Position Summary
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- Be part of a professional, friendly and dedicated team who take pride in providing quality consumer focused care.
- Enjoy a role in a dynamic environment whilst being part of a supported team
- Continue to develop your own professional knowledge and skills in this 24 hour per fortnight role
About the facility
Barwon Health offers Residential Aged Care Services at Alan David Lodge in Grovedale where we offer focused professional development with dedicated nursing educators, set within new state-of-the-art facilities. Alan David Lodge is a 108 bed home located just minutes away from the vibrant and picturesque Victorian Coastline. Barwon Health’s Residential Aged Care program has a full and varied Lifestyle Program and we encourage you to maintain a good level of activity and socialisation
Providing the ageing population with a safe and accessible environment and quality care is a priority for our aged care staff. To ensure accountability, all services that offer residential aged care services must report on their performance against the five public sector residential aged care quality indicators:
• Pressure ulcers
• Use of restraint
• Multiple medication use
• Falls and fractures
• Unplanned weight loss
About the role
Are you a medication endorsed Enrolled Nurse with energy and adaptability looking to join a friendly team based at Victoria’s 2014 People in Health Award Winner? Do you have a passion for aged care nursing and are dedicated to consumer centred care? Barwon health’s Alan David Lodge has an opportunity not to be missed. You will be responsible for the provision of consumer focused holistic nursing care in order to achieve desired health outcomes and well-being. At Alan David Lodge, we offer focused professional development with dedicated nursing educators, set within state-of-the-art facilities.
Your role will be within this dynamic and challenging unit where teamwork is paramount. You must have highly developed interpersonal skills as well as sound communication skills both verbal and written. Previous aged care experience is desirable.
About the culture
Our staff thrive in a challenging environment, get enjoyment from being part of a highly recognised and skilled team and truly believe they have the opportunities to be their best. Most importantly our dedicated staff live the Barwon Health way with our values under pinning all that we do.
Barwon Health staff benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Centrally located at University Hospital, only minutes from the vibrant waterfront
- Our Commitment to Child Safety
- Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
- Aboriginal Employment Plan
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Other information
- At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
- Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
- At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
- We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.
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