An Australian healthcare recruitment company is filling a full-time Clinical Nurse vacancy for an aged care provider in Mackay, Queensland. The employer needs a registered nurse who can keep clinical standards high and take a leading role in its care team. Comparable vacancies are open with aged care employers in metropolitan and regional locations nationwide.
Sponsorship is available to successful candidates for this vacancy.
What the employer values most is a caring, professional manner, the confidence to lead others and a wish to develop clinically while improving residents' quality of life.
Employers screening applicants for this vacancy will look first for AHPRA registration and aged care history, so place both near the top of an English CV.
- Deliver clinical nursing care focused on each resident
- Give clinical direction to colleagues
- Operate as a member of the provider's aged care team
- Respect residents' privacy and safeguard their dignity
- Take part in quality improvement activities
- Continue professional development throughout the role
- Current nursing registration with AHPRA, together with a current practising certificate
- Earlier employment in an aged care setting
- A solid base of clinical nursing skill and knowledge
- Working knowledge of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) and of aged care accreditation standards
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong skills in leading and in team-working
- Excellent organisation and time management
- A firm commitment to care centred on residents, their dignity and their privacy
- High integrity, honesty and professionalism
- Able to adjust to changing circumstances, work effectively as part of a team and stay committed to continuous professional development and quality improvement