Registered Nurse - Chronic Disease

MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Registered Nurse- Chronic Disease AT BRISBANE WEST NON-PROFIT – SALARIED PT/FT + SALARY SACRIFICE

Join an enthusiastic, caring and collegial team at Inala Primary Care.

Read all about our opportunities here. 

About Us

Inala Primary Care is a well-established general practice with a national reputation for innovation, teamwork and doing the right thing by patients and providers. For over 16 years, we have delivered personalised and comprehensive care to our diverse community in Brisbane’s western suburbs.

Our Vision:

Communities where everyone can realise optimal health and wellbeing through:

• Creating proactive, team-based care which leverages clinical and digital capabilities
• Collaborating closely with local communities and other service providers
• Building whole-person, wrap-around health and social care
• Advocating for new funding and solutions which enable everyone to be their best
• Expanding to a group of three sites over the next 4 years

Why Join IPC?

Community Impact – work in an area of disadvantage, serving a diverse population with complex health issues.

Supportive Environment – Collegiate respect, teamwork and opportunities for personal growth and career development make our practice unique

Comprehensive Care – have time to focus on preventative health, education, and chronic disease management.

Innovation – be part of our Centre of Excellence in Healthy Ageing.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Chronic Disease Registered Nurse, to join our team. Ideally the successful candidate will be committed to lifelong learning and have a passion for making a difference in the lives of patients.

We are flexible with scheduling and can accommodate a part-time role of 3 to 4 days per week. There is no weekend work and the practice’s hours are 8am to 5pm.

Key Capabilities for this role:

Mandatory:

• knowledge of privacy legislation and protocols regarding handling of patient information
• knowledge of patient consent and key Medico Legal Frameworks
• Knowledge of legislation related to the ethical conduct of research
• Current Certificate in CPR
• Current Certificate of Registration
• Current Indemnity Insurance

Key Duties:

• Formulation of GP Management Plans and Team Care Arrangements
• Health Checks e.g. 45–49-year-old and 75+
• Health Reviews and patient education e.g. diabetes, asthma, disability
• Health promotion within dedicated patient consultations and as opportunity permits
• Auditing billing done by GPs to ensure correct Medicare billing
• Reviewing lists, patient letters, reminder calls re: pathology to be done in advance of periodic health reviews
• organising pre-appointment paperwork and subsequent bookings for patients accessing EPC funded services within the practice and externally
• Managing scheduling activity for Annual Cycles of Care.
• Overseeing CVC program

Other responsibilities:

• obtain patient’s consent to participate in research, gather data, samples and other research inputs
• assist with data cleaning to achieve accreditation and screening of patients

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