Registered Nurse
- Deliver community nursing to clients at home across South East Melbourne, including post-acute care and hospital-in-the-home patients.
- Provide wound, IDC and stoma care, personal care, medication support, blood glucose monitoring and compression stocking application.
- Use sound clinical judgement and initiative; applicants need at least five years of community nursing experience, current AHPRA registration, a driver’s licence and access to a registered vehicle.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Join mecwacare’s Home Nursing and Care Services team as an experienced Community Registered Nurse across South East Melbourne and make a meaningful difference in the lives of clients receiving care at home. In this casual role, you will deliver compassionate, holistic and evidence-based nursing that helps reduce hospital stays, supports recovery and improves long-term health outcomes. You will work with clients of all ages, including post-acute care (PAC) and hospital in the home (HITH) patients, providing services such as wound care, IDC and stoma care, personal care, medication administration and supervision, blood glucose monitoring, and compression stocking application.
Why you’ll enjoy working with us
- Generous not-for-profit salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900, plus a Meals Card of up to $2,700.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program, along with awards and recognition initiatives.
- A purpose-driven team environment where your clinical skills and care make a genuine impact.
What you’ll need to succeed
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse Grade 2 with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated community nursing and/or acute nursing experience.
- A minimum of 5 years’ community nursing experience.
- Strong initiative, sound clinical judgement and confident decision-making skills.
- Excellent time management, organisation and problem-solving abilities.
- A current driver’s licence and access to a registered vehicle.
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.
MecwaCare is a leading not-for-profit organisation that has been supporting Victorians for more than 65 years.
We began with a simple belief that older people in our community deserve care, dignity and a place to belong. Founded by a group of neighbourhood volunteers in 1959, we continue to build on that same spirit of connection and care.
Today, we are privileged to support 20,000 Victorians through our residential aged care homes, retirement villages, home care and community services.
Our people are what makes us who we are, and we proudly represent more than 70 nationalities across our workforce of more than 4,300 employees and 500 volunteers.
As a purpose led organisation, we reinvest in our services to strengthen, grow and innovate, ensuring we continue to put people first, today and for generations to come.
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