At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead clinical care and support staff to ensure high-quality, resident-centred care.
- Company: Join UnitingCare, a trusted community and residential care provider in Australia.
- Benefits: Enjoy salary packaging, employee discounts, paid parental leave, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to safety and community wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful difference in aged care while growing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Must be a Registered Nurse with at least three years of experience.
The predicted salary is between 60.7 - 60.7 $ per hour.
The Clinical Nurse provides expert clinical leadership, guidance and support to care staff to ensure safe, high-quality, resident-centred care. The role plays a key part in complex clinical decision-making, care planning, funding optimisation and continuous quality improvement, while ensuring care aligns with organisational values, best practice and accreditation standards.
In this role, you will:
- Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in the management of complex resident care needs
- Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of resident care plans to promote health, wellbeing and quality of life
- Complete comprehensive and accurate clinical assessments and documentation
- Support staff orientation, mentoring, clinical supervision and ongoing professional development
- Promote a consultative and collaborative approach to resident care planning and quality activities
- Assist in ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, legislation and clinical governance requirements
- Support accurate and timely ACFI assessments to ensure optimal funding outcomes
- Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, residents, families and external stakeholders
- Participate in continuous quality improvement, risk management and workplace health and safety activities
What makes a difference for us?
- Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA (Essential)
- Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification (Essential)
- Minimum of three (3) years' experience as a Registered Nurse (Essential)
- Extensive general nursing experience with strong clinical skills
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
- Understanding of person-centred, resident-based care delivery
- Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Intermediate computer skills and accurate clinical documentation capability
- Ability to meet relevant probity checks and compliance requirements
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
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
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of 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.
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.
We are committed to 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.
Clinical Nurse Leader – Aged Care & Quality Improvement in Yeppoon employer: UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families
UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families is an exceptional employer located in Brisbane, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth. With benefits like NFP salary packaging, flexible work arrangements, and a commitment to diversity, employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a rewarding career in one of Queensland's largest not-for-profit organisations.
Contact Details:
UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families Recruitment Team
