Experienced Home Care Division 1 Registered Nurses
Job Description
ABOUT WATTLETREE HEALTH GROUP
Wattletree Health Group is a nurse owned and driven provider of nursing services in the home care space.
We have an amazing team and even more amazing clients. It’s a privilege to do the work we do, and this role will be perfect for someone ready to leverage their current nursing skills and client-focused approach on our mission to continued growth and thriving reputation in this space. This is nursing care at its best.
Our model of care is a preventative approach. Our goal is to minimise hospitalisation visits for issues that can be addressed and resolved in the home care space, given the right expertise and management. We aim to minimise risk and harm to the client, aligned with informed decisions and best outcomes.
The ‘Wattletree Way’ is a comprehensive, holistic approach to expert nursing care that allows our team to journey with our clients, with the inherent understanding that human function across the ages is never ‘set and forget’ or static, that we adapt our care to the client’s needs and show up for them when and how they need us to. We deep dive into the possibilities of reversible causes and commit to supporting them via face-to-face visits and telehealth contact. We exercise our full scope of nursing practice to collaborate with other clinicians and physicians to achieve the best outcomes possible.
Our nurses want us to tell you:
“It’s the nursing you were trained for, in the perfect environment, to challenge you, problem solve and action and implement all that you know. We don’t punch in and punch out; we are making a massive difference by bridging that gap of thorough care every day,“CF, Wattletree RN team member since October 2022.
Home & Community Nursing is the NOW and the future of our health care. Nursing in the community is changing…we are here to educate, innovate and demonstrate to the community that nursing is not the task driven service they are settling for. Our team is that difference…shining our torch on our clients with the Wattletree Way of service they are deserving of.
ABOUT THE ROLE
On the road in your own car, mobile nursing service delivery to home & community care clients across Melbourne’s metropolitan area. You will see clients for assessments, wound care, clinical reviews, continence and catheter care, palliative and end of life care, dementia support, NDIS complex care management, client and carer education, immunisations, and more…the list really is endless.
Depth and breadth of experience is a must, coupled with a deeply passionate, respectful, and caring holistic approach to the Home Nursing Service environment. Previous critical care, emergency nursing or and/or community nursing experience highly regarded.
Your experience will take you into the homes of client’s with highly complex issues, that you identify and outline in documentation, problem-solve and implement strategies or action at the visit. The role is not purely prescriptive and then followed, our team is determining the plan of care at each visit.
Your high-level comprehensive assessment and critical thinking skills, digital, written, and verbal communication skills, adaptability, along with willingness to respond to client needs will be at the top of your abilities. Possessing the emotional intelligence and situational awareness to read the room and respond accordingly coupled with well consolidated clinical skills to identify any need for escalation and client management. Understanding the diverse spectrum of health literacy to build rapport and adapt care delivery to achieve goals of care.
Your thirst to learn with an openness, passion for quality-of-life outcomes, collaboration, innovation, with a sprinkle of good humour and good spirit will be highly regarded in a candidate.
Willingness to adopt AI proficiency and digital innovation with emerging capabilities as the company evolves processes now and in the future.
Proficiency with clinical documentation, NDIS report writing highly regarded, and organisational skills are key
ADVANCED CLINICAL SCOPE IN THE HOME
You will see clients for assessments, wound care, clinical reviews, continence and catheter care, palliative and end of life care, dementia support, NDIS complex care management, client and carer education, immunisations, and more…the list really is endless.
This includes, but is not limited to:
Chronic wound care, including complex and non-healing wounds
Male and female catheter care (IDC and SPC)
Continence assessments and management planning
Chronic disease monitoring and clinical oversight within the home environment
Palliative and end of life care, supporting clients and families with dignity and compassion
EXPERIENCE & CLINICAL EXCELLENCE EXPECTED
This role is designed for highly experienced Division 1 Registered Nurses with no less than 10 years current clinical experience.
At Wattletree Health Group, we are at the forefront of preventative care models and evidence-based practice, delivering care in the home environment where your full scope of nursing practice is not only supported, but expected.
