Community Nurse | Brisbane South
An opportunity to work within your local community providing care to clients on a permanent part time basis.
Summary about this job
Nursing - General Medical & Surgical
Company: Australian Unity
Location: Brisbane
Work type: Part Time
Salary: Competitive Hourly Rate
Phone: +61-3-3140-4458
Fax: +61-3-4400-6582
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Detail information about job Community Nurse | Brisbane South. Terms and conditions vacancy
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- Mobile Phone Included
- Excellent Company Benefits
Australian Unity is a national health, wealth and living organisation with $1 billion in revenue, providing services to more than 750,000 Australians. We are a mutual organisation with over 320,000 members and employ over 7000 people. Our purpose is to help people thrive.
We provide tailored assistance with ‘every day’ life, helping our clients to live as independently as possible. Our clients come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and require your support. In this role you will provide a wide range of clinical services to our Aged Care and Disability Client with both low and high care/complex needs. This role will be on a permanent part time basis working 15 hours per week.
You will be required to travel across the Brisbane area.
Our clinical nursing services are adapted to meet the assessed clinical and personal care needs of our clients. This could involve:
- Delivering individualised clinical based nursing care in the home environment
- Conducting nursing assessments, training and developing care plans
- Supporting and mentoring home care workers in the community
- Provide clinical nursing advice and support to our client and their families
- Providing tailored services to DVA Clients, Aged Care and Disability Clients
- Liaise closely with our Community Nurse Manager, Branch Manager’s, General Practitioners and community networks to maintain and ensure the highest possible standard of care
About You:
- Hold a Current APHRA registration and be able to provide your nursing degree
- Have minimum 3 years’ experience in a community setting
- Demonstrated knowledge in all aspects of catheter care, catheter changes, wound care, PEG management, Chronic & complex care and writing care plans
- Have availability from Monday to Sunday
- Current first aid certificate (or willingness to obtain)
- Current police check (or willingness to obtain)
- Current Australian drivers licence (full and no restrictions)
- Current Right to Work evidence
Join us and thrive!
For more information please visit www.australianunity.com.au/careers