Registered Nurse - Aged Care

🕛Full Time and Part Time positions available 🕒
👩‍⚕️Permanent or Fixed Term (6 – 12 months) – let us know what suits you best! 🧑‍⚕️
💲Salary packaging, allowances, annual leave loading, childcare discount + more!💲

About Us

Rural Care Australia (RCA) is a community-owned, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to delivering intergenerational services across the township of Merbein, Victoria.  We operate Chaffey Aged Care, a 100-bed residential aged care facility, and Generations Early Learning, a 72-place long early years’ service which is one of Australia’s first shared site Intergenerational Early Learning services.

About the Position

Join our passionate and dedicated team of Registered Nurses at Chaffey Aged Care, where you’ll make a real impact on residents' lives. We’re looking for motivated nurses who inspire others and share our commitment to exceptional care and community. If you're driven by purpose and ready for meaningful work, we’d love to hear from you! Here’s what your day as an RN at Chaffey Aged Care could look like:

👓Overseeing and delivering excellent person-centred resident care in relation to management of diabetes, wounds, infections, pain and medications that meets the needs of the residents and their families

📒Delivering professional healthcare by conducting thorough assessments contributing to comprehensive care plans and their evaluations with residents

👵👴Enhancing resident wellbeing by delivering personalised care that aligns with industry requirements and individual needs

🔗Being the go-to trusted liaison for residents, their families, and representatives in regards to their care and wellbeing.

👩‍⚕️Providing expert clinical advice and clinical leadership for EN’s, PCA’s and CSA’s across shifts, modelling effective assessment, case management, care planning, care coordination, care implementation and review using a person centred approach.

💊 Delivering treatment solutions in relation chronic health conditions, wound care, infections, pain management and medication management and delivery.

📝Maintaining accurate documentation relating to the residents care and well-being

🥼Liaising with Medical Officers and allied health representatives regarding resident care

🦺 Liaising with relevant key stakeholders for critical notifications and incidents and assume a first responder role and facility representative for all emergencies

🙌 Collaborating with EN’s, CSA’s and PCA’s in the delivery of care, hygiene, mobility, meal management, emotional support, medical equipment management and dementia support to residents in line with our organisations vision, mission and values

📈Following legislative, industry and organisational standards as it relates to quality, resident outcomes, care outcomes & minutes, infection control, storage & administering of medications and occupational health and safety

😀Above all, bringing a cheerful attitude and compassionate approach to every interaction with residents.

Work across our rotating roster with shift options for:

🌅Morning – 07:00am – 15:00pm
🌇Afternoon – 14:00pm – 22:00pm
🌌Evening – 21:30pm – 07:30am

About You

As our next Registered Nurse, you’re excited to bring the following qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience to our team:

✔️A Bachelor of Nursing or international equivalent

✔️Up to date registration with the Australian Health Professional Registration Agency with nil findings or restrictions.

✔️A solid understanding of best practice, evidence-based care, and consumer-directed care within an aged-care environment

✔️Proven leadership capabilities, communication skills and interpersonal abilities when collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and residents

✔️Diligent record keeping skills, coupled with a confidence in utilising aged-care specific software applications such as MANAD and MedSig (or similar)

✔️Responsive, reliable and dependable in nature

✔️Commitment to delivering individualised, compliant and compassionate care to residents at all times

✔️Demonstrated knowledge of the Aged Care Act, mandatory reporting obligations, the Australian Aged Care Quality Standards, and the Aged Care Funding Instrument will come highly regarded

✔️Confidence in – and ability to - act in the After-Hours Coordinator role as rostered.

 

Benefits

We celebrate and reward our amazing team members who go above and beyond every day for residents and colleagues — Our benefits offering is strong and continually growing. As a Registered Nurse, here are the benefits that we have in store for you:

• 🕒Part-time and full-time positions available – choose what works best for you!
• 🕛Fixed-term and permanent options available – choose what works best for you!
• 💵Generous annual salary packaging options to reduce your taxable income and increase your take home pay including:
• 💰packaging up to $15, 899 of your salary towards loans, credit card repayments, school fees, rent and bills
• 💰packaging of an additional $2,650 of your salary via a meal and entertainment card or sit-down dining and holiday/accommodation expenses.
• 👌Attractive above award salaries depending on your qualifications and experience
• 💲Generous Allowances – boost your salary with our RN specific allowances including higher duties allowance when working after hours coordinator shifts, qualification allowance, PM and night duty shift penalties/allowances, uniform allowance, laundry allowance, on call allowance, + more!
• 🚚 Relocation support available for permanent appointments - Experience a tree change and thrive an affordable lifestyle in a growing community
• 🚗 Free onsite parking
• 🏫🚸 Onsite childcare with priority enrolment and discounts for the children of our employees
• 🧳17.5% annual leave loading to maximise your salary and encourage the use of recreational leave
• 🏦Salary packaging via additional pre-tax superannuation contributions and novated leasing options
• ⛈️ 📚 Additional leave provisions such as blood donors leave, extreme weather events leave, ceremonial leave and 5 days of examination/assessment leave per year
• 🤧Increased personal/sick leave provided based on tenure with RCA
• 📞Access to a private and confidential Employee Assistance Program.

 

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and respond to the application questions via the ‘Apply Now’ button on SEEK. We look forward to receiving your application!

Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 23rd February 2025.

More Information

For a confidential discussion in relation to the position contact Jashandeep Kaur – Manager, Clinical Operations.
For more information in relation to the recruitment process please contact our recruitment team.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels free to be their true selves. We believe that every voice matters, all cultures are valued, and diverse perspectives are not just welcomed—they are essential to our success. We treat each other with fairness, respect, and dignity, regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other unique trait that makes us who we are.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process (or employment) due to experiencing a disability, impairment, injury or incapacitation, please reach out to let us know how we can assist you.

We are committed to providing a culturally safe recruitment process and working environment for First Nations People. If you require any cultural considerations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process (or employment) , please reach out to let us know how we can assist you.