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Reference Number 37870
Position Title Registered Nurse
Employment Type Casual
Entity North Queensland
Location Mt Isa Community Care
Enterprise agreement Nursing Employees - Registered Nurse Level 1
Roles Available 1
Position Summary
  • Casual position
  • Based in Mt Isa | Community role 
  • Casual rate of $37.90 – $48.12 per hour + 9.5% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

 

Casual position available for a Registered Nurse to join our Blue Care Team in Mt Isa!

 

Making scheduled visits to your clients in the community, you’ll provide person-centred care, ensuring a safe environment within their home and applying your clinical skills to improve client’s quality of life and independence. You’ll 

  • Assess, plan and implement client care within your scope
  • Consider physical, social and psychological requirements
  • Create and update care plans to reflect developing needs
  • Ensure clinical quality compliance standards are met
  • Work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary team members 

 

What you’ll need:

You’ll be an experienced nurse who is driven to make a change in the lives of those in the community through enabling their independence and well-being. You’ll be confident working autonomously within a community care based setting and demonstrate:

  • Excellent communication and clinical problem-solving skills
  • General nursing experience, preferably in community sector
  • Confidence with smart phones and digital devices or willingness to learn
  • Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements
  • Open QLD Driver’s License

 

Supporting our clients in the best way possible is important to us. To be employed by Blue Care, you will be required to complete the free NDIS Worker Orientation Module prior to commencement and provide a copy of your certificate on completion.

 

Supporting you to support others.

We’ve been caring for Queenslander’s for over 65 years. Whether we’re on the road, in people’s homes or in our centres, everything our dedicated team of more than 8,000 people do is built on enabling independence, choice and freedom. We’re proudly not-for-profit and offer you: 

  • Access to salary packaging & meal and entertainment benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
  • Employee assistance, health & wellness programs
  • Values-based culture & rewards and recognition
  • Ongoing learning & development

 

Ready to work together?
Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button below to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter.

 

Our team are available to answer any questions you may have. We’ll do our best to get back to you 2 weeks from the closing date.

 

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

 

Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.

Selection Criteria Essential: Do you hold current AHPRA registration?
Essential: This is a Community position and will therefore require you to travel between clients homes as part of the role. Do you hold an Open QLD Drivers License and roadworthy vehicle?
Essential: Are there any restrictions on you shift availability?
Desirable: How many years' experience do you have working as a qualified Registered Nurse?
Desirable: Do you have experience working in Aged Care and/or community care?
Essential: If you are successful for this role, you may be required to undergo a series of pre-employment checks; that may include your Right to Work in Australia, Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and a Health Screening Questionnaire. Do you consent to this?
Contact Person Joanne Tencza
Contact Number 0439 212 075
Closing Date 21/02/2021
Position Description Registered Nurse (Community).doc
Application Guide click here to view