Healthcare, Healthcare Nursing

St Helens, Australia

This residential facility is a spacious facility on the East Coast of Tasmania. They are currently seeking a Registered Nurse

FUNCTION:

• To ensure the direct care needs of clients are met, through the implementation, oversight and continuous evaluation of care plans and individualised nursing needs of clients.
• Supervision and direction of other enrolled and registered nurses, personal care attendants and support workers
• To work within the philosophy of the organisation to achieve the highest possible standard of care delivery to residents
• Contribute to the maintenance of residential care standards required to achieve accreditation

• Maintain and ensure full compliance with all accreditation outcomes.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for consumers according to accepted nursing
• practice and standards
• Work in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams, and co
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• ordinate the care of consumers
• Provide interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitor responses to
• treatment
• Review, update and clarify each client’s care plan
• Promote health and assists in preventing ill health, by participating in training and other relevant
• activities
• Answer questions and provides information to clients and families about treatment and care,
• within your scope of practice

• Delivery of high-quality care to clients
• Assistance in overseeing specialised nursing needs to clients
• Accurate documentation of resident needs in assessments, care plans and progress notes
• Following of care plans in the delivery of care to all clients
• Oversee, update, reassess and ensure the accurate implementation of all care related
• documentation – e.g. care plans, assessments, wound charts, palliative care plans etc
• Ensuring clients choice is maintained in care delivery by providing appropriate assistance with
• personal care in accordance with care plans
• Ensuring clients independence is maintained in care delivery
• Ensuring clients are prepared for all appointments, outings and activities
• Reporting of care need changes to the Clinical Care Coordinator
• Prompt assistance is given to residents when it is requested
• Assistance provided to doctors when required
• Identify trends in care needs e.g. infections and reporting of same including client evaluations
• Acting at all times to protect the rights of residents, including confidentiality, privacy, individual
• choice and decision making

• Completion of medication competency requirements
• Safe delivery of medication to residents
• Following of all policies and procedures relating to medication
• Ability to identify medication incidents and accurately report same

• Assist with the maintenance of a document control system throughout the facility that demonstrates continuous improvement and meets the requirement of accreditation
• Maintain accurate documentation notes, assessments and care plans
• Demonstrate accuracy and efficiency in the submission of documentation to relevant government
• departments within appropriate time frames, where required

• Communicate effectively with care recipients, showing patience, tolerance and understanding
• Demonstrate a high degree of effective teamwork
• Respect and maintain privacy and a high degree of confidentiality in relation to all dealings with staff, clients and others and in relation to the organisation

• Organise time and workload to allow for maximum work productivity in the time allocated
• Use safely and economically all equipment and supplies necessary to complete duties
• Work unsupervised as required

• Ensure personal work practices comply with the organisational work, health and safety policies and…