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Reference Number 35610
Position Title Registered Nurse
Employment Type Casual
Entity Metro North
Location Hamilton Merriwee Court Aged Care Facility
Enterprise agreement Nursing Employees - Registered Nurse Level 1
Roles Available 2
Position Summary
  • Employment Term: Casual
  • Location: Hamilton Merriwee Court Aged Care Facility
  • Remuneration Value: $30.81 - $39.12 per hour +23% Loading + Shift Allowances + 9.5% Super + Salary Packaging + employee benefits

Blue Care is inviting applications from experienced Registered Nurses to provide residential care to our clients in our Hamilton aged care facility.

 

This is a great opportunity for Registered Nurses aiming to restore their work life balance through casual flexibility or Registered Nurses looking for additional hours.

 

Your role:

You’ll provide person-centred care to your residents - ensuring a safe environment and applying best clinical practice that enhances their quality of life and physical, social and emotional needs. You’ll monitor care plans, maintain a responsiveness and holistic approach to developing needs and support them to live independently!

 

You’ll work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, supporting one another to deliver outcomes and identifying opportunities for improvements centred on resident’s health and wellness. With no two days ever the same, you’ll apply your clinical problem-solving skills whilst delegating care responsibilities within your team’s scope of practice.

 

We’ll look after you too:

Whether we’re on the road, in people’s homes or in our centres, everything our dedicated and passionate team of more than 8,000 people do is built on our commitment to recognising individuals while enabling independence, choice and freedom. As the largest provider in Queensland, Blue Care delivers services to over 80 communities, offering you the opportunity to take your career anywhere from Coomera to Cairns. We offer:

  • Access to not-for-profit salary packaging & meals and entertainment benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements supporting you to achieve work-life balance
  • Access to financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
  • Learning and development to support you in your role
  • Employee assistance and wellness programs

Your skills and experience:

You’ll be an experienced nurse who is driven to make a change in the lives of our elderly residents through enabling their independence and well-being. You’ll be confident managing your time effectively, working autonomously and demonstrate:

  • Excellent communication and clinical problem solving skills
  • 2+ years general nursing experience, post-registration
  • Confidence with smart phones and digital devices or willingness to learn
  • Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements
  • Current Australian Driver’s License.

Ready to work together? To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process.  

 

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 Desirable: Do you have experience working with the elderly?
Essential: Do you hold the required qualifications for this role? Please note you WILL be required to provide copies during the interview process.
Essential: Do you hold a current Nurse Licence and Registration Certificate to practice in the State where employed? i.e. AHPRA registration
Essential: Can you supply evidence of an up-to-date influenza vaccination in accordance with the current Public Health Directive for Aged Care Facilities?
Essential: Do you have full Australian working entitlements as an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident OR New Zealand Citizen?
Contact Person Ann-Marie Warham
Contact Number 0415487824
Alternate Contact Person Jane VanDyke
Alternate Contact Number 32158200
Closing Date 19/06/2020
Position Description Registered Nurse (Residential).doc
Application Guide click here to view