Clinical Nurse – Hospital in the Home (HITH)

Imagine a job with meaning, one that resonates with your inner values.  Be rewarded for your effort with ongoing training & development and the opportunity to make a difference every day. Come do some good with us.

There are many reasons why you would want to work with Blue Care. Blue Care is one of Australia’s leading providers of residential aged and community care, and retirement living. Supporting people to remain as independent as possible is our passion. Our network of 260 centres across Queensland supports the care choices of older people, people with a disability and others in need.

We are not-for-profit; part of UnitingCare Queensland (UCQ) and founded on core values with an overwhelming sense of obligation to make a difference in our community. As a leader in health and community services, our strategic plan continues a commitment to person centred care and services that enable people to have the best lives possible, whatever their circumstances.

Blue Care is seeking skilled Clinical Nurses, passionate about supporting acute hospital patients to receive safe and effective nursing care at home. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative care pathway that will be partnering Blue Care and UnitingCare hospitals. Positions will be based from our Caloundra service centre, working with local hospitals and outreaching into patients homes. Services are delivered 7 days a week, primarily between 7:00am and 8:00pm, with after hours on-call support rotated across the team. These will be full-time, part-time and casual positions for an initial engagement term of 12 months.

These positions will provide leadership in the delivery of continuous care for patients that would otherwise be required to remain in hospital. They will provide hands on care to patients, undertaking assessment, implementation, monitoring and review of in-home care. Highly developed assessment and communication skills, an understanding of community based care delivery, and experience supervising / mentoring nursing staff would make you a strong candidate for this team.

So you can succeed in this role, you will present with:

• Current unconditional nursing registration with AHPRA
• Extensive general nursing experience including a minimum of 2 years practice in acute nursing services
• Current competency in administering acute technical nursing procedures such as cannulation, IV therapy, PICC and CVAD management, topical negative pressure dressings and anticoagulation therapy
• Current driver’s Licence, and basic life support training
• Evidence of vaccination (or proof of non-susceptibility) to vaccine preventable diseases
• Flexibility to support care delivery over a 7 day roster as required.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia. Our teams are enabled with contemporary facilities, comfortable vehicles, mobile phones and tablet/laptop devices. Also on offer is a range of fantastic discounts and benefits, including flexible working hours and salary packaging options which allows you to pay for your general living expenses tax-free.

If the above is what you’re after, we’d love to hear from you.

Submitting your application is easy, click on the ‘apply’ button and follow the prompts.

Applications close 25 February 2019.

Agency applications will not be considered.

Our process includes undergoing a Federal Police check and some positions will require you to complete an online medical assessment. We pay for both of these and it’s an easy process. You also need full working rights for Australia.

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.