Calvary Home Care - Adelaide

Community Registered Nurses – Stoma Nurse

• Make a difference at one of Australia’s leading health care providers
• Generous salary packaging benefits, ongoing professional development and supportive team environment
• Join one of Adelaide's largest growing clinical community teams 

 About the role

As a member of the Calvary Home Care team and as an experienced RN, you will provide care to high acuity clients from various short term/long terms programs. You will provide complex care to all clients by working both independently and as part of a team. Some of our benefits include but are not limited to are, AM/PM shifts, Fulltime work and ongoing education/Training. As a community Stoma nurse, you will provide high quality patient education and care in the comfort of a client’s home.

 Key Responsibilities

• Administration of IV, IM, SC and PO medications
• Provide complex wound care
• Accurate/ Timely documentation in all client records.
• Appropriate communication within the clinical team to ensure care is provided.
• Complete initial assessments/develop care plans to ensure best outcome for our clients.
• Monitor and update care plans to ensure appropriate care is provided
• Deliver education to client and families to enable best possible outcome.
• Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration, with appropriate escalation.
• Promoting best practice and initiating quality improvement activities

What you bring 

• Current AHPRA Nursing
• Minimum 2 year acute experience, community experience desirable
• NDIS Clearance (or willingness to obtain one)
• Police Clearance with in 6months (or willingness to obtain one)
• Use of own car – KM allowance provided
• Full drivers licence, Reliable and comprehensively insured car
• CPR and Manual handling
• A desire to join a team committed to the care of others in a mission based organisation
• Post graduate qualifications in Stomal Therapy Nursing

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter. 

With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.

Your benefits: 

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
• Paid parental leave 
• Professional membership to APNA, paid for by Calvary 
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you

As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.

Please note the following:

• As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role
• You will be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role including influenza, tuberculosis screening, hepatitis, diphtheria, tetanus, varicella