Clinical Nurse
Core
Provide expert clinical leadership, guidance, and support to care staff to ensure safe, high-quality, resident-centred care in an aged care facility.
Role type
Senior Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
Builds
Resident care plans, clinical assessments, and quality improvement initiatives for elderly residents.
Domain
Healthcare / Aged Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Complex clinical decision-making, care planning, clinical assessments, documentation, mentoring, compliance with accreditation standards, ACFI assessments, multidisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Person-centred care delivery, risk management, workplace health and safety
Technologies
Clinical documentation systems
Responsibilities
Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in the management of complex resident care needs; Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of resident care plans; Complete comprehensive and accurate clinical assessments and documentation; Support staff orientation, mentoring, clinical supervision and ongoing professional development; Assist in ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, legislation and clinical governance requirements; Support accurate and timely ACFI assessments to ensure optimal funding outcomes.