Employment Vacancy

CARE COORDINATION

• Review handover for designated areas each day and identify any follow up actions required. Communicate these to Registered Nurses or other staff as appropriate.
• Support and facilitate the Registered and Enrolled Nurses to ensure complete holistic, individual assessment of residents.
• Ensure that consumers and nominated representatives are involved in planning care and agreed services.
• Coordinate permanent and respite admissions and discharges with RN’s.
• Coordinate Resident of the Day Assessment schedule.
• Initiate or participate in care pan consultations with consumer and nominated representative/s as appropriate.
• Communicate and collaborate with others to resolve issues related to care, communication, policies and resource allocation.
• Chair the weekly multidisciplinary team meeting and maintain electronic notes of discussions.
• Oversee the wound management governance framework and participate in Wound Special Interest Group meetings.
• Communicate relevant information to nominated representatives as escalated by Registered Nurses, for example open disclosure discussions.
• Monitor medication management system and support staff in its use.
• Escalate to the Facility Manager any incident or change in a consumer’s health status that may indicate a need for increased risk management strategies, e.g. reportable infectious diseases, critical incidents, compulsory reporting events.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Take personal responsibility for updating knowledge base of contemporary nursing issues.
• Attend mandatory training and proactively pursue own professional development.
• Maintain and update knowledge of aged care quality standards, the Capecare Clinical Governance Framework and all associated practices.
• Role model skilled clinical care.
• Proactively support the incorporation of innovative model of practice.
• Develop and deliver both formal and informal education to nurses, carers and other staff as required including On-boarding and Toolbox sessions.
• Serve as a resource to staff and other health professionals in the acquisition of knowledge and skill pertaining to nursing practice.
• Mentor nurses to assist the acquisition of new skills and consolidate their clinical knowledge and practice.

LEADERSHIP AND STAFF MANAGEMENT

• Participate in the recruitment and probation reviews of Registered and Enrolled Nurses, Team Leaders and Care staff.
• Ensure rosters and allocation sheets are up to date and maintained and that staff are qualified to undertake the role they have been allocated.
• Provide constructive guidance and feedback to Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses and Carers and ensure
• immediate action is taken to rectify poor and incorrect care practices by staff under their supervision.
• Participate in performance development and management with the support of the HR team and FM,
• Conduct timely staff performance appraisals .
• Ensure appropriate allocation and supervision of work-experience/ student placements.
• Chair Clinical and Care staff meetings to schedule.
• Assist with the completion and investigation of staff incident forms.