Overview
- Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Millicent & District Hospital & Health Service – Aged Care
- Indicative Total Remuneration: $77,788 – $106,649 p.a. (pro rata) – RN/RM1
- Perm P/T working 32 hours per week , over a 7 day roster
You will provide professional, high quality person-centred care aimed at improving health outcomes for residents of the Millicent Residential Aged Care facility. Assessing individual residents’ needs, you will plan, implement or coordinate appropriate service delivery from a range of accepted options. You will also provide health education, counselling and rehabilitation programs to improve the health outcomes of individual residents or groups. It is expected that you will provide support and guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student nurses and other workers providing basic aged care. Working with frail aged persons and people with dementia, where there are multiple complexities and diverse cultural backgrounds, you will be capable of recognising and responding to clinical deterioration or other incidents and escalating appropriately. Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LHN) means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
You will be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and hold or be eligible to hold a current practicing certificate. With demonstrated competence in person and family-centred practice in accordance with the appropriate standards, you will have effective communication skills, including problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. With the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and prioritise workloads, you will be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within a residential aged care setting.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant immunisation screening.
Suitably qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply and will be given preference as a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and sections 34(2) and 56(2) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA).
For more information about the role please refer to the Job Pack provided below. Job ref: 756164
756164 – Registered Nurse (Millicent).pdf
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 756164