Registered Nurse - Community Palliative Homecare

Cabrini Health; Malvern Wells; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Part time

Job summary

Cabrini Health in Melbourne’s southeast is seeking a compassionate Palliative Community Registered Nurse to provide high-quality home care. You will assess and manage symptoms, support families, and work within Cabrini’s mission and values to deliver holistic end‑of‑life care.

The role is 0.8FTE (part-time) on a fixed-term contract for 12 months, based in the community setting. AHPRA registration, WWCC, and a current Driver’s Licence are essential, with strong communication and teamwork skills

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Current Police Check and Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC).
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Experience in palliative care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessments and guidance to manage symptoms for patients in their homes.
• Deliver expert symptom management and end-of-life care in the patient’s preferred location.
• Support patients, families and communities across diverse ages and cultures.
• Apply evidence-based nursing knowledge to guide care.
• Work autonomously within an interdisciplinary team, delegating where appropriate.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Police Check

WWCC

Driver's Licence

Palliative care experience

Communication skills

Independent/Teamwork

Job description

Registered Nurse Grade 3 – Palliative Home Care
Part-time (0.8FTE) fixed term 12 months

Malvern

We’re building for the better!

By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

Cabrini is the largest provider of private cancer services in Australia, offering a fully integrated cancer service with access to all sub-specialities, treatments, and specialists.

Our unique palliative model of care spans across inpatient units, community services, supportive care clinics, and consult/liaison roles—ensuring patients and families receive holistic, compassionate care throughout the disease trajectory.

Cabrini Palliative Homecare is an integral part of the Cabrini Palliative and Supportive Care Service and provides a 24-hour service to support patients in the community.

What the role involves

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Palliative Community Registered Nurse to provide high-quality care in the home setting.

In this role, you will:

• Provide comprehensive and ongoing assessment and guidance to manage symptoms experienced by patients with a life-threatening illness in their homes
• Deliver expert symptom management and end-of-life care in patients’ preferred location (where appropriate)
• Support patients, families, and communities across diverse ages and cultural groups
• Use evidence-based nursing knowledge and clinical skills to guide care
• Practice interdependently, taking accountability for your own actions and delegating to enrolled nurses and health care workers in line with legislation and Cabrini protocols
• Work autonomously while being supported within an interdisciplinary team
• Ensure all care is delivered within the framework of Cabrini’s Mission, Vision, and Values

What we're looking for

• Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Current Police Check & Victorian Working with Children Check
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
• Experience in palliative care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both independently and within a team

Desirable (not essential):

• Postgraduate qualification in Palliative Care or Oncology
• Previous community nursing experience

Interested? For further information view the full position description or contact Claire Scott - Nurse Manager Palliative Home Care at 03 9508 1325

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.