About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability experience to apply.    

About the Role

Provide high quality clinical services to clients in aged care, disability and mental health services as part of a professional multi-disciplinary team.

This position is being offered on a permanent, full time basis and can be based at our Milton or Shailer Park offices. 

The successful candidate for this position will be required to travel to other locations across QLD as required.

Our preferred candidate will hold current registration and some management experience in disability or aged care.

Key Responsibilities

• Holistic clinical support of complex and high-risk clients
• Community aged care funding uplift through PAS completion and cognitive supplement application
• Funding application support to various subsidy schemes
• Clinical practice guidance where required
• Training support for High Intensity Skills
• Review of service capacity and service development

 Skills & Experience

• Recognised Degree Qualification in Nursing and current Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
• Current Drivers licence
• Significant experience working with people with people with a disability who have high support medical needs.
• Current knowledge and demonstrated experience of clinical practice in the area of health planning.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role). 

Benefits 

• Competitive base salary + vehicle allowance ($12,000 FTE)
• Access to salary packaging benefits through Maxxia
• Mobile phone and laptop
• Discounts on health insurance, motor vehicle servicing, and travel club membership

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact  [email protected] with the subject heading ‘RN – QLD enquiry via EthicalJobs’.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. If you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview. 

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).