Registered Nurse - Grade 2

 Registered Nurse, Grade 2 - Northwest Suburbs

• Casual Position 
• Northwest Suburbs 
• Generous salary packaging options.

ABOUT THE ROLE:mecwacare’s Home Nursing and Care Services is seeking an experienced community nurse to provide home based nursing to our clients. provide home based nursing care in order to reduce hospital stays and improve long-term patient health. The successful applicants will provide holistic and evidence-based nursing to a variety of clients of all ages for post-acute care (PAC) or hospital in the home (HITH) patients. Services to be provided could include wound care, IDC or stoma care, personal care, medication administration and supervision, blood glucose monitoring and application of compression stockings.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
 

• Registered NurseGrade 2 with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Community nursing experience 
• Minimum 5 years of community nursing experience
• Initiative and strong decision making skills;
• Effective time management and problem solving abilities;
• Current driver’s licence and registered vehicle.
• Current NDIS Clearance 

DESIRABLE: 
 

• Community nursing experience
• Experience working with children with disability. 
• Current Working with Children Check 

ABOUT US: 

mecwacare is a leading not-for-profit organisation that has been supporting Victorians for more than 65+ years. We are a values-based, care-driven organisation that provides residential, community and in-home nursing, care and support services for the elderly and people living with a disability. mecwacare supports more than 20,000 people each week across greater Melbourne and regional Victoria. We are a rapidly growing organisation with a diverse workforce of more than 3000 employees and 500 volunteers, representing 89 nationalities and speaking 100 languages.

All successful applicants will need to have and/or undergo a successful Police Check