Registered Nurse - Aged & Complex Care

Position Details

Reference Number 11676
Position Title Registered Nurse - Aged & Complex Care
Employment Type Ongoing Part-time
Unit Clinical and Nursing Services
Location Lakes Entrance, and all other GLCH sites as required
Agreement/Award Classification Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 - Refer to Position Description
Position Summary

The Aged & Complex Care Nurse role aims to address the growing number of client’s with complex multi-morbid health conditions and social care needs, where factors such as frailty, impaired cognition and poly-pharmacy add to the difficulty of planning and navigating care requirements congruent with the client’s expressed wishes.

The scope of the role will incorporate the application of knowledge and skills in the areas of cognition, capacity verses competence, advance care planning and the navigating the service system. Under the mentorship of the Dementia Nurse Consultant, the incumbent will undertake impeccable systematic advanced clinical assessments incorporating cognition and application of critical thinking across the bio- psychosocial paradigm. Coordinating case conferencing and care planning would also be considered a key function of the role, where case management is not in place.
Contact Person Cheryl Bush
Contact Number 5155 8300
Contact Email cherylb@glch.org.au
Alternate Contact Person Human Resources
Alternate Contact Number 51558338 or 51558489
Alternate Contact Email humanresources@glch.org.au
Closing Date 03/04/2023
Position Description Registered Nurse - Aged _ Complex Care Mar 2023.pdf

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