Clinical Nurse - Wound Clinic

BlueCare; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Staff discounts

Parental leave

Diversity leave

Career development

Job summary

BlueCare is expanding its Nurse Led Clinics as part of the statewide clinical team in Queensland. We seek qualified Clinical Nurses with postgraduate wound care skills to lead a Nurse Led Clinic.

This is a permanent role, offered as full or part time depending on service demand. Roles operate within clinic spaces and in clients’ homes, collaborating with allied health, GPs and hospitals in a multidisciplinary approach.

Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification in the relevant specialised nursing discipline or intention to undertake post graduate study.
• Current AHPRA registration.
• Extensive general nursing experience and demonstrated skills reflective of clinical speciality.
• 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.
• Knowledge of community funding is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Nurse Led Clinic delivering complex wound care.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team with GPs and Hospitals.
• Provide education and wound management advice to clients.
• Support community clients in their home and clinic settings.

Skills

Wound care

Autonomous practice

Clinical leadership

Education

Post graduate qualification in wound care

Job description

Are you a qualified specialist nurse with complex and chronic wound skills looking for additional variety?

Permanent full time or part time availability considered

$59.33 to $60.70p/h + staff discounts + NFP salary packaging benefits

BlueCare is excited with the expansion of its Nurse Led Clinics as part of their centralised Statewide Clinical team. A dedicated specialised service offering the communities we serve complex nursing care within our clinic spaces and in our clients’ home. The role will work alongside BlueCare’s Allied Health team, GPs and Hospitals in a multidisciplinary approach.

To support this growth, we are seeking highly skilled Clinical Nurses withPost Graduate studies in wound care - to lead a Nurse Led Clinic.

These are permanent part time and full time opportunities where service delivery and demand align.

Ready to be part of our Nurse Led Clinic team?

Our Nurse Led clinic team are autonomous practitioners that thrive on a busy environment engaging with their clients delivering excellence in care, whilst also developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote our services to the community.

Our clinics focus on delivering excellence in care and client outcomes providing services to clients including:

• Chronic and complex wounds
• Reduced mobility, swelling and oedema
• Palliative care
• Expert dressing and wound management advice
• Education and wellness

The Specialist Nurse Led Clinic Role is an exciting opportunity to take on a challenging and autonomous role with all the support you need including furthering your experience and practice in the community setting with opportunities for further education and career development.

What makes a difference for us?

You will be an experienced and highly motivated clinician with post graduate qualifications in your specialist area and be able to operate autonomously. This is a relationship driven role, hence your well-developed communication and stakeholder management skills are key to the success of the role. You’ll also present with:

• Post graduate qualification in the relevant specialised nursing discipline or intention to undertake post graduate study
• Current AHPRA registration
• Extensive general nursing experience and demonstrated skills reflective of clinical speciality
• 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
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in community funding is highly desirable

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.