Community Registered Nurse | Melbourne Metro Areas

Australian Unity · Melbourne VIC 3000 · Part time
Posted 33d ago

Community Registered Nurse | Melbourne Metro Areas

Australian Unity
~$60k - $80k(Estimated)
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KEY POINTS WE FOUND
  • Deliver evidence-based, person-centred nursing care in home settings.
  • Manage medication and complex wound care for customers.
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

About the role

Our Home Health Registered Nurses are key members of an integrated, multidisciplinary team, responsible for delivering evidence-based, person-centred nursing care to support customers in their own homes. This hybrid role will support you to work at your full scope of practice, providing quality care across a variety of work settings and caseloads.

To provide flexibility to suit your lifestyle and career goals, we are currently offering a Permanent Part-Time position (0.8 FTE) within our nursing team, working hours 0800-1600 or 0830-1630. This team supports the Hospital in The Home program and Support at Home customers and works in and around the suburbs of the Melbourne Metro area.

The day to day

The role will encompass completing in-home clinical assessments and provision of treatment in the management of acute conditions, duties such as:

  • Managing medication including IV antibiotics via PICCs
  • Complex wound care, including NPWT
  • Surgical drain tube management

Benefits & Perks

  • Integrate flexibility into your work-life balance with our rotating shifts
  • Gain access to our gym membership Fitness Passport Discounts
  • Access Employee Discounts across Health, Insurances, Travel & Accommodation
  • Novated Leasing through Maxxia or Flare Cars

About You

  • Unrestricted registration as a Registered nurse with AHPRA
  • Excellent communication and time management skills with proven ability to multi-task
  • Demonstrated experience working in acute medical/surgical, emergency or other critical care  and/or community-based environment working with a diverse customer group.
  • Recent acute hospital experience highly regarded
  • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and in collaboration with others to coordinate the delivery of care to customers
  • Demonstrated current practice knowledge and minimum 12 months experience in delivering care to customers receiving IVAB via PICC lines, complex wound care including NPWT, and surgical drain tube management

Current driver’s license and registered, insured roadworthy vehicle

Join us in creating a distinctive, integrated healthcare experience. Click APPLY or contact Archana at ArKumari@australianunity.com.au for a confidential discussion

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged people. To view our Reconciliation Action Plan, please click https://www.australianunity.com.au/about-us/reconciliation-action-plan     

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Skills

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Ahpra registrationAutonomous workingClinical assessmentCommunity healthcareCritical care experienceDriving license and vehicleIv antibioticsMedication managementNpwt (negative pressure wound therapy)Picc line managementSurgical drain tube managementTeam collaborationTime managementWound care

Licenses & certifications

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Ahpra registration

Perks & benefits

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Employee discounts across various servicesFlexible work-life balanceGym membership access

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