Role Summary

Our Registered Nurses play a crucial role in supporting and caring for residents at the facility, ensuring that there is a focus on maintaining their independence as they age. This is predominantly achieved through the provision of contemporary and timely clinical support and care, aiming to improve age-related deterioration in a resident's social, mental and physical capacities. These services are delivered purposefully, always seeking to assist the residents to live independently, and with dignity, self-determination and comfort.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Delivering clinical services, care planning, reviewing and assessing all aspects of clinical care
• Ensuring that a customer service focus is applied to all clinical care and service delivery
• Providing safe and effective clinical care that is derived from evidence-based practice and in line with scope of practice
• Providing leadership, supervision and coaching to the care support staff at the facility

This role is being hired on either a permanent-part time or full-time basis and is perfect for someone dedicated, caring, and flexible! We have exciting opportunities across our Carinya of Bicton and Carinya on Bristol facilities, where you'll make a real difference every day.

Skills, Attributes and Experience

The ideal candidates will have significant experience working within residential aged care facilities, and an understanding of the needs of consumers who are residing in or transitioning to residential aged care. They will be familiar with the applications and particulars of the aged care act and aged care quality standards. They will also be familiar with managing challenging behaviours, particularly in people who are living with dementia. Our Registered Nurses provide a high level of leadership to the facility, including conflict resolution, supervision and striving for continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role, you possess the following:

• A minimum 1-2 years of experience working within residential aged care facilities
• Solid understanding of the current Aged Care Quality Standards
• Have the ability to establish trusting relationships and develop person-centered support that is appropriate to residents' unique needs
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills including conflict resolution, supervision and striving for continuous improvement
• Current AHPRA registration and a valid work rights in Australia is essential
• Possess or willing to obtain an NDIS Worker Screening Check

What We Offer

• Various shifts are available on offer! (AM shift: 0700-1600, PM shift: 1530-2230 and night shift: 2215-0715)
• Enjoy above-award pay rates, with salary negotiable based on your experience (rates from $42-$50+ per hour)
• A workplace with a strong, positive culture where support and collaboration are key

Carinya of Bicton is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression, then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.