Registered Nurse - Paediatrics
Job No:
S3381
Location:
Anglicare SQ - Children & Families - Brisbane North, QLD
About the Position
Anglicare’s Children & Families have a long history of providing family and children support services, including family intervention, foster and kinship care, counselling, relationship support and much more. In addition, we are now looking for a Registered Nurse with Paediatrics or Child Health experience to join us on a full time basis, providing assistance to vulnerable families throughout the Brisbane North region.
The Registered Nurse, Paediatrics will model good health practices within the home, assisting families to identify and manage any unmet health and medical needs which are affecting their children’s wellbeing and development, and assist them to engage with health providers to address these needs successfully.
About You
With an already successful career in Nursing, you will be passionate about supporting children and their families to improve wellness and family dynamics. To join the Anglicare team, you will be skilled and experienced in:
- Visiting the homes of vulnerable and/or high risk families and engaging with them to identify needs of the children
- Working in partnership with parents to implement appropriate interventions and services
- Delivering comprehensive health assessments and the development of holistic care plans in relation to at-risk children
- Coordination and management of referrals and case conferencing; care delivery reviews and adjustments
- Providing support and assistance to families in building relationships with local health providers
- Supporting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families, and CALD communities within varying socio-economic situations
Your skills and experience will be coupled with complimentary attributes that include:
- A bright, enthusiastic and dedicated approach to care and client support
- A team player who has the capacity to plan and prioritise your own workload effectively
- Problem solving skills, an innovative approach and ability to think outside the box
- Exceptional capacity to communicate with a range of people including children, parents and other service providers
- Negotiation and influencing skills, with the confidence to present information in a manner well suited to your audience
- Ethical standards, integrity and understanding of the professionalism to maintain confidentiality
- A willingness to visit the homes of families, providing assertive outreach to connect them to health services
- Demonstrated understanding of continuous quality improvement in family services
- A consistent focus on child safety and wellbeing, following best practice procedures
Qualifications and other requirements include:
- A degree in Nursing (or equivalent qualifications and experience to Registered Nurse level)
- Qualifications in Paediatrics, Child Health, Child/Youth Mental Health or similar would be beneficial
- Registration with AHPRA and evidence of current practice
- Blue Card (Working with Children)
- Current National Police Certificate and Licenced Care Service (LCS)
- A current First Aid Certificate with CPR
- Valid Queensland Driver Licence
What We Offer
Anglicare is committed to building a highly skilled workforce, assisted by a dedicated management team. We support our staff with learning and development initiatives, an employee benefits program and progressive human resources management strategies, and are recognised as a leading employer in the non-profit sector. You will also enjoy:
- The ability to increase your take home pay with full PBI salary packaging options
- Working in the community and providing support for some of its most vulnerable people
- Increasing the wellbeing and health of children and parents who are struggling
- Career progression and development in the form of internal and external training
Show Your Interest
Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working with an organisation that values your professional contribution and personal well-being. People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage are strongly encouraged to apply.
JOB NUMBER S3381
For further information please contact
Soraya Shah on 0408 976 942
Applications close Monday 30th April 2018
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.
About Us
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.
Anglicare has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs and is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout Southeast Queensland.