Registered Nurse Home and Community

Bolton Clarke; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Private health insurance

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bolton Clarke is seeking a Registered Nurse – Home Care to promote holistic, client-centered care across the Cairns region. You will contribute to assessments, prevention, referrals, and health promotion, delivering safe, evidence-based nursing aligned with care plans and ACFI funding considerations.

You’ll work throughout Cairns including Northern Beaches, Tablelands and South to Gordonvale, with opportunities to collaborate with a supportive clinical team and not-for-profit benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field.
• Registered Nurse with AHPRA Certification.
• Strong knowledge of clinical assessment and medication administration.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and delivers a holistic approach to care, focusing on customer needs and rights in alignment with Consumer Directed Care and delivers assessment, prevention, early detection, referral, and funding activities.
• Delivers comprehensive, safe, and effective evidence-based care to achieve optimal health outcomes for clients.
• Drives compliance with common law, regulatory and state legislation, and organisational policies and procedures relevant to the registered nursing practice.
• Drives the formulation, review, and case conference of care plans as needed, ensures they reflect customer needs and support ACFI funding.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Medication administration

Patient-centered care

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

AHPRA registration

Job description

Bolton Clarke Group one of Australia's largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 87 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse - Home Care, you will promote and deliver a holistic, client-centered approach to care, focusing on client needs and rights in line with Consumer Directed Care principles. You will contribute to assessments, prevention, early detection, referrals, and health promotion activities, providing quality care that aligns with current nursing care plans. You will deliver comprehensive, safe, and effective evidence-based care to achieve targeted health outcomes while ensuring full compliance with relevant regulations and organisational policies.

This role will see you working across the Cairns region, including Northern Beaches, Tablelands and South to Gordonvale.

Responsibilities include:

• Promotes and delivers a holistic approach to care, focusing on customer needs and rights in alignment with Consumer Directed Care and delivers the assessment, prevention, early detection, referral, and funding activities.
• Delivers comprehensive, safe, and effective evidence-based care to achieve optimal health outcomes for clients.
• Drives compliance with common law, regulatory and state legislation, and organisational policies and procedures relevant to the registered nursing practice.
• Drives the formulation, review, and case conference of care plans as needed, ensures they accurately reflect customer needs and support Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) funding.

About You

To be successful in this role, our preferred candidate will have:

• Bachelor's Degree required; Nursing, Healthcare is preferred. Any other related discipline or commensurate work experience considered.
• Minimal experience as a Registered Nurse in a hospital, clinical or residential setting, with expertise in patient care and medical procedures is preferred.
• Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Certification is prescribed.
• Strong knowledge of Clinical Assessment, Medication Administration & Monitoring, Person-Centered Practice and Quality Care Service Management skills.
• Excellent communication, adaptive thinking, planning and prioritisation, and cross-functional team working skills.

Why Work For Bolton Clarke

• Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits - claim up to $18,550 tax free
• Private health insurance and gym discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Our commitment to diversity

At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status.

Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.

If you have any further queries, please contact Ashley Hurman ()