About the role

This position offers a great opportunity to work at the forefront in delivering innovative, culturally responsive and secure primary health care. As the registered nurse at the clinic you will be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services and care to the culturally diverse practice population. You will deliver care within your scope of practice, focusing on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities.

You will work collaboratively with our practice manager and GPs to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policies and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In the conduct of your duties, you will demonstrate our core values of compassion, innovation, and clinical excellence at all times.

Key responsibilities

- Deliver advanced level clinical nursing care and work at an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional nursing practice
- Support the team in the provision of safe and primary health care through exemplary nursing standards
- Apply professional and clinical expertise in collaboration with multi-disciplinary stakeholders
- Remain up to date with current primary care nursing evidence-based practice trends
- Ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the treatment room and provide exceptional care to clients
- Deliver nursing support to the clinic's clients by supporting GPs with a key focus on triage, chronic diseases management, health assessments, immunisation, health promotion and education
- Balance the clinical and administrative components of the practice nursing role
- Conduct triage, immunisations, and other injections; wound management, chronic diseases management, ECG's and collection of pathology samples
- Assist doctors with clinical procedures and conduct preventative screening
- Explain procedures to clients, providing them with support and reassurance
- Plan and manage holistic patient care in consultation with medical staff while acting as patient advocate
- Liaise with hospitals, community agencies and allied health to coordinate patient care
- Maintain accurate documentation using clinical software including recall/reminder systems, IT and information management
- Apply knowledge of MBS items/funding models to deliver optimal care
- Implement general practice management plans and team care arrangements in consultation with GPs and the multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrate understanding of workplace health and safety principles
- Ensure quality systems are in place and reviewed regularly
- Manage supplies and clinical resources within budget
- Ensure clinical governance and safe use of medicines following federal/state legislation
- Operate, store and where appropriate,



sterilise equipment in a safe and secure manner in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions
- Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with policies and procedures
- Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
- Maintain medical and nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies
- Work as a collaborative member of the multidisciplinary team, reflecting the values of the organisation
- Work as an inclusive member of the clinical team, providing appropriate mentoring and guidance for medical and nurse students
- Demonstrate a high level of teamwork, support, engagement, and communication with the clinic team and broader WWG teams
- Work on quality improvement strategies with the practice team to bring efficiencies to practice systems, procedures, and clinical outcomes
- Maintain awareness of current legislation to ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory obligations
- Ensure care is evidence-based and delivered using clinical guidelines and practice to underpin competency
- Use health literacy principles to lead patient education, community health and outreach programs as well as health promotion initiatives
- Practice within the organisation's policy and nursing standards and codes
- Undertake continuing professional development
- Review systems and procedures to ensure efficient and accessible care
- Utilise practice data to identify areas for quality improvement
- Contribute leadership to the practice management team and other staff
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion
- Work with interpreters when required
- Convey pertinent instructions and information to the patient
- Promote patient's independence by answering questions
- Fulfil other duties as required by management and other departmental personnel as requested/required
- Participate in any organisational technology changes
- Participate in continuous improvement of workflow processes and procedures

About you

- Tertiary qualifications recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery board of Australia as a registered nurse
- Experience in the primary health care sector
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- High level oral and written communication skills,



including the ability to write qualified case notes and brief intervention plans, complete reports and other relevant documentation within set timeframes
- Demonstrated understanding of the role of client self-determination and strengths-based frameworks within a social justice context
- Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, apply problem solving and conflict resolution skills, and engage others
- Well-developed time and self-management skills and ability to work with limited supervision, whilst working as a member of a team
- Current CPR training (within the last 12 months)
- A current Blue Card and Police Check or willingness and ability to apply
- Able to provide clinical care and support to clients in a culturally sensitive way with an understanding of acculturation, trauma and psychological stressors arising out of migration, seeking asylum, the covid-19 pandemic and other social circumstances
- Able to participate and contribute to interdisciplinary team processes
- Able to contribute to the development of service planning, service delivery and service evaluation, within the frameworks established by WWG
- Desirable: Accredited nurse immuniser qualification
- Desirable: Post graduate qualifications
- Desirable: Previous experience in a cross-cultural setting
- Desirable: Language(s) other than English

About us With a vision to build health equity and a mission to deliver, model and influence health and wellness services to create an inclusive and just health system, World Wellness Group (WWG) is a leading health social enterprise based in Stones Corner, Brisbane. WWG operates the World Wellness Clinic which specialises in equitable healthcare for clients from diverse multicultural backgrounds, including vulnerable and disadvantaged migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum.

As a social enterprise, or a business with a social mission, World Wellness Group Ltd works to improve health equity for all clients, regardless of culture, language or financial capacity, and to assist the most vulnerable members in our community. World Wellness Group is a registered health promotion charity and all profits are used to fund health services for clients or innovative health programs that are not available elsewhere.

The World Wellness Health & Medical Clinic is a bulk billing GP clinic run by World Wellness Group as part of its social enterprise arm. Run by a dedicated group of GPs and practice staff, with a mission of universal health care access, the clinic provides essential healthcare to disadvantaged population of migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum as well as people from the local community.

Benefits

- Plus 12% superannuation
- Generous salary sacrifice packaging available

📌 Practice Nurse (Woolloongabba)
🏢 World Wellness Group
📍 Woolloongabba