Job Description

Permanent Role for 2 Registered Nurses, Community In-Home Aged Care

Do you enjoy meeting older people and helping them improve their wellbeing and re-enabling them?  Do you know in your heart that most older people are happiest when they remain living in their own comfortable & secure home? 

Due to expansion, we have 2 full-time positions for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our team. Equally, we can be flexible for the right nurse, with the right skill set.  You could work shorter days e.g. 10am to 4pm or work 3, or 4 days a week. 

The role is to guide our clients to live their best life, for all their days by:

• Doing a comprehensive assessment of new clients, using clinically validated tools; 


• Based on the ACAT Assessment and your assessments, conduct risk-assessments and write a care plan for their Government Funded Home Care Package funding, including strategies to reduce/ manage risk and achieve their goals; 


• Conduct face to face reviews of clients’ health updating their clinical assessments; and discuss the achievement of their wellness and re-enabling goals and set new goals.

Daughterly Care Community Services is a leading provider of in-home care which enables older people to stay in their own home for all their life. We started 22 years ago as a dementia specialist care company and we are highly recommended.

The successful candidate:

• This is a community role, so you are willing to drive to client homes to inform/educate/sign-up Government Funded Clients with a Home Care Package (HCP).


• Ability to liaise with hospital-based health professionals, GPs and independent allied health professionals and advocate for clients;


• Good knowledge of the health needs of clients living with a dementia, Parkinson’s and other age-related conditions;


• Have a scope of practice such that you can provide clinical nursing services such as wound care (skin tears, pressure areas & complex wounds) and medication administration as determined by the Palliative Care Dr or their GP / Specialist; and


• Able to work as part of a team.

Essentials:

• Current AHPRA Registration, Registered Nurse, Division 1 General –with at least 3 years’ experience.


• Excellent computer skills using Outlook to book appointments and write care plans and reviews in Word;


• A current driver's licence;


• Strong ability to communicate with clients, their families, their health professionals and our Registered Nurses, Management and Care Managers;


• You must be self-driven & self-managing


• You must be a great communicator with Care Managers and Management.


• You must have a warm, calm, empathetic personality and driven to make a difference to lives of older adults wanting to remain in their home for all their days.

Why work for Daughterly Care?

We passionately care about helping older people remain in their own comfortable home for life. 

We provide our clients with a small team of trained Caregivers and Nurses so we truly deliver relationship-based care of the highest order. 

We care like daughters.

We provide a car, iPad and iPhone.

Our modern office overlooks Narrabeen Lake and is a short walk to Narrabeen beach for whale watching or a swim.  There is free street parking. 

We prefer you to apply via JOBSTAR so click on APPLY.  Please no agencies.

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