Enrolled Nurse

About the role

Mercy Community are on the search for an Enrolled Nurse to join our Residential Aged Care Facility based in Townsville. This is a Permanent Part-time role with the opportunity to join a highly experienced, passionate and resident focused team.

With the support of our Registered Nurses, as our Enrolled Nurse, you will be responsible for leading the team to provide the highest quality of care to all people by providing opportunity for those receiving care to live as independently as possible and function to their greatest potential whilst promoting autonomy and self-esteem. Our Nudgee Residential Aged Care Facility is guided by our fabulous and well experienced Facility Manager and Clinical Team. Nudgee is a one unified community that extends across 4 single-level buildings surrounded by gardens for residents, families and staff to relax.

This role involves but not limited to -

• Assist residents with medications where delegated, within scope of practice in the PROC Medication Management, and referral of all concerns and decisions relating to medication administration to the Registered Nurse
• Assessing and monitoring residents' physical and emotional well-being
• Observing vitals and reporting changes to Registered Nurse and/or supervisor
• Support the planning of the team for the shift by identifying prioritized activities and appropriate resources
• Plan daily to adapt to changing circumstances and support the team to develop preparedness and capacity to respond flexibly to agreed priorities
• Support the development of Care strategies and plans to enable the resident’s choices, priorities, and care needs to be clearly documented
• Listen, interpret and consult with others communicating proactively

About you:

• Registration with AHPRA as an Enrolled Nurse
• Experience in leading a team and supervising staff
• Be an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, visa holder with no work restrictions
• Able to work a variety of shifts across a 7-day roster. Availability to work Monday to Friday across all shifts (including night shifts), is required

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families, young people and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

At Mercy Community, we support our employees to reach for opportunities both within their area of expertise as well as in a new field. Build a career with us and explore the possibilities of moving upwards into leadership roles or discover a new location across our broad geographic footprint.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our employee assistance program
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $156 if you need both cards!
• For annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

APPLY NOW! Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date so not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.