Nurses provide medical and nursing care to patients. Nursing care can be provided in the community, at home or in outpatient facilities. Nurses work as part of a care team that includes doctors, therapists and social workers. As a community RN you will be working closely with Disability Support Workers to provide and facilitate safe, responsive nursing care for our clients living with disabilities in their homes. You will provide a range of clinical nursing duties including working with complex clients to manage medication, deliver community nursing duties and assist with client care planning.
Specific Accountabilities
- Planning nursing requirements and creating a care plan
- Taking and recording vital signs, such as patient temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar
- Collecting patient samples
- Providing pre- and post-operative nursing care.
- Writing care notes
- Providing emotional support to patients and relatives
- Administering and monitoring medication and intravenous drips
- Delivering community nursing duties
Performance Measure
- Willing to commit to working short shifts
- Ability to be flexible and work a variety of shifts
- Excellent communication skills
- Ideally, an organised, caring individual with a high sense of integrity who is flexible and able to work unsupervised
Education/Qualifications
- A registered nurse – a bachelor degree in the field of nursing. This could be a Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Science (majoring in Nursing) or Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies). Alternatively, for students with previous tertiary qualifications, complete a two-year Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) program.
- Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA)
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Australian driver’s license and Passport
- Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Completion of the NDIS Worker Orientation Program and COVID-19 training
Desirable
Past paid experience in community, acute, children or aged care nursing.