About the role:
We are seeking a committed Registered Nurse to join our dedicated residential team at our 87-bed facility in Busselton. In this role, you will play a key part in helping residents pursue their unique personal goals and passions, ensuring they lead full and meaningful lives. You’ll have the opportunity to understand what matters most to each resident and collaborate with families, the multidisciplinary team, and allied health professionals to ensure their needs are met.
Your duties will include providing leadership and directly supervising Enrolled Nurses and Care Partners. You’ll ensure that care is delivered in line with the residents' clinical needs and their care plans, promoting consistency in care by delegating tasks and offering guidance. You will empower your team by ensuring they work within their scope and provide care to the highest standards. As a leader, you will set an example by implementing evidence-based clinical practices according to Baptistcare policies and AHPRA standards.
Additionally, you will develop and monitor care plans for each resident, utilising information gathered from assessments and regular communication with residents, their families, GPs, and allied health professionals. Your role will also include ensuring the delivery of high-quality clinical and allied health services, helping residents live their best lives while working as part of a collaborative and compassionate team.
Why Join Us?
At BaptistCare, we value our employees and foster a positive, inclusive work environment. We offer competitive salaries, tax-free salary packaging, discounted gym memberships, and novated car leasing. Benefit from our health and wellbeing initiatives, including free counselling, spiritual support, and nutrition advice. Advance your career with study assistance up to $3000 per year and access to learning and development programs and courses like LinkedIn Learning!
About you:
You are a qualified Registered Nurse with tertiary qualifications in Nursing and current registration with AHPRA. Experience in aged care or community services is highly regarded, along with a solid background in dementia support. You have a strong understanding of care assessment and provision within the aged and health care sectors, ensuring that you provide the highest standard of care to those you serve. Your ability to connect with the aged care population is evident in your empathy, understanding, and respect for their needs. Additionally, you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, enabling you to work effectively with residents, their families, and multidisciplinary teams.
About Us
BaptistCare is a leading for-purpose Christian-based care organisation that supports thousands of people across more than 100 locations in NSW, ACT and WA. From humble beginnings in 1944, BaptistCare has grown into one of the nation’s most respected care and community services providers. We create strong and caring communities and place people at the centre of all we do.
About Busselton
Busselton is situated 220kms (140 mi) south of Perth and is a developing town with a shire population of over 41,000 with a small airport flying directly to Perth and upcoming plans for direct flights to the East Coast of Australia. Considered the 'events capital of WA' there is always a festival or celebration happening in Busselton. Known for its famous jetty (the longest in the Southern Hemisphere), Busselton offers much more to it’s visitors that just beautiful beaches and tourism hot spots; it offers great shopping facilities, schools, sporting clubs all in addition to a blissfully laid-back lifestyle. To find out more about this location please visit More about Busselton
Unfortunately, we are currently not offering sponsorship opportunities at this time.
How to Apply
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts.
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.
Successful applications will be subject to a variety of background checks including, Pre Employment Medical, reference checks, police background check via our online system or NDIS check.
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