Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

The Role
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
Minimum guaranteed annual earnings of $71,723 plus super, penalty and loadings, commensurate to experience
Full time
Location: Parafield Gardens or Port Augusta facilities
DAMA sponsorship opportunities available.
For those that will be assigned in Port Augusta:
Relocation allowances available for the right candidates of up to $16,500 available.
Yearly bonus of $3700 available for the right candidates.
Responsibilities
Maintaining accurate, complete health care records and reports.
Medication administration, checking medication stocks and ordering them from pharmacy.
Prescribing assistive medical devices and related treatments.
Recording resident vital signs and medical information.
Ordering medical diagnostic and clinical tests.
Monitoring, reporting and recording symptoms or chances in resident conditions.
Administering non-intravenous medications.
Assessing, implementing, planning, or evaluating resident nursing care plans by working with health care team members
Modifying patient health treatment plans as indicated by patient conditions and responses.
Perform leadership role and supervise PCA practice
Providing evidence-based care, developing clinical skills while keeping up to date with professional standards of
practice.
Applying wound dressings as per wound management regime
Collecting specimen as needed and contracting laboratories to pick up
Assessing and evaluating individual residents physical and mental conditions, working with individuals and their families where there are multiple complexities and diverse cultural backgrounds.
Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration or other incidents and escalating appropriately, reporting to Clinical
Nurse, Doctors and Site Manager
Ongoing communication with the care receipt’s representative to update clinical care and concerns
Facilitating medical appointments for care recipients.
Maintaining cooperative and productive working relationships within all members of the health care team.
Maintaining a safe and clean environment for residents, self and other staff.
Essential Requirements for Registered Nurses
At least 12 months' recent paid work in aged or acute care within the last 5 years
A clear understanding of ACFI documentation and the Accreditation Standards
Possession of a current AHPRA Nursing Registration
A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
A desire to uphold high standards of care and work
Ability to work autonomously
Strong leadership skills
A willingness to learn and accept feedback
A genuine desire to improve the lives of the Aged Care residents
Outstanding organizational and multi-tasking skills.
Undergo and maintain a current National Police Check and have no convictions that exclude you from working in aged
care as per the Aged Care Act 1997.
Edenfield Family Care is a family-owned private organisation that specialises in residential Aged Care. It is their core belief
that all their residents have come to them from their families, friends and homes, seeking the care, comfort and security that
are essential for their changing needs, and they pledge themselves to make them feel "at home" in all possible ways.
They pride themselves on quality of service and staff retention.
As members of the Edenfield Family Care team, they collectively hold these values as paramount:
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Empowerment
Edenfield Family Care has their main office in Parafield Gardens but are looking for RN (Aged Care) for their Port Augusta
and Parafield Gardens facilities.