Registered Nurse - Community Nursing

Registered Nurse – Community Nursing

Nelson Bay Community Health Service

About us:

The Nelson Bay Community Nursing team is made of two speciality areas- Community Nursing and Palliative Care. The small team are located within the campus of Tomaree Community Hospital and Health Centre – 5 mins away from Shoal Bay Beach.

The collaborative team cover two areas within Port Stephens- Community Nursing is within the Tomaree Peninsula and Palliative Care, is a larger area covering a large portion of the Port Stephens LGA.

About the job:

• In this role you will relieve Nurses in each team when on leave. A typical week may be in Community Nursing or Palliative Care- pending on leave of the team. This means the Nurse may be driving out and about within the LGA providing symptom control to our Palliative Care clients or running a wound care clinic in the Health Centre for our Community Nursing clients. There is certainly never a dull moment with the two specialities caring for clients across a large demographic area.
• If you are a person who likes to learn new skills and after a changeable role then this role is ideal for you.
• Whilst made up of two teams, the Nurses have a fabulous collegial relationship and assist each other in day-to-day tasks. The team works together to achieve positive patient outcomes and get great satisfaction out of providing excellent client care.
• This role is a 7-day roster position with 4-hour shifts on a Saturday and Sunday (when required) for Community Nursing and 8-hour shifts on a Saturday and Sunday for Palliative Care. Public holidays are also as required.
• Our successful Nurse will develop advanced skills in Wound Care, Continence, Community Health, Aged Care, CVAD/Medication Management, Caseload Coordination and Specialist Palliative Care. A comprehensive training program would begin initially with Community Nursing and then into Palliative Care depending on current skill set.
• Community Nursing holds regular education forums and have a transition to a speciality programme and clinical skills training with Nurse Practitioners.
• Palliative Care has education and training delivered via the District Palliative Care stream as well as a face-to-face orientation programme.
• Professional development via external education is also supported (where directly relevant).

Benefits:

• Superannuation contributions 11%.
• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees).
• Four (4) weeks annual leave for temporary and permanent employees (pro-rata if part time).
• Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
• Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.
• Working for a highly regarded public health facility, where supporting the local community is at the forefront of our business strategy.
• Career Development opportunity.

Requirements:

Our successful candidate will possess the following:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Our successful candidate will be flexible as their role varies from week to week- for example they may be working in Community Nursing for one week and Palliative Care the next. You will therefore be able to work weekends and provide the on call after hours telephone support that the Palliative Care Team operates for all Palliative Care clients. Flexibility is a non-negotiable requirement for this role.
• Ideally you will have experience in both areas of Nursing within the community and will demonstrate experience in caseload coordination, teamwork, and excellent communication skills. To undertake this role well the ideal candidate will be eager to develop new skills and enjoy the challenge of learning and developing two nursing speciality areas.
• An ideal candidate will demonstrate outstanding teamwork skills as they are needed to work alongside and support their colleagues in both teams.

Additional information:

• Applications maybe reviewed prior to the closing date.
• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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Information for Applicants:

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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 

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