Enrolled Nurse — Elder Care & Team-Based Nursing

Mallee Track Health & Community Service; Ouyen; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Mallee Track Health & Community Service in Ouyen, VIC, is seeking an Enrolled Nurse for a casual/temporary appointment. The role collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to deliver quality nursing care and report to the Registered Nurse on duty.

The successful candidate will hold current AHPRA Enrolled Nurse registration, demonstrate strong communication, documentation, and patient care skills, and comply with the Nurses Act 1995 and facility policies.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to apply high ethical standards, and represent MTHCS in a professional manner.
• Current Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Enrolled Nurse.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience working with older people and with chronic illnesses.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills with customers, families and other staff.
• Well-developed computer skills.
• Well-developed organisational and time management skills.
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
• Current Police Check.

Responsibilities

• Provides a high standard of clinical care to the patients and residents as delegated by the Registered Nurse in charge in line with the Nursing Services policies and procedures and the organisations philosophies and objectives.
• Maintains a knowledge and understanding of Health Service policies and procedures.
• Contributes to compiling a comprehensive history from patients/consumers and/or families to identify care needs, by participating in admission and ongoing assessment.
• Maintains a high standard of nursing documentation, which accurately reflects care delivery and which will ensure validity for funding purposes.
• As directed by the supervisor, contributes to care plans and implements patient/resident care, in consultation with patients/residents, families and other members of the care team.
• By maintaining appropriate nursing documentation, contributes to a patient/consumer care plan that optimises patient/consumer health and wellbeing and is relevant to care needs.
• Contributes to evaluation of care plans to meet changing needs of patients/consumer.
• Responds to altered health status in patients/consumers by informing supervisor, families, doctors and allied health professionals as appropriate.
• Other duties as directed.

Skills

Ethical standards

AHPRA registration

Healthcare experience

Older people care

Teamwork

Communication skills

Computer skills

Organisational skills

Driver's licence

Police check

Education

AHPRA Enrolled Nurse registration

Job description

Mallee Track Health & Community Service in Ouyen, VIC, is seeking an Enrolled Nurse for a casual/temporary appointment. The role collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to deliver quality nursing care and report to the Registered Nurse on duty.

The successful candidate will hold current AHPRA Enrolled Nurse registration, demonstrate strong communication, documentation, and patient care skills, and comply with the Nurses Act 1995 and facility policies.