Registered Nurse - Community Practice

LocationAsquith, NSW, Australia

At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Join us and make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, and to grow your career as part of our alliance of great minds. Our shared values are Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.

We are seeking dynamic and enthusiastic Registered Nurses to revolutionise the way we deliver client care. Bringing your passion for improving client outcomes and dedication to excellence, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to elevate the standard of healthcare practices. This group home located in Hornsby has clients with complex health care needs, and offers a supportive work environment where your ideas are celebrate and hard work is rewarded!

The Role:

Plan for, implement and monitor long term preventative health care measures for ten clients with complex health care needs

Perform daily tasks such as intermuscular injections, complex wound care, colostomy/urostomy care/ileostomy/catheter care, medication administration including via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, tracheostomy care, nebuliser application.

Support the House Manager to supervise Disability Support Practitioners' understanding and implementation of client health care plans

Work with other Registered Nurses on site to develop innovative preventative health care initiatives that can also be rolled out across other homes in the community

Set up and maintain regular GP clinics

Benefits of the role:

No overnight shifts and stable, regular work hours

Permanent part-time or casual roles to suit your lifestyle!

Shifts include 6:30am-2:30pm and/or 2pm-10pm across Mon-Sun.

Supportive team and management

On the job ongoing clinical support and supervision from an inhouse Clinical Nurse Consultant

Ongoing Disability Awareness training provided

Opportunities to progress to House Manager leadership position in Registered Nurse capacity

Opportunity to trial clinical education sessions for frontline staff

Why join CPA?

Wellbeing allowance - $100 per year so you can have a massage on us!

Fitness passport - access to gyms at greater reduced costs

Attractive not-for-profit salary packaging for permanent staff

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave

Essential Requirements:

Relevant degree in Nursing

Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA

Ability and drive to support frontline workers with their understanding and implementation of client health care plans

Demonstrated good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships through communication with a variety of different stakeholders

A role model in the provision of person-centred care to clients

An understanding of the rights of people with disability

Current driver's licence

Desirable but not essential skills

Demonstrated skills across a wide range of most evidence-based practice and the management of complex client support needs

Significant clinical experience, can be provided under clinical supervision on the job

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a high level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.

CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience. We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA.

Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.

CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles.

How to Apply

Please click 'Apply' to complete your application. If you have any questions about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process please contact

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