Registered Nurse - Allambee Nursing Home

Position Details
Reference Number 64182
Position Title Registered Nurse - Allambee Nursing Home
Employment Type Full Time Ongoing, Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Nursing
Location Kingston Centre, Cheltenham Vic
Position Summary

• Part time or full time ongoing
• 24/7 rotating roster
• Join our growing team @ Allambee, Kingston Centre

Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful
Our Journey
An opportunity has become available for a Registered Nurse to join our team within Allambee Nursing Home on a Fulltime or Part time Ongoing basis.The roles are on a rotating roster, inclusive of weekdays & weekends, with some flexibility to increase your hours at times to assist in coverage of staff leave/holidays within the facility. We are the largest public health provider in Victoria and offer generalist and specialised aged care particularly to residents with complex care needs, those living with dementia and mental health illness. We currently operate four facilities with a new 150 bed facility in design phase.
We care for residents, many of whom are living with complex care needs that need your clinical expertise, compassion and support. We are committed to delivering innovative best practice care that challenges and engages our clinicians and have the support of Monash Health specialities and in reach services to achieve our best practice goals.
Allambee Nursing Home provides permanent and respite specialist aged mental health care. Our 35 private rooms have lovely garden views and are in a homelike setting. Independence is important to our residents, and we will do all we can to help maintain it. Being innovative and thinking outside the box is an important part of the role staff play at Allambee to give our care recipients a reason to wake each morning.
A Day in the Life
We work as a close-knit team with a strong focus on collaboration, providing support to the wider multi-disciplinary team ensuring a high standard of safety and engagement with our patients throughout their journey with us. We have a strong education focus and encourage staff to further develop their skills and provide a friendly and social working environment.
You will have access to resources to support you in this position, enabling you to advance your nursing and leadership skills whilst role modelling nursing excellence and delivering a high standard of patient centred care. Your attention to detail and passion for aged care nursing will see you excel in this position.
About You
You are a suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurse with exposure across mental health and/or aged health care. Having a compassionate disposition and passion to making a difference in the quality of your residents life, is simply just what you do. Alongside your caring and engaging manner, you have a positive work attitude and a strong people-person focus allowing you to engage with our residents and their families.
To be successful in this role you will need:

• Availability to work on a rotating roster including AM, PM and Night Shift
• Patient-centred approach with excellent bedside manner
• Ability to undertake assessments
• Current APHRA registration
• Current Employee Working with Children’s’ Check, Police check and NDIS Worker Screening check
• Complete and current immunisation history including but not limited to COVID-19 and , influenza
• Working rights for Australia

What we offer Monash Health Residential Services operate staffing levels that exceed industry standards, we operate a qualified nursing workforce of Enrolled and Registered Nurses working to agreed workforce ratios. Residential Services has access to the resources of the largest public health provider in Victoria, helping us to deliver positive outcomes for residents.
In Return
Being a highly valued member of our team, we offer:

• Avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
• Mentorship and career guidance
• Support to attend relevant forums and conferences
• Salary packaging
• A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

Monash Health is a great place to work
In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career. Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values:
How to Apply
Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents
Please note, applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
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