Registered Nurse

About Us:

The Co-operative Life specialises in supporting participants with different types of disabilities and aged clients, and we are dedicated to working with vulnerable people and ensuring they don’t slip through the cracks.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the following:

• To provide person-centred, outcome-focused care and provide support to TCL’s clients, House Manager, Lead Support Workers, and Regional Director in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation on client’s progress.
• Ensuring Work Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to.
• Complying with all relevant legislation and codes of conduct.
• Maintaining current knowledge of the Aged Care and NDIS systems and practices.
• Maintaining current knowledge of local services and organisations relevant to client’s needs.
• To support the Regional Director and House Manager in coordinating, planning and clinical administration of the Housing project. 
• Ensuring project management methods and standards are implemented throughout the project with minimal supervision from the Regional Director.

 Responsibilities and Duties:

• Coordinating and managing services to our clients ( Aged Care & NDIS).
• Attending vital observations. 
• Administer subcutaneous injections.
• Coordinate client medical appointments and medication management. 
• Coordinate high-quality client services through the intake, assessment, care planning, coordination, monitoring and case management.
• Managing service provision for clients and assisting other team members as needed.
• Maintaining a continuous improvement culture and being efficient in the delivery of our business strategies.
• Assisting client to strengthen their capacity to establish networks, linkages and relationships.
• Providing proactive and effective client communication and building relationships and capacity with providers and their informal supports.
• Using relevant communication and technology systems for reporting and administrative purposes, including creating/maintaining service.
• Positively and constructively representing the organization to external contacts at all opportunities.
• Undertaking tasks using a resourceful and creative approach.
• Suggest changes to improve the quality of your own work and make the agreed changes.
• Assisting with review and/or development, implementation and improvement of specific work practices and procedures.
• Wound Care.
• Diabetes management (including insulin administration).
• Care Plans - Oversee the clinical assessment process to ensure that each client's complex care needs are identified and regularly reviewed, assessed and updated in their care plan
• Capacity Building - Advocate with and for our clients, their carers and families to enable choice and decision-making that supports independence and quality of life
• Teamwork - Contribute to a cohesive and harmonious team that respects each other’s ideas, integrity and abilities. Behaving in a way that contributes to a workplace that is free of discrimination, harassment and bullying behaviour at all times
• Clinical Leadership - Complex care and specialised nursing services delivered by appropriately skilled staff under clinically focused supervision
• Allied Health Liaison - Liaising with allied health providers regarding the client's health status
• Appointments - Ensure clients attend appointments as scheduled and correct documentation is maintained. 
• Medication and Medication Charts – Ensure Client Care folders and emergency information are accurate. 
  Ensure that the GP medication summary matches the Pharmacy Webster Packs. Liaise as necessary with the pharmacy to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of medication to care recipients.

 Required professional experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Aged Care or Community Nurse.
• Has a working knowledge of the process of through which a person identifies their goals and aspirations and person-centred plans are developed.
• Understand the person-centered approach.
• Understand NDIS procedures and scope.
• Well-developed communication (both oral and written) skills with the capacity to prepare reports and correspondence in clear and concise language and the ability to assimilate information from other present information in a manner appropriate to the purpose and audience.
• Thorough understanding and commitment to WH&S, Disability Services Standards, Home Care Common Standards and EEO principles.