Community Palliative Care Nurse

Employer:  Bellarine Community Health
Location:  Point Lonsdale
Hours:  32 per week
Closing Date:  13 March 2023

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Summary

We are excited to offer this opportunity to join our Specialist Community Palliative Care team to support patients, carers and their families on the Bellarine Peninsula. We operate from Bellarine Community Health at the Point Lonsdale site. 

About the Team 

The purpose of the Community Nursing and Palliative Care Team is to deliver holistic, value-based health care, in a collaborative manner to our diverse community. We enable and empower people to remain in their place of choice.

The BCH Palliative Care service comprises an inter-disciplinary team of a Nurse Practitioner, Specialist Community Palliative Care Nurses and a Family Support Worker. We work in conjunction with BCH Community Nurses and Occupational Therapists with access to Specialist Medical support.

About the role

The Community Palliative Care Nurse will provide complex and supportive evidence based quality care for the person with a life-limiting illness and their carers and family, in the community, within an interdisciplinary care model. The primary aim of the position will be to facilitate a high-quality service provision that is responsive to clients’ need and empowers them to self-manage where appropriate, and to demonstrate highly skilled leadership and clinical expertise in the provision of community-based holistic palliative care.

What is Offered

To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued, we offer the following: 

• Generous salary packaging benefits – you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home
  - Living Expenses capped at $15,900 annually (includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, and rental payments)
   - Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650
• Discounted gym membership at six sites across the region 
• A supportive, positive and inclusive workplace culture 
• Online induction and onsite orientation 
• Generous leave arrangements including annual leave and parental leave 
• Employee assistance program: up to 5 counselling sessions per year

Selection Criteria

We would like to hear from you, if you ...

• Are a Registered Nurse (holding current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia) 
• Have experience in Palliative Care. 
• Hold Post Graduate qualifications in palliative care/or Oncology (or working towards in agreed time frame). 
• Are competent in the use of IT systems, including MS Office and Client Management Systems 
• Can provide professional, accurate and evidence based Palliative Care support and advice to all stakeholders 

Conditions of Employment

• A current National Police Check (within 6 months from date of application) 
• A current Working with Children Check 
• Employee check nominating BCH 
• A current Victorian Driver’s License 
• A current NDIS Worker Screening Check
•  Immunisation status clearance 
• Hepatitis B, MMR, Pertussis and Varicella, COVID-19 Vaccination evidence