Aged Care Registered Nurse (Chinese speaking)

Casual RN opportunities are available at: 

• Bernard Chan Nursing Home, Burwood
• Huang Ying Jung Nursing Home, Gordon
• Chow Cho Poon Nursing Home, Earlwood
• Lucy Chieng Aged Care Centre, Hurstville
• Must be able to undertake mixed shifts, including Night shifts

Australian Nursing Home Foundation ("ANHF") is one of the largest providers of culturally and linguistically diverse Aged Care in Australia. Celebrating 40 years of services, we pride ourselves on providing quality and safe residential and community Aged Care services for the Chinese and Southeast Asian communities. Our vision is to be the model provider of culturally appropriate residential and community Aged Care in Australia. To honour and respect our elders as family in happy, caring communities is our continuous mission.

• Provide a leading role in clinical care to residents.
• Responsible for all the required processes in the provision of high-quality care services in ANHF Residential Aged Care Facilities.
• Support Care Manager in providing information, advice, referral, and direct support services to residents in meeting their identified care needs.
• Provides direction, support, and guidance to team leaders to ensure their teams are effectively engaged in the delivery of person-centred care to residents and monitors activities against specific performance requirements.

• Provide support and mentoring to new team members, and acts as a resource as required;
• Maintains efficient and effective documentation systems where required;
• Conducts care recipient assessments either as scheduled or when a change in care recipients health status indicates;
• Attends to complex wound procedures;
• Oversees care delivery to care recipients with complex and chronic health problems;
• Develops and evaluate care plans to improve care recipients' care in consultation with care recipients and their representatives;
• Creates and maintains positive relationships with care recipients, colleagues, and visitors;
• Ensures safe medication management systems in line with legislative guidelines and standards;
• Maintain close observation daily of the condition and behaviour of the residents;
• Organise and attend medical practitioners’ or allied health professionals’ visits as required;
• Carry out and supervise the daily treatment for residents as ordered;
• Ensure all observations are carried out as scheduled or as when necessary and maintain in the records;
• Participate in continuous improvement activities in maintaining a high standard of care;
• Maintain the optimal standard of care for all care recipients and take initiatives to attend to care recipients’ care needs in a supportive and respectful manner;
• Follow all administrative protocols as required.

The successful candidates should possess but not limit to the following:

Essential:

• Currently AHPRA registration
• Minimum 1 year of experience in residential Aged Care or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing nursing care plans for older people
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of WHS, EEO, and anti-discrimination legislative requirements
• Evidence of effective leadership, team building, interpersonal and communication skills.
• High-level written and oral communication skills.
• Computer literacy includes knowledge and competency in basic Microsoft application
• National Police Clearance
• Working rights in Australia (We are open to Temporary Graduate Visa holders)
• Fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin).

Desirable:

• Demonstrate knowledge of AN-ACC claim, the Accreditation Standards, and the Accreditation process
• Experience working with culturally and Linguistically Diverse populations.

About Benefits
 

• Work in a brand-new facility and get supported by a provider with over 40 years of industry experience
• Competitive pay rates, ongoing training, and career development opportunities within the organisation. 

For a confidential discussion about this role please phone (02) 8741 0*** or email **@anhf.org.au quoting the job title in the subject line, together with your CV.

Australian Nursing Home Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in the recruitment, development, retention, and promotion of staff and that no one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Successful applications will be subject to a variety of background checks. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.