Registered Nurse - Rockhampton

Mercy Community; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

NDIS / Blue Card assistance

Counselling services

Vaccination reimbursements

Employee benefits program

Job summary

Mercy Community in Rockhampton, QLD is seeking Registered Nurses for a residential aged care facility. The role spans Full-Time, Part-Time and Casual positions with a focus on coordinating person-centred care and supervising staff across one or more clusters.

You will provide safe nursing care, engage residents and families in care decisions, and monitor service outcomes while ensuring high standards of practice. Night shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration.
• Experience leading a care team in aged care.
• Ability to coordinate person-centred care with residents and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe nursing care and clinical interventions.
• Oversee staff practices for coordinated resident care.
• Develop and document care plans and ANACC documentation.
• Support night shifts and ensure quality outcomes.

Skills

AHPRA Registration

Team supervision

Leadership

Resident-centric care

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Job description

Mercy Community are on the search for an experienced Registered Nurses for our Residential Aged Care Facility Leinster Place in Rockhampton. We are looking for Full-Time, Part-Time and Casual Registered Nurses to join a highly experienced, passionate and resident focused team.

This position is responsibility for coordinating person-centred care to residents and supervision of staff across one or more clusters within the residential care facility. Working collaboratively within a professional team to provide excellent care and to improve the independence and quality of life of all residents.

This role involves but not limited to:

• Providing safe and competent clinical management and nursing interventions in accordance with recognised standards of practice & monitor and oversee staff practices to ensure a coordinated approach to resident care
• Ensuring residents, their families and significant others are included in the care planning process and engaged in decisions affecting the resident
• Coordinating and monitoring the planning, implementation and evaluation of service outcomes and nursing care standards
• Preparing ANACC documentation so that funding is optimised

About you

• Registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
• Experience in leading a team and supervising staff
• Be an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, visa holder with no work restrictions
• Current and valid NDIS Workers Screening Clearance (NDIS Yellow Card) or ability to apply
• Must be able to cover night shifts

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families, young people, and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $156 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our employee assistance program
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

For any queries, please contact ***************@mercycs.org.au. We do not accept applications via email.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.