Enrolled Nurse - Dementia Outreach Service

Queensland Health; Cleveland; On-site; AUD 64,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Teaching and research excellence

Long-term career opportunities

Public health benefits

Job summary

Queensland Health is seeking an Enrolled Nurse to join the Dementia Outreach Service (DEMOS). You will provide safe, person-centred nursing care under supervision while supporting people living with dementia across community and residential aged care settings.

Join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to identifying triggers, implementing individualised care strategies and improving outcomes. You will contribute to building the confidence and capability of residential aged care staff and work

Qualifications

• Sound clinical knowledge and commitment to safe, evidence-based nursing practice.
• Ability to develop skills in dementia care and managing complex behaviours.
• Recognise behavioural triggers and contribute to individualised care and behaviour management plans.
• Effective communication with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Empathy, integrity and commitment to ongoing learning and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care under supervision of a Registered Nurse for people with dementia and cognitive impairment.
• Collaborate with patients, carers and health teams to identify triggers and implement care strategies.
• Support residential aged care staff to build confidence and capability.
• Contribute to improving outcomes and delivering care in community and residential settings.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Dementia care

Behaviour management

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Lifelong learning

Job description

Enrolled Nurse - Dementia Outreach Service

Make a difference in dementia care — join our Dementia Outreach Service

Bring your clinical expertise and compassionate, person-centred approach to a multidisciplinary team supporting people living with dementia across the community and residential aged care.

Your new role:

As an Enrolled Nurse, you will provide safe, evidence-based and person-centred care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, supporting people with dementia and cognitive impairment who have complex care needs or behaviours of concern. You will work collaboratively with patients, carers and healthcare teams to identify triggers, implement individualised care strategies and help improve outcomes while supporting residential aged care staff to build their confidence and capability.

About you:

You are a compassionate and capable Enrolled Nurse who is committed to delivering person-centred care and supporting positive outcomes for people living with dementia and cognitive impairment.

• Bring sound clinical knowledge and a commitment to safe, evidence-based nursing practice.
• Demonstrate, or have the ability to develop, skills in dementia care and managing complex behaviours.
• Recognise potential behavioural triggers and contribute to individualised care and behaviour management plans.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate empathy, integrity and a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Community and Oral Health Services:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

Join the Dementia Outreach Service (DEMOS), a multidisciplinary team supporting people living with dementia across the Metro South Health catchment in both community and residential aged care settings. The service provides early, responsive support for people with complex dementia-related needs and behaviours, while building the capability of aged care staff to provide safe, effective and person-centred care. Working collaboratively with patients, carers and healthcare teams, DEMOS supports individualised care and behaviour management strategies, promotes care in the community and helps reduce avoidable hospital presentations.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.