriate
- Provide advocacy as required to support relationships between clients and other organisations/agencies
- Support clients to access other health services
- Provide resources and information as available to assist clients with transport and accommodation, utilising available assistance
- Assist clients and their families as required in making transport/accommodation arrangements and liaising with government agencies
- Provide information about available health services and support to clients as appropriate
- Provide information about links procedures in tertiary referral institutions as required to give support and reassurance to clients accessing such institutions
- Participate in discharge planning
- Identify key individuals involved in discharge planing at the tertiary health service
- Discuss discharge planning with clients and their families
- Undertake regular liaison with the tertiary health service in relation to timing of discharge, transport needs, medication and client follow up requirements