Registered Nurse - Community | Cessnock

Work Initiatives; Maitland; Vor Ort; AUD 55.000 - 83.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Work Initiatives in NSW is seeking a self-driven Part-time Registered Nurse to visit NDIS participants in Sydney's south and inner west, progressing to full-time as caseload grows. You will travel to client homes, manage your own diary, and work independently in the community.

The role focuses on wound care, catheter management, PEG feeding, medication administration, continence assessments, and product recommendations.

Qualifikationen

• Current AHPRA Registered Nurse (Division 1) registration with no conditions or undertakings.
• Minimum 3 years’ post-graduate nursing experience.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance, or willingness to obtain.
• National Police Check, or willingness to obtain.
• Working With Children Check (NSW), or willingness to obtain.
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module completed before starting.
• Current CPR (HLTAID009) and First Aid (HLTAID011).
• Unrestricted Australian driver's licence, own vehicle, and comprehensive insurance.
• Right to work in Australia.
• Willingness to travel across the region.

Aufgaben

• Providing wound care and pressure injury management.
• Undertaking catheter insertion and management (IDC/SPC).
• Supporting PEG feeding and enteral nutrition.
• Administering medication.
• Conducting continence assessments and product recommendations.

Kenntnisse

Wound care

Catheter care

Enteral feeding

Medication admin

Continence assessment

Travel readiness

Independent nurse

Diary management

Ausbildung

Nursing degree

Jobbeschreibung

This is a part-time role to start, with a genuine path to full-time as your caseload builds. You'll manage your own diary and travel, visiting NDIS participants across Sydney's south and inner west, working independently in the community rather than in a clinic setting. The work is relationship-based - repeat visits with the same participants over time, not one-off appointments.

DAY TO DAY, YOU MIGHT BE

• Providing wound care and pressure injury management
• Undertaking catheter insertion and management (IDC/SPC)
• Supporting PEG feeding and enteral nutrition
• Administering medication
• Conducting continence assessments and product recommendations

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1), no conditions or undertakings
• Minimum 3 years' post-graduate nursing experience
• NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance, or willing to obtain
• National Police Check, or willing to obtain
• Working With Children Check (NSW), or willing to obtain
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module completed before starting
• Current CPR (HLTAID009) and First Aid (HLTAID011)
• Unrestricted Australian driver's licence, your own reliable vehicle, and comprehensive insurance
• Right to work in Australia
• Willingness to travel across the region

GOOD TO HAVE, NOT ESSENTIAL

• Community nursing experience
• Confidence across wound and pressure injury care, catheter management, PEG feeding and enteral nutrition, and medication administration
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Compression bandaging and negative pressure wound therapy
• Continence assessment and product prescription
• Working knowledge of NDIS Practice Standards and Aged Care Quality Standards
• Confidence working autonomously as a lone worker, in the community or in clinic

THE CHERRY ON TOP

• Postgraduate qualification (or equivalent) in continence - Continence CNC
• Postgraduate qualification (or equivalent) in wound care - Wound CNC
• Stomal Therapy Nurse (STN)

WHY OPTIMUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS

Optimum is a multidisciplinary allied health provider across NSW and Tasmania, covering Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology, Dietetics, Podiatry and Behaviour Support - all ready to loop in whenever a participant needs more than nursing care.

THE PRACTICALS

• Location: Cessnock, NSW
• Employment type: part-time to start, with the opportunity to move to full-time as caseload grows
• Caseload: NDIS participants, home and community visits across the service area
• Travel: own vehicle required; travel across the region is part of the role
• Registration: current AHPRA Registered Nurse (Division 1) registration, minimum 3 years' post-graduate experience