Overview

Clinical Nurse | Blue Care | Mackay Location: Mackay Homefield Aged Care Facility Employment Term: Full time Remuneration: $59.43 – $60.70 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

The Clinical Nurse provides expert clinical leadership and guidance to care staff to ensure secure, high‐quality, resident‐centred care. The role involves complex clinical decision‐making, care planning, funding optimisation and continuous quality improvement, while aligning with organisational values, best practice and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

- Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in the management of complex resident care needs
- Contribute to 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

Qualifications

- Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA
- Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification
- 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

- Salary packaging options (up to $15,900 per annum for everyday living expenses and bills and up to $2,650 for meal entertainment)
- Discounts via employee rewards platform across retailers, holidays, health insurance, and wellbeing programs
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave after 6 months service (in addition to government schemes)
- Diversity and inclusion benefits, inclusive leave options for cultural events

About Uniting Care and Blue Care

Blue Care is part of the Uniting Care family, a not‐for‐profit organisation with a large network of aged care services across Queensland. Our team values inclusivity, compassion and delivering quality care to improve health and wellbeing.

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📌 Clinical Nurse - Mackay
🏢 UnitingCare Health
📍 Mackay