Clinical Nurse

UnitingCare Queensland; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Not-for-Profit packaging

Parental leave options

Employee discounts & rewards

Career development opportunities

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland’s BlueCare Mackay Aged Care Facility is seeking a Clinical Nurse to provide expert clinical leadership, guide care staff and ensure safe, resident-centred care. The role supports care planning, documentation, and accreditation standards in a multidisciplinary team.

You will participate in continuous quality improvement, contribute to ACFI assessments for funding outcomes, and mentor staff while meeting probity and professional standards.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse with AHPRA (Essential)
• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification (Essential)
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience as a Registered Nurse
• Understanding of ACFI and resident funding mechanisms
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership for complex resident care needs
• Contribute to development and monitoring of resident care plans
• Complete comprehensive clinical assessments and documentation
• Support staff orientation, mentoring and professional development
• Promote collaborative care planning with multidisciplinary teams
• Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and governance
• Assist in ACFI assessments to optimise funding outcomes
• Collaborate with residents, families and external stakeholders
• Participate in quality improvement, risk management and safety

Skills

Clinical leadership

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation accuracy

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Tools

ACFI knowledge

Electronic Medical Records

Job description

Clinical Nurse | BlueCare | Mackay Aged Care Facility

• Employment Term:Full time or Part time
• Location: Mackay Aged Care Facility
• Remuneration: $59.43 - $60.70 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Your part in our BlueCare team

The Clinical Nurse provides expert clinical leadership, guidance and support to care staff to ensure safe, high-quality, resident-centred care. The role plays a key part in complex clinical decision-making, care planning, funding optimisation and continuous quality improvement, while ensuring care aligns with organisational values, best practice and accreditation standards.

In This Role, You Will

• Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in the management of complex resident care needs
• Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of resident care plans to promote health, wellbeing and quality of life
• Complete comprehensive and accurate clinical assessments and documentation
• Support staff orientation, mentoring, clinical supervision and ongoing professional development
• Promote a consultative and collaborative approach to resident care planning and quality activities
• Assist in ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, legislation and clinical governance requirements
• Support accurate and timely ACFI assessments to ensure optimal funding outcomes
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, residents, families and external stakeholders
• Participate in continuous quality improvement, risk management and workplace health and safety activities

What makes a difference for us?

• Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA (Essential)
• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification (Essential)
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience as a Registered (Essential)
• Extensive general nursing experience with strong clinical skills
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
• Understanding of person‑centred, resident‑based care delivery
• Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Intermediate computer skills and accurate clinical documentation capability
• Ability to meet relevant probity checks and compliance requirements

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 opportunities with 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 of BlueCare, 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

• 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 [e-mail]

Safe workplace

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.