Community Nurse

• Enjoy the flexibility of a permanent full-time OR part-time (minimum 30 hours per week) opportunity as part of our passionate and dedicated In-Home Services Team! Multiple opportunities across the LiveBetter footprint, which can be based from Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Broken Hill or Rockhampton!
• Provide advice, support, and practical training to support LiveBetter staff and manage the delivery of a range of funded and non-funded programs! 
• An opportunity to make a difference everyday supporting our customers, their families and carers. 

LiveBetter Employee Benefits include:

• Salary Packaging (increase your take home pay)!
• Access to our 24/7 employee wellbeing & safety app 
• Supplementary Parental Leave 
• Additional Purchase Leave
• Employee Referral Program
• Fitness Passport
• Service & Recognition Awards
• Learning and Development opportunities, with diverse career pathway options

(Eligibility criteria/terms and conditions may apply for some LiveBetter Employee Benefits)

About the Team

In Home Services support people in regional communities across NSW, Victoria, and Queensland to live better lives. We empower and support people to lead a happy and independent life, in the comfort of their own home. 

The Division’s main objectives are: 

• To provide safe, professional, person-centred care and support services tailored to individual needs with strong focus on our customers. 
• To perform excellent customer service and care duties in line with funding and mandatory industry requirements safely in customers’ homes. 
• Be an employer of choice creating a safe supportive work environment with career development opportunities within the In Home Supports Team and wider LiveBetter Teams. 

About the Role

The purpose of the Community Nurse position is to provide support to our customers, their families and carers and internal stakeholders via a wide range of funded and non-funded programs including, but not limited to; NDIS, Home Care Packages, Commonwealth Home Support Program, and a range of brokered and privately funded services. 

The support includes undertaking individual assessments, health care planning, clinical interventions and health education, promotion and prevention and coordination of services including liaising with other health providers. 

The role also provides advice, support, and practical training to support LiveBetter staff and manages the delivery of services and provides clinical support and supervision including regular team meetings, consultation for Clinical policies and competency development and assessment.

Some key accountabilities of the Community Nurse position will include:

• Provide clinical leadership to staff for complex care needs of customers including guiding and assistance with coordination of complex care, conduct complex care reviews and care plans as required whilst building clinical skills, capabilities and confidence of staff to deliver safe care and achieve best health outcomes via education and training. 
• Work with staff to minimise possible hospital admissions and presentations to local emergency departments and assist with facilitating early discharges back to the community especially for customers with a mental illness and or other complex needs. 
• Work with complex dual diagnosis disability service customers and their staff to achieve best outcomes. 
• Proven clinical leadership and the ability to work collaboratively within a service organisation and with external stakeholders, for example, GPs and local health care teams. 
• Provide education and training to staff on safeguarding, customer health and wellbeing requirements, care plans and work in partnership with Learning and Development team to assist with delivery of staff induction and other training as required.

What LiveBetter needs from you

We would love to hear from you if you are a professional and caring person who is prepared to embrace our values of Integrity, Respect, Cooperation, Empowerment and Excellence in your day-to-day work life. To convince us that you are the best person for the job, please tell us how you meet the following selection criteria:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse. 
• 3 years’ nursing experience – preferably in disability, mental health, or aged care community settings. 
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary service with sound interpersonal, problem solving and relationship building skills. 
• Ability to work with a variety of treatment modalities, customers with complex care needs and with a variety of stakeholders. 
• A thorough understanding of contemporary clinical nursing challenges in the community or home setting. 

Some travel will be involved in the role, so a current Australian driver’s licence is a must for this role.

For detailed information about this role please refer to the position description on our website - https://livebetter.org.au/work-with-us/available-positions/ 

Sounds great? What next?

To convince us that you are the best person for the job, please provide a resume that clearly demonstrates how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements for this role. As part of your application, can you also please provide a cover letter of maximum two pages that address the above-mentioned selection criteria.

Closing date: 11:59pm, Tuesday 19th March 2024

Enquiries: Helen Miller – General Manager, In-Home Support Services & Clinical Lead: 0402 024 ***

LiveBetter is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

To ensure that reasonable preventative measures are taken to facilitate the health and safety of our staff, customers and the communities within which we operate, LiveBetter requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and maintain up to date vaccination.

About LiveBetter

LiveBetter Community Services are one of the largest regionally based providers of community services in Eastern Australia. We strive to enable the people of regional Australia to live their best lives. 

For further info about us and to see for yourself the great things that we do, you can visit:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/livebettercommunityservices/

https://www.facebook.com/LiveBetterAustralia/

https://livebetter.org.au/