Registered Nurse

UnitingCare Queensland; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 63,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Penalties & allowances

Job summary

BlueCare is seeking a Registered Nurse for Caloundra Aged Care Facility on a casual basis. You will provide person-centred care, ensuring a safe environment and applying clinical skills to improve residents' quality of life through engaging activities.

As part of BlueCare, you will assess and plan care, consider physical, social and psychological needs, update care plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to maintain clinical quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and clinical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively and work autonomously.
• General nursing experience, post-registration.
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or willingness to obtain.
• Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements.

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.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Nursing experience

NDIS screening

AHPRA registration

Job description

Registered Nurse | BlueCare | Caloundra Aged Care Facility

• Employment Term: Casual position for a Registered Nurse who is available to work AMs (6am - 2:30pm) PMs (2pm to 10:30pm) and Night Duties (10pm - 6:30am)


• Location: Caloundra Aged Care Facility


• Remuneration: $45.59 - $57.06 (With casual loading $55.70 - $70.18) + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

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 provide person-centred care to your residents, ensuring a safe environment within the facility 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

Role Requirements

• Excellent communication and clinical problem-solving skills


• Confidence in managing your time effectively, including an ability to work autonomously


• General nursing experience, post-registration


• NDIS Workers Screening Clearance or willingness to obtain


• Full, unrestricted AHPRA registration and unlimited work entitlements

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

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 [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.