We have a great opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our amazing Health team, supporting people seeking asylum in Australia. You will work with a small team of Nurses to provide health assessments and ongoing health management support for people seeking asylum. The role works within a nurse-led model and in collaboration with other ASC Services and Engagement programs and agency partners in the sector.

This is a permanent, part-time position, working 2 days per week based in Newtown. Ideally, the successful applicant will be available to work Monday and Tuesday.

Responsibilities

• Conduct health screenings within a nurse-led model, using standardised assessment tools
• Coordinate and provide care for individuals/families in partnership with GP’s and relevant agencies, including follow-up, advocacy and case management of health referrals/cases
• Coordinate health care planning with individuals and link with appropriate internal/external health professionals
• Promote social connection and integration through referrals to established support services and programs
• Regularly provide advice and up-to-date health information to ASC staff and people seeking asylum, with the goal of improving and promoting health literacy
• Work collaboratively with staff and volunteers in other ASC service delivery programs
• Liaise and regularly communicate with a wider network of health support systems - including but not limited to: interpreter services, specialist services, GP’s, allied and community health, mental health, torture and trauma counsellors, radiology and pathology
• Maintain effective relationships with specialist refugee and asylum seeker support agencies
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with local health districts, primary health networks and other mainstream health providers.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

Essential

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in clinical nursing
• Current AHPRA nursing registration
• Demonstrated clinical assessment skills
• Ability to work independently & within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to work with clients within a trauma-informed care framework
• Effective communication skills, including report writing, negotiation and conflict resolution
• Experience working with interpreters in a cross-cultural environment
• Commitment to social justice and issues of access and equity in health
• Intermediate to advanced computer literacy
• Venipuncture skills
• Demonstrated experience with wound management, minor procedures and external referrals
• Experience liaising with doctors, nursing staff and multidisciplinary ASC teams
• Experience contributing to the general management of practice

Desirable

• Lived experience as a refugee or person seeking asylum
• Understanding of the complex issues faced by people seeking asylum in Australia
• Experience working with people with mental health conditions
• Immunisation certificate
• Experience with cold chain management
• Bilingual or multilingual skills

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

ASC is an inclusive organisation. We embrace all that makes us different and recognise the benefits that these differences make. We are committed to supporting and ensuring a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of seeking asylum, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to our people

ASC is committed to developing and supporting our employees through a range of opportunities and benefits, including:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program
• Leave Loading of 17.5%
• Paid Parental Leave program
• Bonus Paid Leave over the December-January Holiday Season
• Salary packaging option (up to $15,900/year tax-free)
• Meal and Entertainment packaging option (up to $2,650/year tax-free)

APPLY NOW

Please contact Ian McGillivray, Head of People & Culture, via [email protected] for a copy of the position description.

To apply, please click "Apply now" and upload your resume and cover letter which directly addresses the key selection criteria listed above.

Applications close on the listed date.

Please direct all enquiries to [email protected] using the subject line: Registered Nurse enquiry.