Heart Failure Nurse

Our Best Starts with You!

We get it. Every company says their people matter but at Advara HeartCare, you really do. Because whatever your role here is, you are our impact, and you are our future.

We're seeking an experienced and dedicated Registered Nurse to join our esteemed Victorian Cardiology team on a part-time basis, 3 days a week.

As a valued member of our multidisciplinary service, you'll showcase exceptional standards in both clinical and administrative patient care, ensuring top-notch service delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Work in our team-based care clinics to help coordinate and support the management of both Heart Failure and cardiac patients. You will use a systematic, empathetic approach to help improve both our patient outcomes and their experience.
• Patient assessment and education
• Instigation and evaluation of evidence based medical therapies, working alongside our cardiologist team
• Provide comprehensive medically accurate letters to referrers
• Phone support for patient and families between clinics
• Facilitate effective lines of communication with your immediate team as well as doctors, cardiac physiologists, and the administrative team with aim of delivering best practice care to our patients
• Be prepared to work across multiple sites as required.

Who you are:

• Eligible for registration as a Nurse with AHPRA
• Strong cardiac background with minimum 5 years of nursing experience in cardiology, intensive care, or ED. Specific Heart Failure experience advantageous
• Demonstrated advanced clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• High level of literacy with strong written communication skills, which will enable the construction of medically accurate letters to referring GPs
• Attention to detail for accurate data entry into app during patient consultation and ability to self-check entry to ensure maintenance of data integrity. 
• If not a Heart Failure specialist, commitment to upskill knowledge, particularly in regard to evidence-based guidelines
• Commitment to offering exceptional patient focused care
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.

What’s in it for you:

• Part-time Opportunity: Work 3 days a week (Monday, Thursday, with flexibility for the third day)
• Be part of a truly collaborative model of care which has proven benefits for patient outcomes
• Work side by side with Heart Failure specialists to help deliver exceptional patient care
• Innovation with purpose built patient apps to assist with the delivery of evidence-based care
• Purchase additional annual leave as part of our annual leave scheme 
• Range of benefits such as 12 weeks paid parental leave 
• Work with a connected, collaborative team.

Who we are: 

We are a team of over 700 highly trained and passionate healthcare professionals, innovative support staff and leaders across 80 locations in Australia. We believe through individualised care, research and world-leading outcomes, we will reduce the impact of heart disease in Australia. We do this through bringing together leading experts, innovative technology and the latest tests and procedures. 

We are about deep patient care, exceptional outcomes for all and moving the industry forward.  

We are building something important here, something special. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we invite you to click "apply now" and share your interest.