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Form of work Churches of Christ, Arcadia Aged Care Service, Essendon, Vic
Permanent, Part-time Opportunity
Imagine a career with Churches of Christ
Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.
We also offer:
Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay.
Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more.
Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study.
Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills.
Employee discount program through our large network or retail partners (Bupa Health, Medibank, JB HI-FI etc).
Weekend and night loading.
A work culture that values you.
Established in 1930, We are one of Australia’s largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.
Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.
The importance of this role
Located just 9km from Melbourne’s CBD, Arcadia Aged Care is a 102 bed Service situated next to beautiful parklands in Essendon, Victoria. We currently have an opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our team on a Permanent Part-time basis, working up to 75 hours per Fortnight.
Working closely with the Service Manager and our Allied Health professionals, you will enjoy engaging with our much-loved residents as you evaluate their care needs. This opportunity requires flexibility within your shifts and your focus will be recognising resident needs and assisting them with services that enrich their daily living. In order to ensure that residents' individual care plan requirements are met, you will also provide comprehensive guidance to nursing and care staff. The care you provide will have a lasting positive impact on our residents and their families.
Within your varied day, you will:
Conduct baseline and required focus assessments of individual clients' needs and record findings within a Positive Wellbeing Model.
Develop and review care plans based on assessment findings of individual client needs, ensuring that care strategies are based on evidence.
Evaluate the effectiveness of care strategies in consultation with client, their representatives and other members of the care team.
Maintain client documentation in accordance with electronic documentation and organisational and legislative requirements.
Liaise and collaborate with internal/external service providers in the provision of services.
What you can bring to the team
You are a dedicated clinician who can effectively communicate at all levels enabling you to achieve best nursing practices. Understanding the importance of providing quality care to our residents, you feel rewarded by creating a genuine impact. You have excellent leadership skills and the ability to guide and direct our personal care workers onsite.
Your experience and qualifications for the role should include:
A current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
Minimum 1 years experience.
Some residential aged care experience.
The ability to problem solve using best practice methods and have demonstrated clinical knowledge.
High level of professional written and verbal communication.
Thorough understanding of the Aged Care Quality Standards.
Current National Police and NDIS Screening Check, or ability to obtain.
Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.
Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. As part of the recruitment processes we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction.
To apply
To apply for this position please click the Apply Button. For further information, please contact Andrea Roos on 03 8378 3300.
We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.
Applications will be assessed as received
