Enrolled Nurse Care Partner

Hunter Recruitment Group; Kurri Kurri; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP salary packaging

Laptop provided

Mobile phone provided

Travel kilometre reimbursement

Job summary

Kurri Kurri Community Services (KKCS) is seeking an Enrolled Nurse Care Partner to join its Support at Home team in the Kurri Kurri area. You will coordinate care for a group of older people, performing clinical tasks and building trusted relationships within the community.

This role combines care coordination with regular home visits, maintaining your nursing skills under multidisciplinary oversight and within your EN scope and competencies.

Qualifications

• Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) or equivalent required.
• Current AHPRA registration required.
• Experience in aged care, community nursing, or similar environment ideal.
• Strong clinical assessment, care planning and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Complete clinical assessments, care planning and ongoing consumer reviews.
• Conduct home visits and build trusted relationships with consumers and families.
• Identify changing clinical needs and coordinate appropriate responses.
• Support onboarding and ongoing reviews.
• Provide appropriate clinical care within EN scope and competencies.
• Complete wound care and catheter care where trained and competent.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and consumer records.
• Liaise with families, carers, healthcare professionals and service providers.
• Ensure care aligns with aged care legislation, quality standards and KKCS policies.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Documentation

Communication

Education

Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing)

Job description

Kurri Kurri Community Services (KKCS) is local not-for-profit organisation delivering person centred services across the Hunter.

Hunter Recruitment Group is partnering with KKCS to recruit an Enrolled Nurse Care Partner to join their Support at Home team.

This is a great opportunity for an Enrolled Nurse who enjoys building relationships, coordinating holistic care and working within the community, while continuing to utilise their clinical skills as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.

About the Role

KKCS has recently introduced a collaborative pod model within their Support at Home team.

As an Enrolled Nurse Care Partner, you'll work closely with a Non-Clinician Care Partner, supported by Registered Nurse clinical oversight, to coordinate care for a shared group of older people living within the community.

You’ll be responsible for the clinical aspects of care, including care planning, reviews, assessments and identifying changing care needs, while working closely with your Care Partner to ensure services, supports and funding continue to align with each consumer's individual needs and goals.

This is a varied community based position, combining care coordination with regular home visits and the opportunity to maintain your clinical skills through appropriate nursing care within your scope and competencies.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Complete clinical assessments, care planning and ongoing consumer reviews
• Conduct home visits and build trusted relationships with consumers and families
• Identify changing clinical needs and coordinate appropriate responses
• Support onboarding and ongoing reviews
• Provide appropriate clinical care within your EN scope and demonstrated competencies
• Complete wound care and catheter care where trained and competent
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and consumer records
• Liaise with families, carers, healthcare professionals and service providers
• Ensure care aligns with relevant aged care legislation, quality standards and KKCS clinical policies

About You

• Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) or equivalent
• Current AHPRA registration
• Experience within aged care, community nursing, community care or a similar environment
• Strong clinical assessment, care planning and documentation skills
• Confidence building relationships with older people, families and other healthcare professionals
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Current Driver's Licence and access to a reliable, registered and comprehensively insured vehicle
• Current First Aid and CPR
• Urethral and suprapubic catheter insertion and management competency, or willingness to obtain
• Ability to meet KKCS pre-employment screening requirements

Highly regarded

• Previous Home Care Package or Support at Home experience
• Previous Care Partner/Care Coordinator experience
• Knowledge of aged care funding, budgets and quality requirements
• Wound care and catheter management experience

Why Join KKCS?

• Work as part of a pod – collaborate closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues
• Genuine flexibility – Positive work life balance
• Work around your day – the team supports practical flexibility where the work is being delivered
• NFP salary packaging to increase your take home pay
• Laptop and mobile phone provided
• Kilometre reimbursement for work related travel
• Supportive team culture where people collaborate, share workloads and help each other through busy periods
• Permanent full-time opportunity within an established local community organisation