Clinical Nurse

BlueCare; Biloela; Hybrid; AUD 82,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Salary packaging benefits

Leave entitlements

Job summary

BlueCare in Biloela is seeking a Clinical Nurse to join the Community Services team. The role supports a service portfolio with leadership and mentorship to frontline staff, focusing on high-quality client care, care planning, and collaborative problem-solving.

The successful candidate will review care plans, assess residents, and contribute to staff orientation and ongoing development, while ensuring accreditation standards are met. AHPRA registration and nursing experience are Essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent qualification and current AHPRA registration
• Extensive general nursing experience
• Ability to liaise with care team and provide coordinated care
• Experience in acute or aged care environment
• Proven leadership and mentorship capabilities

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, monitor and review client care plans
• Review client care and promote independence and quality of life
• Assist with orientation of new staff and ongoing professional development
• Support accreditation standards compliance
• Lead frontline clinical team with guidance and mentorship

Job description

BlueCare | Clinical Nurse | Community | Biloela & Hybrid Working Arrangements

Employment Status:

Permanent Part Time

Location:

Biloela with flexible Office location working arrangements. 1 to 2 days per week to work out from Biloela

Remuneration:

$59.43 to $60.70 per hour + Super + not for profit salary packaging benefits + Staff discounts

Other benefits on offer

Relocation

up to $5,000

Sign on bonus

$2,000

Retention bonuses

Retention bonuses –Up tototal of $27,500 over 24 months

Rural and remote allowances

$250 per fortnight over 24 months

*Eligibility criteria applies

Make a Difference Every Day: Join us as Clinical Nurse in Community Services.

Your part in our Clinical Team

As our Clinical Nurse, you will be allocated a service portfolio and have the opportunity to lead and inspire the frontline clinical team through the provision of guidance and mentorship. The role will hone into your effective decision making and clinical experience where you will provide exceptional care whilst responding to clinical nursing issues and concerns.

With our clients’ wellbeing always in mind, you’ll review client care and care plans promoting independence & quality of life, making a real difference to the quality of care we deliver. This includes:

Development, implementation, monitoring and review of care plans

Comprehensive and accurate assessment of residents

Assisting with the orientation of new staff and ongoing professional development

Support in ensuring the service meets all accreditation standards

What makes a difference for us?

You will be an experienced clinician, with considerable experience within an acute or aged care environment. You’ll be an advocate for person-centred care, leading by example through exceptional communication and customer service. You’ll present with:

Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent qualification&current AHPRA registration - Essential

Extensive general nursing experience and demonstrated skills reflective of clinical experience.

Ability to liaise with the care team and to provide co-ordinated care.

Confidence to manage conflict, pressures and competing priorities

Experience working in a multidisciplinary team with ability to provide leadership, support and mentorship to other team members

Previous community nursing experience and knowledge in community funding is highly desirable

Current Australian Driver’s Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential

Roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work- Essential

Experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc

Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

What makes a difference for you?

With a Blue Nurses legacy dating back to 1953, BlueCare is one of Queensland’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of community and in-home care, residential aged care, disability services and retirement living.

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple–everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email **************@ucareqld.com.au

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.