Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Registered Nurse to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Creates and maintains positive relationships with care recipients, colleagues and visitors;
• Attends to complex wound procedures;
• Conducts care recipient assessments either as scheduled or when a change in care recipients health status indicates;
• Develops and evaluates care plans to improve care recipients care in consultation with care recipients and their representatives;
• Organise and attend medical practitioners’ or allied health professionals’ visits as required;
• Oversees care delivery to care recipients with complex and chronic health problems;
• Participate in continuous improvement activities in maintaining a high standard of care;
• Provide support and mentoring to new team members, and acts as a resource as required;
• Maintain close observation daily on the condition and behaviour of the residents;
• Follow all administrative protocols as required;
• Maintains efficient and effective documentation systems where required;
• Ensures safe medication management systems in line with legislative guidelines and standards;
• Ensure all observations are carried out as scheduled or as when necessary and maintain in the records;
• Carry out and supervise the daily treatment for residents as ordered.

Requirements:

• Ability to follow direction and strive to a high level and excellence and accuracy in your work;
• Excellent team players with a positive attitude and flexible work ethic;
• Demonstrate a commitment to our values and delivering the best person-centred care to our community and residents;
• Minimum 2 years experience as a RN (Health and/or Aged care experience will be considered);
• Demonstrate leadership skills and experience;
• Organization skills, knowledge of systems/processes;
• Emergency Department and intensive care experience will be highly regarded;
• A positive outlook and passion for aged care;
• Good communication skills;
• Sound knowledge of ACFI and Quality processes;
• Current Manual Handling Certificate;
• Current AHPRA registration;
• Proven Ventilator experience is highly desirable;
• Current Police Check;
• Advanced Life Support.