Registered Nurse – Disability Services

Jj Care Services Pty Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Rostering system

Employee Assistance Program (conf.Coun

On-call manager 24 hours

Job summary

JJ Care Services is seeking casual Registered Nurses for our 18-bed facility in Gymea Bay. You will assist in admissions, care planning, and lead shift coverage as we trial a nurse-led, 24 hour RN model of care.

The role involves managing shifts, clinical duties, documentation, and coordinating with doctors, pharmacy and families to ensure up-to-date care plans. Prior RN experience in disability/elder care is preferred. AHPRA registration is required.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA Registration.
• At least 6–12 months experience as a registered nurse.
• Experience with disability services and younger onset dementia.
• Strong clinical and documentation skills.
• Excellent written communication and reporting ability.
• Self-starter with sound initiative and policy adherence.
• Outstanding English skills.

Responsibilities

• Shift management including leadership and training of support staff, reporting and incident management.
• Escalation and deterioration management and documentation.
• Care plan development including complex health care plans and diabetes management.
• Clinical duties including personal care, ADLs, wound care, observations and assessments.
• Liaising with doctors, pharmacy and family to keep documentation up to date.
• Documentation duties including reports, charts and progress reporting.

Skills

AHPRA Registration

RN experience

Disability services

Dementia care

Clinical documentation

Initiative

English skills

Work ethic

Job description

JJ Care Services are a leading boutique provider of essential homecare and disability support services as well as supported living, short-term accommodation and residential respite services within our large, busy centre based in Gymea Bay.

Due to rapid growth, we are seeking a number of casual Registered Nurses to join our team, to assist in admission and care planning, leadership, and shift coverage across the floor, whilst we trial the introduction of a nurse-led, 24 hour RN model of care.

About the Role

Our facility operates 24 hours and is an 18 bed high care facility. We have people living with younger onset dementia and other disabilities requiring behavioural and clinical interventions at an escalation level.

The Registered Nurse will be responsible for:

Shift management including leadership and training of support staff, reporting, documentation and incident management Escalation and deterioration management and response and documentation of same Care plan development including complex health care plans, diabetes management planning and education of support staff Full range of clinical duties including personal care, showering, toileting, ADL’s, dressings, falls, observations and assessments, seizure management, medication management etc. Liaising with doctors, pharmacy and family members to ensure documentation is up to date and available Documentation duties including documenting and developing reports and assessments, compiling and reporting on charts, and progress reporting on care plan implementation as well as clinical reviews

Perks

We have a lot of fun here and we are like family! Some of the best parts about working with us include:

• Flexible Rostering system
• Employee Assistance Program for FREE confidential counselling and psychological support
• Friendly and approachable manager who is on call 24 hours and happy to take calls overnight to support you
• An environment that will challenge you and encourage you to do your best!

About You

While we value challenging our nurses, showing you what you can do, and nurturing and supporting you to grow and learn, we need nurses that can hit the ground running.

To be successful, you must have:

• Current AHPRA Registration
• At least 6-12 months experience as a registered nurse
• Experience with disability services, younger onset dementia, aged care or paediatrics
• Well developed clinical and non clinical support skills
• Outstanding written documentation skills
• Strong use of initiative whilst adhering to policies and procedures where required. We need a self starter that identifies what needs to be done, and gets it done.
• Strong Work Ethic and dedication to learning, both on the job and through specialised resources designed for this environment
• Outstanding English Skills
• Passion for working with disability and younger onset dementia and upskilling care staff to safely complete clinical tasks
• Valid National Criminal History Check
• Working with Children Check (for Paid Work)
• Valid Drivers License and a Comprehensively insured car

To be considered for the role, you must have the legal right to live and work in Australia. We are unable to provide sponsorship.