Registered Nurse

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC); Darwin; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bee Well program

Salary packaging

Leadership Program

Job summary

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc. is looking for Casual Registered Nurses to lead care teams in our aged care facilities. You will assess residents, develop care plans, and supervise staff across shifts while promoting meaningful activities.

We require a Bachelor of Nursing with current AHPRA registration, First Aid HLTAID011 and CPR HLTAID009. Prior aged care RN experience is desirable; strong communication and time management are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing with current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• First Aid (HLTAID011) and CPR (HLTAID009) certificates.
• RN experience in aged care is desirable.
• Strong communication skills and English literacy for elder care instructions.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic leadership to care and support teams.
• Assess and review residents’ health and functional abilities.
• Develop and maintain care plans and supervise staff on daily living and clinical care.
• Monitor care quality and resident wellbeing; ensure a safe work environment.
• Lead shifts and provide guidance per workplace policies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Dementia care

AN-ACC understanding

Medicines knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

AHPRA registration

Tools

First Aid HLTAID011

CPR HLTAID009

Job description

Casual Positions Available

Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.

• Working with Southern Cross Care means you are valued, supported, and rewarded. Our Bee Well program gives you great discounts on groceries, travel, and health insurance, plus resources to boost your wellbeing. You will also enjoy salary packaging to help you take home more pay while building a career that makes a real difference.

• We offer an industry-leading Leadership Program for RNs and ENs, allowing you to continuously learn and develop. If you are interested in accelerating your career and developing your leadership skills, apply today.

About the role

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides holistic leadership to care and support teams, ensuring the delivery of person-centred, safe, and high-quality services tailored to residents’ needs.

This role involves assessing and reviewing residents’ health and functional abilities, developing and maintaining care plans, promoting meaningful social and physical activities, and supervising staff in daily living and clinical care.

The RN also provides leadership and guidance each shift, monitors care quality and resident wellbeing, and ensures a safe work environment by adhering to and enforcing workplace health and safety policies.

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the position description.

About you

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor of Nursing with current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.

• Current First Aid (HLTAID011) and CPR (HLTAID009) Certificates.

• Previous experience as an RN in an Aged Care environment is desirable.

• Strong communication skills with a level of English literacy that enables you to speak in a manner that older people can understand, as well as the ability to read written instructions and to write clearly and concisely particularly in progress notes.

• Exceptional time management and ability to support other staff.

• Outstanding problem-solving skills, balancing resident independence and safety.

• High-level understanding of dementia care, including supporting residents with challenging behaviours.

• Understanding of how to apply AN-ACC to ensure optimum levels of funding are achieved.

• Excellent contemporary clinical knowledge, including medicines used in aged care.

• Strong knowledge of Aged Care Standards as they relate to accreditation.

About us

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.