Registered Nurse - Night Duty

• Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits
• Bupa Health Insurance & Goodlife Health Club discounts
• Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay
• 5 Permanent Part Time Night Duty available

• Week 1: Saturday - Monday (1010pm - 0730am)
• Week 2: Tuesday - Wednesday (1010pm - 0730am)

• Leading and supervising support provision for daily living in accordance with each residents care/ service plan
• Leading and promoting social and physical engagement in all resident interactions
• Assessing resident’s condition and functional ability and ensuring risks are identified, managed and evaluated, discussed with relevant staff/each resident or representatives and included in their care and service planning
• Ensuring optimal use of medications, monitoring for adversity and administering in a timely and safe manner
• Providing leadership, direction, support, mentoring and coaching to Personal Carers, Enrolled Nurses, Hotel Service staff, Lifestyle, Maintenance and Administration staff on each shift
• Ensuring there is a clear and succinct handover from shift to shift and relevant documentation in the 7 day handover sheet correlate with the progress notes, alert notification form, care plan suggested change forms and risk management plans
• Ensuring all staff read and comply with all policies, procedures and work instructions relevant to them

• Bachelor of Nursing with current AHPRA registration as an Registered Nurse
• At least 1-2 years of experience working as an Registered Nurse in an Aged Care Environment
• Sound communication skills with a level of English literacy that enables you to speak in a manner that older people can understand, as well as the ability to read written instructions and to write clearly and concisely particularly in progress notes
• Exceptional time management skills to manage own workload to meet deadlines and to support other staff
• Outstanding problem solving skills to balance supporting resident’s desire for independence and self determination to make their own choices against potential risks and duty of care
• High level understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours
• Understanding of how to apply AN-ACC to ensure optimum levels of funding are achieved
• Excellent contemporary best practice clinical knowledge including of medicines used in aged care
• Excellent knowledge of the Aged Care Standards particularly as they relate to accreditation

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