Registered Nurse

UnitingCare Queensland; Dalby; On-site; AUD 61,992 - 78,523; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Parental leave 12 weeks

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland seeks a Registered Nurse for BlueCare Community Care in Dalby and surrounding areas. You will deliver person-centred community nursing, assess and plan care, and create care plans while ensuring safety and quality standards.

Ideal candidates hold unrestricted AHPRA registration, possess post-registration nursing experience, and can manage time efficiently for frequent field visits. A current driver’s license and insured vehicle are essential to join our team.

Qualifications

• General nursing registration with AHPRA (unrestricted) is essential.
• Post-registration nursing experience in community settings preferred.
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (Green Provisional minimum) is essential.
• Vehicle appropriate for road-based community visits and insured.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred community care to clients and create/update care plans.
• Assess, plan and implement client care within scope and reflect evolving needs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure quality standards.
• Manage time effectively to complete scheduled community visits on the road.
• Maintain safety and clinical governance in home care settings.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Communication

Time management

Autonomous work

Problem solving

Education

Nursing degree / RN

Job description

Registered Nurse | BlueCare | Community Care

• Employment Status: Permanent Part Time
• Location: Dalby & Surrounding Areas
• Remuneration: $45.29 – $57.06 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances Classification: QRN1.1 – QRN1.7 determined by demonstrated clinical hours and experience

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

We’re looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others - through small moments that leave big impacts.

About The Role

As a Registered Nurse you will provide person-centred care to your clients in the community, ensuring a safe environment and applying your clinical skills to improving their quality of life through activities that include:

• Assess, plan and implement client care within your scope
• Consider physical, social and psychological requirements
• Create and update care plans to reflect developing needs
• Ensure clinical quality compliance standards are met
• Work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary team members

With no two days ever the same. You’ll spend the majority of your day on the road, completing your scheduled community visits.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia.

Role Requirements

• Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements - Essential
• General nursing experience, post-registration
• Excellent communication and clinical problem-solving skills
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential
• Roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work- Essential
• Confidence in managing your time effectively, including an ability to work autonomously.
• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

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 opportunitieswith 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

• 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 iswelcome 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 Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [e-mail]

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.