The Royal Children's Hospital

Enrolled Nurse

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  $78k - $80k/yr  •  Melville, AU (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Make a Difference in the Community as an Enrolled Nurse!

Are you an Enrolled Nurse who enjoys building meaningful relationships with clients and providing person-centred care in the community?

At Melville Cares, you’ll have the opportunity to use your clinical skills while supporting older people to remain independent, connected and living well in their own homes.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Enrolled Nurse to join our established clinical team. If you enjoy working collaboratively, value quality care and would like to make a meaningful difference in the lives of older people, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits:

  • Full-time permanent position;
  • Pay range $40-$41;
  • Clients are based in the Melville and surrounding suburbs, limiting the amount of time spent travelling between clients;
  • Salary packaging of up to $18,550 per year;
  • Work/Life balance;

About Melville Cares:

As the heart of community care, Melville Cares provide a range of aged care services including home support, in-home respite, transport services, social groups and more. Our vision, is that we at Melville Cares believe older peoples’ lives should be as fulfilling as at any other stage of life, and is achieved by our commitment to our values. By empowering our clients, building trust and engaging with compassion we walk alongside clients on their unique journey through later life assisting as much, or as little, as they choose.

About the role:

As an Enrolled Nurse, you will provide high-quality, person-centred clinical care to clients in their own homes and in the community. Working under the direction of a Registered Nurse, you will contribute to clinical assessments, care planning, monitoring and review, while supporting clients to achieve their health and wellbeing goals.

You will work closely with clients, families, Care Partners, support workers, GPs and Allied Health professionals to ensure care is safe, responsive and well-coordinated. This is a varied community-based role where you will have the opportunity to use your clinical skills while building genuine relationships with clients and supporting them to remain as independent as possible.

Key Responsibilities:

  • You will provide clinical care to our clients in the community and will support clients with wound management, catheter care and chronic disease management under the clinical direction of a Registered Nurse.
  • Utilise validated clinical assessment tools to identify high-risk or high-prevalence health issues
  • Provide education and resources to clients and families on clinical risk management and ongoing care strategies
  • Recommend equipment or assistive devices within scope of practice to support daily living
  • Actively collaborate with GPs and Allied Health professionals to support comprehensive care planning
  • Work in line with Melville Cares’ Clinical Governance Framework

Essential Criteria:

  • Comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Enrolled Nurse Standards for Practice.
  • Current Registration with the AHPRA.
  • At least two years’ experience working as an Enrolled Nurse, with dementia care experience highly regarded.
  • Excellent Communicational skills both Verbal and written.
  • A current driver’s licence
  • Police clearance certificate (less than 3 months old).

Desirable clinical experience

  • Nursing experience in aged care, including residential or community care.
  • Knowledge and experience in Dementia care.

Keen on joining our team?

Kindly submit your application online, along with your up-to-date Resume.

Only applicants who hold full working rights will be considered for this role.

The shortlisting process will begin shortly. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Melville Cares values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, including Indigenous peoples, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those with disabilities, to apply.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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