Division 1 - Full Time Practice Nurse

Balanced Medical; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Balanced Medical in Melbourne is seeking a capable nurse or allied health professional to oversee infection control and cold chain management, perform triage, immunisations, injections, wound care, and chronic disease management.

You will assist doctors, maintain clinical documentation, explain procedures to patients, support outreach, ensure sterilisation, waste management, and supervise junior staff to uphold safety and quality in patient care.

Qualifications

• Act within the practice and nursing codes of ethics at all times.
• Maintain awareness of current evidence and research on clinical practices.
• Comply with workplace health and safety requirements.
• Maintain stocks of clinical supplies and proper storage of stock.
• Manage sterilisation processes and ensure sterility and integrity.
• Educate team on infection prevention and control.
• Ensure waste management complies with regulations.
• Provide supervision to other nurses.

Responsibilities

• Oversee infection control and cold chain.
• Triaging, immunisations, injections, wound management, and chronic disease management.
• Assist doctors with clinical procedures and maintain documentation.
• Explain procedures to patients with support and reassurance.
• Assist with triage, data management, and care planning.
• Telephone patients with test results as directed by medical staff.
• Conduct preventative and screening procedures.
• Coordinate recall and outreach programs and GP management plans.
• Ensure sterilisation and maintenance of clinical equipment.

Skills

Infection control

Triage

Immunisations

Wound management

Chronic disease

Clinical assistance

Patient education

Job description

This role involves overseeing infection control and cold chain management, performing clinical duties including triage, immunisations, injections, wound management, and chronic disease management. You will assist doctors with clinical procedures, maintain clinical documentation, and explain procedures to patients with support and reassurance.

Key responsibilities

Oversee the Infection Control and Cold Chain

Perform clinical duties within required level of clinical competency, including triage, immunisations and other injections, wound management, chronic disease management

Assist doctors with clinical procedures and maintain clinical documentation

Explain procedures to patients, providing them with support and reassurance

Assist with triage, data management, diagnostic services, networking with other providers, planning and management of patient care and patient advocacy

Telephone patients with test results as directed by medical staff

Conduct preventative and screening procedures

Assist with patient education and community health promotion activities

Coordinate patient recall and outreach programs, GP management plans, and team care arrangements

Ensure sterilisation and maintenance of clinical equipment

About you

Act within the practice and nursing codes of ethics and at an appropriate level of clinical competence at all times

Maintain awareness of current evidence and research on clinical practices

Consistently be aware of, and comply with, workplace health and safety requirements

Maintain stocks of clinical supplies, including correct storage, removal and disposal of out-of-date stock and ordering supplies

Manage the practice's sterilisation process, ensuring sterility and integrity

Educate all members of the practice team regarding their responsibilities in infection prevention and control

Ensure the practice's waste management complies with local, state and federal regulations

Provide direct and indirect supervision to other nurse(s)