AddressRegistered Nurse - Endeavour Hills - Permanent part time position
Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment
Registered Nurse - Endeavour Hills - Permanent part time position
About the role
As the Registered Nurse you are responsible for providing clinical leadership to staff and ensuring compliance with legislative requirements to enable us to continue to deliver a high standard of care, services and most importantly a quality lifestyle for our residents.
The Registered Nurse provides clinical leadership to the team in consultation with the Home Manager and Clinical Care Coordinator to ensuring the team understand who the residents are including their identity, culture, diversity, beliefs and life experiences. The position of Registered Nurse is part of an integrated team of people working within an established and agreed framework supporting the resident to live their best life
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate the delivery of quality clinical and care services in line with resident-lead and person centred model of care
Provide social and emotional support to all residents ensuring that care provision is holistic and person centred.
Actively manage and assess the care needs and clinical condition of residents
Provide direction to all care team members on resident’s clinical needs including wound management, diabetes management and behavioural management.
Understand and continually monitor the needs of each resident and any changes in their clinical condition or needs for example behaviour, hydration nutrition, continence, dental hygiene, cognition, mobility or deterioration including end of life care
Providing clinical handover to the team across the home,
Conduct assessments with frequency in accordance with Calvary policy in addition to when the resident condition changes such as determination or return form hospital
Assess and evaluate care and social needs for each individual resident in their care
Develop care plans for each resident, ensuring consistency with current resident needs based on assessments and regular input from residents and their families
Participate in regular case conferences and manage ongoing resident assessments
Activity promote close relationships with families and carers for the health and wellbeing of residents,
Maintain processes for complaints management in the home, ensuring all residents and family concerns are addressed and resolved or escalated to the Home Manager.
About you
Registered Nurse with current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
High level of commitment, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness.
An effective listener with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing
Understanding of and ability to manage human resource issues with effective negotiation skills.
Ability to understand and use information technology and programs such as Word, Excel, etc. and to learn new skills as required.
Current National police check
Working knowledge of WH&S and Infection Control
A desire to join a team committed to the care of others in a mission based organisation
For further information please contact Kavya Email kavya.rangineni@calvarycare.org.au Mobile: 0474892515
Why work for Calvary?
At Calvary, our staff matter.
With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.
Your benefits:
NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships
Paid parental leave
Professional membership to APNA, paid for by Calvary
Training, development pathways and career opportunities
Flexible hours that make sense for you
As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.
Please note the following:
As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role
You will be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role including COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis screening, hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, varicella
