• Permanent Part-Time (45 Hours per fortnight) | Maximum Term 12 Month Contract
• Stagpole Street Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit | Townsville
• $29.47 - $30.42 per hour + 10% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

We’re seeking Endorsed Enrolled Nurses to join our residential team at our Stagpole Street Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit.  

Working alongside our Registered Nurses, you’ll provide person-centred, holistic nursing care to our residents. Applying your clinical skills and knowledge to ensure a safe environment for residents that truly enhances their quality of life - encompassing their physical, social and emotional needs.

Making a direct difference to our resident’s lives, you’ll support the team to deliver outcomes and identify opportunities for continuous improvements, centred on our resident’s health and wellbeing.

You will:

• Documenting and updating care plans in line with emerging assessments
• Medication and wound management
• Assisting residents with activities of daily living and recreational activities
• Helping residents to participate in the community by providing social support
• Providing assistance to other care staff and health professionals

What you’ll need:

You’ll be an experienced enrolled nurse, confident in managing your time effectively and working autonomously, demonstrating:

• Relevant qualifications and AHPRA registration
• Medication endorsement
• Excellent communication and clinical problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experience in residential based care services
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificates or willingness to obtain

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?

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.

Blue Care adheres to state and Commonwealth directions regarding mandatory vaccination requirements within Residential Aged Care Facilities. Applicants must meet the vaccination requirements applicable or be willing to obtain should they be the successful candidate