Registered Nurses - Casual
Job No:
S2776
Location:
Anglicare SQ - St Martins Residential Aged Care Facility - Taigum, QLD
About the Position
Nestled within our leafy campus at Taigum, north Brisbane, our fully accredited service of St Martin's features landscaped gardens and a range of recreational facilities. Extending across three integrated wings, St Martin's offers residential aged care focused on providing excellent 24 hour nursing and care assistance. The service also caters for our most physically frail and those requiring palliative care.
To ensure we continue to provide an exceptional standard of care, we are in need of two Registered Nurses to join our team, covering both weekday and weekend shifts, for both planned and unscheduled leave.
The role’s overall purpose is to provide comprehensive and accurate nursing assessments, and to plan care based on the outcomes of assessment utilizing contemporary evidence based clinical knowledge and case management of Residents.
About You
As a Registered Nurse with experience in the Aged Care sector, you will be flexible and enthusiastic. You will also need to be practical, respectful and dedicated to customer-centric care.
To become a member of this dedicated team, you must offer the following:
- Strong clinical background and current knowledge of practices
- Skills in palliative care, wound care, medication management and post-acute care
- Robust residential experience and a commitment continuous improvement
- Mental health experience would be beneficial, but not essential
- Proven ability to manage workload and ensure documentation is complete and up to date
- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
- Compassion and enthusiasm, with a friendly, approachable attitude
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment, but to manage your own busy workload
- Provide client-centred care to residents and their families which respects and protects their rights, privacy and wellbeing
You will also require qualifications, including:
- A Bachelor of Nursing degree
- Current registration with AHPRA
- Working knowledge of ACFI
- A National Police Certificate
- Ability to meet the physical and functional requirements of the role
What We Offer
Along with the opportunity to further develop both your leadership and clinical skills in the Aged Care environment, our successful candidate will enjoy:
- Working close to home in the Northern Suburbs with a team of dedicated professionals
- Career progression and development in the form of internal and external training
- Competitive salary plus the option of increasing your take-home pay with salary packaging
- Being a part of one of Queensland’s largest and most well respected non-profit organisations
- Competitive rates and work/life balance with casual hours
Show Your Interest
Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working with an organization that values your professional contribution and personal well-being.
People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage are strongly encouraged to apply.
To submit an application and to view a copy of the Position Description, click ‘Apply’ below or visit http://www.anglicanchurchsq.applynow.net.au/ and refer to job number S2776
For further information please contact
Christine Ross on 07 3265 0900
Applications close Monday 6th March 2017
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.
About Us
Anglicare Southern Queensland is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support you need for the life you want in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout southeast Queensland.
For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare Southern Queensland is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.
We also offer a range of specialist services within indigenous, homeless, multicultural and rural and remote communities.
The work of Anglicare Southern Queensland stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches out to support to people of all ages with a variety of needs.
Anglicare Southern Queensland has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs all working towards a happier, healthier community.
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