Registered Nurse
Job No:
JBC1074645
Location:
Central Queensland
Registered Nurse - Rockhampton Based
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Make a genuine impact within your local community by delivering professional in-home nursing care.
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Enjoy a flexible, balanced work life and work independently with a wide variety of customers.
We are looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse to provide the efficient and effective delivery of professional nursing care and support to customers. Our Registered Nurse provide effective leadership, supervision, and clinical support to our people where necessary.
This Position is for an immediate start with Part-time or Full-time options
About us:
Across Australia Just Better Care provides in-home aged care and disability support services, supporting people to live independently. For over 15 years, we have been supporting older people, and people living with disability, to live independently in their own homes and stay connected to their local community.
Our friendly, compassionate and experienced team makes this possible.
Duties and responsibilities include:
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Travelling between customer’s homes and providing individual and personalised support to customers in accordance with their support plans and/or medical practitioner’s directions.
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Working under the guidance and supervision of medical practitioners, working with allied health professionals, monitoring and communicating the customer’s condition, and other health and wellness related activities.
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Demonstrating a commitment to best practise, ensuring that all services are provided in a caring and respectful way in accordance with Just Better Care’s policy and procedures, and legislative requirements.
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Medication Administration and Complex Clinical Care i.e. palliative care, bowel care/suppositories, catheter care, stoma care, oxygen and more.
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Monitoring and communicating on the customer’s wellbeing and reporting on progress of customers.
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Ensuring that all services are provided in a caring and respectful way in accordance with Just Better Care’s policy and procedures, legislative requirements and program specific guidelines (i.e. DVA Community Nursing).
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Providing training, coaching and guidance to Community Support Professionals, Enrolled Nurses and Support Staff/Case Managers as required.
- Attending to Aged Care Home Care Package related assessments and Care Plan Documents, as per MAC guidelines.
- Assisting with Clinical Documentation.
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Conducting skills assessments of Community Support Professionals performing complex care services as required.
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Demonstrating a commitment to best practice and evidence of continued professional development.
- Participating in staff meetings and attending training opportunities when required.
About you:
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Caring, compassionate & friendly
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Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication skills.
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Reliable & dependable
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Proven relationship management with all internal and external stakeholders, as well as good interpersonal, negotiation and problem solving skills
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Ability to work as part of a team
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Comfortable using technology (i.e. mobile devices) for accessing rosters & recording customer assessments & documenting feedback
What you will need:
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Current Registered Nurse registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
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Evidence of continued professional development
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NDIS Worker Screening Clearance / Criminal Record Check
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Current CPR / First Aid Certificate
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Current Open Australian Driver’s Licence
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Previous experience in the community care or health/aged care sector (preferred)
Next steps:
If you would like to join our growing team and become part of our friendly, professional network please apply today by clicking on “Apply”.
Possible starts with you!
What We Offer
Flexible work hours
Work the hours that suit you, so you can easily juggle life's other commitments.
Work close to home
Work local, and assist people in and around your own community.
Training
Grow your knowledge and skills with our training programs and online Learning Management System.
Employee Assistance Program
If you ever need additional counselling or support, we're always here to help.
Weekly Pay
Stay on top of your cash flow and your everyday expenses with weekly pay.
Recognition Programs
We have local and national program in place to reward and recognise our team members.