Job Description
/n Calvary Home Care
- Adelaide /n Community Registered Nurses
- Palliative Care /n /n
- Make a difference at one of Australia’s leading health care providers /n
- Generous salary packaging benefits, ongoing professional development and supportive team workplace /n
- Join one of Adelaide's largest growing clinical community teams /n /n

About the role
/n As a member of the Calvary Home Care team and as an experienced RN, you will provide care to palliative care clients from various short term/long terms programs. You will provide complex care to clients by working independently to support clients and their stakeholders overnight. As a Palliative Care nurse, you will provide high quality patient education, symptom management and End of Life Care in the comfort of a client’s home or residential accommodation. /n

Key Responsibilities
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- Support and education for clients with terminal diagnoses /n
- Education and support for families and carers /n
- Administration and preparation of s/c medications and CSCI for symptom management /n
- General nursing care including simple and complex wound care, IDC/SPC care, PICC dressings /n
- Accurate/ Timely documentation in all client records. /n
- Appropriate communication within the clinical team and community palliative care teams and referrers to ensure care is provided. /n
- Complete initial assessments/develop care plans to ensure best outcome for our clients. /n
- Monitor and update care plans to ensure appropriate care is provided /n
- Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration, with appropriate escalation. /n
- Promoting best practice and initiating quality improvement activities /n /n What you bring /n /n
- Current AHPRA Nursing /n
- Minimum 2 years palliative care nursing experience,



community experience desirable /n
- Post graduate qualifications (or working towards) in Palliative Care /n
- NDIS Clearance (or willingness to obtain one) /n
- Police Clearance with in 6 months (or willingness to obtain one) /n
- Use of own car – KM allowance provided /n
- Full drivers licence, reliable and comprehensively insured car /n
- CPR and Manual handling /n
- A desire to join a team committed to the care of others in a mission-based organisation /n /n /n /n Why work for Calvary?/n /n /n At Calvary, our staff matter. /n /n /n /n /n /n With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers,

we offer
an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients./n /n /n /n /n /n Your

benefits:
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- NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships /n
- Paid parental leave /n
- Training, development pathways and career opportunities /n
- Flexible hours that make sense for you /n /n /n As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today./n /n /n /n /n /n Please note the following:/n /n /n
- As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role /n
- You may be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role including influenza, tuberculosis screening, hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, varicella /n /n

📌 Registered Nurse (Adelaide)
🏢 Calvary Health Care
📍 Adelaide