Registered Nurse

UnitingCare Health; Mareeba Shire; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Travel reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

BlueCare in Queensland seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver person-centred community care across Atherton, Mareeba and surrounding areas, on a permanent full-time basis.

You will assess, plan and implement client care, consider physical, social and psychological needs, update care plans, and work with a multidisciplinary team.

Unrestricted AHPRA registration and Australian driver's licence are essential; friendly benefits include salary packaging, travel allowances and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements - Essential
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential
• Roadworthy & insured vehicle to use for work - Essential

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Spend the majority of your day on the road visiting community clients.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical problem-solving

Driver's licence

Education

RN qualification with AHPRA registration

Job description

Registered Nurse | BlueCare | Community Care

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

Location: Atherton, Mareeba & Surrounding Areas

Remuneration:$45.29- $57.06+ Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) + Allowances & Travel Reimbursement (KM’s) + Employee discounts

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 aRegistered Nurseyou 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 themost trusted communityandresidential careprovidersin Australia.

Role requirements:

Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements - Essential

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 ofBlueCare, 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

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

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 **************@ucareqld.com.au

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.