Job Description:
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide high standards of clinical care for residents living in our aged care home, empowering them to maintain their independence and improve their quality of life. Our Uniting Household Model of care empowers our residential care teams with the freedom to support our residents in ways that help them maintain a sense of meaning and purpose in their day.
Responsibilities:
* Providing support, education and mentorship to Support Advisors, Registered and Enrolled Nurses where applicable.
* Maintaining professional development to align with professional standards and organisational principles.
* Providing clinical nursing care for older people within an environment of increasing acuity.
* Sharing a high level of clinical nursing knowledge, experience and skills in providing complex nursing care to our residents.
Requirements:
* You'll have previous registered nursing experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin a career in aged care if you have nursing experience in the wider health sector.
* You'll be adaptable, empathetic, resourceful, a great time manager, and be able to live our values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
* You'll be committed to contemporary aged care nursing practice.
* You'll hold a nursing degree with current AHPRA registration.
Benefits:
* We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care.
* We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability.
* Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
What to Expect:
Employment with us will require a National Police Check, and Reference Checks.
How to Apply:
If this opportunity is of interest, then we'd love to hear from you. Just click on the 'Apply' button in this ad, fill out your details and submit. We encourage applications from people who identify as part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.