• Supporting the South Coast area
• Full-Time Position
• Competitive pay, flexibility & great benefits (such as Salary Packaging)
  About the Role
  The Nurse Practitioner (NP) has a critical role in delivering advanced, holistic, person-centred care to older adults in Uniting Senor Services, including Residential Aged Care and Home and Community Care.
  The NP works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage health conditions, particularly focusing on chronic disease management, preventative health, and complex care needs in the aged care setting. The role also involves leadership in clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, and mentorship of nursing staff to enhance the overall standard of care
  What do we need you to do?

You will have the proven ability to lead and coordinate service strategies in functional areas that include:

• Maintain competence to practice in accordance with national competency standards for the Nurse Practitioner as directed by the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).
• Ensure integration and collaboration across Uniting programs to deliver seamless and impactful end-to-end services with the consumers at the centre
• Develop and promote positive relations with patients, nursing peers, medical practitioners, allied health and community.
• Ensure nursing compliance with federal/state legislation, nursing competency standards, practice policies and procedures.
• Contribute to staff and patient safety systems that meet contemporary clinical standards and Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) requirements.
• Consumer case management within own scope of practice.
• Provide management of long-term conditions / chronic disease management in line with national guidelines and pathways.
• Assess and manage various wounds, coordinating with other healthcare professionals when necessary.
• Oversee monitoring of psychotropic medications; adopting an evidence-based best practice approach to minimising restrictive practice /chemical restraint for Consumers of Aged Care.

What do we need you to bring?

• Ideally, we’re looking for previous experience as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA, including endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner or working towards the same as per the Nursing & Midwifery Board Guidelines on endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Eligibility for access to Medicare benefits scheme and access to pharmaceutical benefits scheme
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Current Class C drivers’ license

Please refer the Job description for details