Job Description

BlueCare | Nurse Practitioner | Community Palliative Care

• Be rewarded with our investment in your professional development & training
• Drive delivery of an innovative service model in end of life care for our clients
• $83.05 per hour + Super + Salary Packaging Benefits
• Hybrid position offering permanent full time or part time job share

Being part of the BlueCare Palliative Care team

Blue Care's regional and remote palliative care services is expanding around the state of Queensland. With it, comes an incredible opportunity for an experienced Nurse Practitioner to lead a team that is renowned for the quality of palliative care it provides to clients and their families.

We’re expanding the capacity and capability of our team, allowing us to deliver more services across Queensland particularly in regional & remote locations. This is your opportunity to be part of something unique. Something truly remarkable and innovative. Sound exciting enough? We think so!

Your role as a NP

You will have specialist clinical leadership experience in palliative care, to lead the strategy and engagement for our palliative and end of life services across regional and remote areas of Queensland. This role is instrumental in the leadership of palliative care services across multiple disciplines including stakeholder engagement, education, governance, compliance, advocacy and operational performance.

What makes a difference for us?

• Endorsement to practice as a Nurse Practitioner by AHPRA with extensive clinical leadership and practiced experience in palliative care.
• Postgraduate degree in Palliative care.
• Experience in supporting multi-disciplinary and holistic care needs for clients and their families or carers.
• Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring other team members to develop nursing leadership skills.
• The drive to deliver innovative and flexible solutions, whilst influencing and progressing the growth of the services.
• Current Registered Nurse Licence and Registration Certificate to practice in the State where employed.
• Demonstrated ability to connect with external and internal stakeholders, with a balance of strategic thinking and clinical service delivery.
• Experience working across a large geographical area, supporting a team of practitioners.
• Ability to travel across regional & remote Queensland as required, including a current Driver’s Licence and confidence to drive within rural and remote Queensland.

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs 
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme 
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference  

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email reconciliation@ucareqld.com.au

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.