Clinical Nurse - Wound Clinics

Family and Disability Services; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Save tax via salary packaging

Staff discounts

NFP salary packaging benefits

12 weeks paid parental leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

BlueCare is expanding its Nurse Led Clinics and seeks a Clinical Nurse with postgraduate wound care qualifications to lead a Nurse Led Clinic within the Statewide Specialised Services. The role offers permanent full-time or part-time options and a competitive hourly rate in Brisbane.

As an autonomous clinician, you will manage complex wounds, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and support education and growth in community settings. Apply to join a trusted Australian aged-care provider.

Qualifications

• Post graduate qualification in wound care or intention to undertake post graduate study.
• Current AHPRA registration.
• Extensive general nursing experience with demonstrated clinical specialty skills.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team with leadership, support and mentorship.
• Knowledge of community funding is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Nurse Led Clinic delivering autonomous, high-quality wound care.
• Collaborate with BlueCare's Allied Health team, GPs and Hospitals.
• Engage with clients in clinic and home settings to promote outcomes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to education and ongoing professional development within the team.

Skills

Post graduate wound care

AHPRA registration

Extensive nursing experience

Leadership/mentorship

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Post graduate qualification in wound care

Job description

BlueCare|Clinical Nurse - Wound Care Clinic | Statewide Specialised Services

Are you a post graduate qualified specialist nurse or currently studying a post grad qualification?

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 with Post Graduate studies in wound care - to lead a Nurse Led Clinic.

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
• Poor skin integrity
• Reduced mobility, swelling and oedema
• Palliative care
• Expert dressing and wound management advice
• Education and wellness

The Specialist Nurse Led Clinic 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.

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 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

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 is welcome 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 Isl