What you’ll be doing:

As an Enrolled Nurse, you’ll per­form patient cen­tred care under the direc­tion and super­vi­sion of a Reg­is­tered Nurse while being respon­si­ble for deliv­er­ing com­pe­tent evi­dence-based nurs­ing care with­in scope of practice.

Work­ing with­in a rur­al facil­i­ty, this posi­tion relies heav­i­ly on your abil­i­ty to work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with oth­er mem­bers of our mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team. This forms the foun­da­tion of being able to pro­vide safe and reli­able care with­in the dynam­ic health envi­ron­ment of the Black­wa­ter Mul­ti­pur­pose Health Service. 

Our Black­wa­ter Mul­ti-Pur­pose Health Ser­vice (MPHS)

Black­wa­ter MPHS is a 16-bed facil­i­ty incor­po­rat­ing 4 aged care beds, pro­vid­ing acute inpa­tient, acci­dent and emer­gency, phar­ma­cy, out­pa­tient and urgent radi­ol­o­gy ser­vices to the community.

• Vis­it­ing allied health ser­vices include podi­a­try, speech pathol­o­gy and occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­py as well as adult and youth psy­chi­atric services.
• Com­mu­ni­ty health clin­ics include ante­na­tal, dietet­ics, child health, dia­bet­ic, immu­ni­sa­tion and women’s health.
• Cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion as an Enrolled Nurse with the Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Agency (AHPRA) and a cur­rent annu­al prac­tis­ing cer­tifi­cate are manda­to­ry for this position.
• Diplo­ma in Nurs­ing: Enrolled Nurse or equiv­a­lent is manda­to­ry for this position.
• Abil­i­ty to com­pre­hen­sive­ly observe and imple­ment nurs­ing care in con­junc­tion with or under the del­e­ga­tion of the Reg­is­tered Nurse.
• Con­tri­bu­tion to con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment in care delivery.
• Proven ver­bal and writ­ten com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills.
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work as a team mem­ber in a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary envi­ron­ment to achieve organ­i­sa­tion­al goals for patient-cen­tred care.

What we’re look­ing for:

• Demon­strate com­mit­ment to per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and ensure that skills and knowl­edge relat­ing to work remain current.

What’s on offer:

Total remu­ner­a­tion val­ue of up to $83,747 p.a. is com­prised of:

• A salary between $34.88 — $37.01 p.h..
• 12.75% employ­er super­an­nu­a­tion contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Oth­er Ben­e­fits Include:

• Gen­er­ous Salary Sacrificing
• Access to paid parental leave 
• Our Employ­ee Assis­tance Pro­gram (EAP)
• Cor­po­rate mem­ber­ship discounts
• Access to the Fit­ness Passport 

Vac­cine Pre­ventable Dis­eases (VPD) Requirements:
It is a con­di­tion of employ­ment for this role for the employ­ee to be, and remain, vac­ci­nat­ed against vac­cine pre­ventable dis­eases as list­ed on the Role Description.

How to Apply:
To sub­mit your appli­ca­tion / expres­sion of inter­est, please include:

• Your cur­rent CV or resume, includ­ing referees.

• A short 1 to 2 page cov­er let­ter out­lin­ing how your expe­ri­ence, abil­i­ties and knowl­edge align with the organ­i­sa­tion­al val­ues, account­abil­i­ties and ​“How you will be Assessed” sec­tion of the Role Description.
• Include any addi­tion­al forms / evi­dence as attached or list­ed on the Role Description.