Employment Type: Fixed Term
Hours: 24 hours per week
Salary: As per current EBA
Location: Mercy Palliative Care
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Vikki McGrath Acting Nurse Unit Manager [email protected]
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
Mercy Palliative Care is a 24 hour community-based palliative care service providing in home care to patients of all ages with life limiting illnesses. Our services covers the North and West Metropolitan region of Melbourne which incorporates seven municipalities including: Brimbank, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Melton, Moonee Valley, Hobson Bay and Wyndham.
Our multi-disciplinary team including Doctors, Nurses and Allied Health is committed to providing holistic care to patients and their family ensuring they experience the best quality of life while addressing their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Our aim is to deliver quality patient care with focus on symptom management while providing support to patient and their families to relieve the psychological, financial and emotional burden during the palliative phase.
We are seeking a compassionate and highly motivated Registered Nurse Educator to join our Education team in co-ordinating specialist palliative care education to our multidisciplinary staff, including students and graduate nurses all while working within the values of Mercy Health.
What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will:
- Demonstrate care and compassion to people living with a terminal condition and dying as well as supporting carers
- Be respectful and inclusive of the patient’s values, beliefs and cultural diversity.
- Provide patient-centred and holistic care including comprehensive assessment and ongoing review of patient’s needs with focus on anticipating future needs
- Demonstrate strong clinical decision making skills
- Plan and coordinate referrals to appropriate services relating to end of life care
- Engage with key stakeholders both internally and externally adhering to policy and procedures related to the care of patients
- Work within the multidisciplinary team and have a close relationship with the education team at Werribee Mercy Hospital.
Have a strong desire to educate and support the ongoing learnings of the staff at Mercy Palliative Care including student and graduate nursing support and co-ordination.
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
- Certificate 4 in training and assessment or working towards.
- A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check
- Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
- Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with no restrictions
- Driver’s License with no restrictions
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.
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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
Skills Required
- Registered Nurse registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with no restrictions
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, or currently working toward it
- Current Police Record Check
- Working with Children Check
- Current influenza vaccination and other vaccinations required under public health orders
- Unrestricted driver's licence
What We Do
Mercy Health is an Australian for-purpose healthcare and community-services organisation founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It provides acute and subacute hospital care, residential and home aged care, seniors living, mental health and palliative care, specialist women’s and newborn health, early parenting programs, and workforce training. The organisation operates across Australia and employs more than 10,000 people, with a mission centered on compassionate, person-centred care.
