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Clinical Nurse

Minda

Are you a passionate, caring and dedicated Clinical Nurse who is focused on making a difference in client care? If so, we are keen to hear from you.

Minda’s mission is to facilitate a lifetime of care, services, and housing for South Australians with cognitive disability, so they can live their best life.

We are a value-based organisation: we work with heart, to create opportunity, operating with respect, to build a community, inspired by empathy.  These values run through the core of each decision for each person we support.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Clinical Nurse to join our dynamic growing team – The Supported Independent Living. The Clinical nurse will provide clinical leadership in nursing practice and ensures maintenance of standards of nursing care.

What’s in it for you?

  • Working for an essential service provider with job security
  • Attractive remuneration including salary packaging and additional benefits
  • Ongoing career development opportunities
  • A sense of value and purpose whilst significantly impacting the lives of the people we support
  • A supportive, highly skilled, and collaborative team environment
  • Flexibility including work life balance and independence
  • On-site gym, car parking and café facilities
  • Company car fleet for community visit

Key Responsibilities:

  • Communicating effectively
  • Supporting person centred practices
  • Delivering direct and comprehensive nursing care and individual case management to consumers in a particular area of nursing practice
  • Carrying out and monitoring reporting, documentation, and administration
  • Achieving outcomes and progress with consumer’s goals
  • Monitoring and adhering to WHS and other relevant legislation and standards and workplace policies and procedures
  • Maintaining quality and practice improvement
  • Leading, monitoring and coaching a team
  • Building and maintaining relationships with consumers, families, other work areas and stakeholders
  • Facilitating participation and inclusion
  • Aligning own and other ways of working with organisational purpose, goals and values

 Key knowledge, attributes, and skills:

  • Sound knowledge of human rights-based approaches to supporting a person with a disability
  • Knowledge of current trends and practices in the Aged and Disability Sectors
  • Knowledge of Aged Care and Disability quality and accreditation standards
  • Experience working in disability or aged care using a person-centred practice approach
  • Experience with leading a team
  • Experience resolving complex people and consumer issues
  • Demonstrated experience in liaising and networking with stakeholders
  • Ability to relate on a personal level with people with intellectual disability
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Computer skills including Microsoft Office suite of software
  • A working understanding of the Aged Care Funding Instrument
  • An innovative and resourceful approach to work
  • Open to change
  • A focus on reflective practice

Key Requirements of the role:

Essential:

  • Registered with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
  • Holds a current and unrestricted practising certificate

Desirable:

  • Postgraduate studies in Gerontology, Disability or other specialty relevant to practice

Clearances and Licenses:

  • National Police Clearance
  • Department of Community and Social Inclusion (DCSI) Clearance Certificate
  • Australian Driver’s License

We are looking for someone who is aligned with our values and is driven to make a positive difference for the people we support. If that sounds like you and you meet the criteria set out above, we would like to hear from you.

How to apply:

To apply select the ‘apply’ button below and you will be redirected to our website where you will then be able view a detailed position description and commence your application.

Confidential enquiries can be made to Cheryl Loh on (08) 8422 6534 or [email protected], using the subject line: Clinical Nurse enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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