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Form of workMercy Community Residential Aged Care Services supports and inspires people in need to live healthy lives within inclusive communities. Our services span the continuum of aged care and believe a big part of what we do is to help our Residents flourish. We are presently looking for the right people to support our Residents as part of our Residential Aged Care team at our Facility at Nudgee.
As a motivated and passionate Enrolled Nurse, you’ll provide person-centred care and work closely with our Registered Nurses to improve the independence and quality of life of all our Residents.
$ 33.14 - $34.50 per hour plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available
What you’ll be doing
- Providing excellent care to our Residents, meeting their needs by following care plans and working alongside our team of Carers and interdisciplinary team
- Supervising and administering medication safely & effectively
- Engaging with Residents and their families ensuring Residents wellbeing
- Producing accurate Progress Notes, incident reports and other documentation
- Preparing documentation required for the Australian National – Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding model so care delivery to our Residents is optimised
About you:
- Diploma of Nursing or equivalent with current registration with AHPRA
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts including night duty
- Knowledge and understanding of risk identification and management
- Good understanding of AN-ACC documentation preparation
Why Mercy Community
Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment. We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities.
Being part of the Mercy team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:
- Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum is available
- Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income and other packaging benefits
- Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
- Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
As an Enrolled Nurse, you are eligible:
- For annual COVID-19, Influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
- To receive pay bonus’ of $500 for successful employee referrals
- To cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements
We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.
We work in partnership with the Australian College of Nursing to deliver their free Aged Care Transition to Practice program to all Graduate Nurses. As a successful applicant to this course, you are eligible to nine paid study days, this course articulates into points towards a Graduate Diploma and/or Master’s Degree.
Applications close 17 January 2024. Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date so not delay in applying.
