• Monday to Friday 9am-5pm - no weekend or shift work!
• Not-for-profit salary packaging tax-free benefits, increase your take-home pay
• Nurses Award, hourly rates range from $32.37 to $45.45 depending on experience
• Work as part of a supportive team making a difference to people's lives

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, who's key values is to shape a more just and compassionate society

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our staff are recognised for their achievements and are offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

Your new role:

The Registered Nurse - Rendu House will deliver high-quality healthcare support for clients of Rendu Houses Outreach Program. You will promote the development of referral pathways between Primary Healthcare services, including General Practitioners and Rendu House, contributing to organisational development of healthcare support systems and provide healthcare information to Rendu House staff. If successful in the role you will be offered an opportunity to complete a Graduate Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Nursing.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide onsite and offsite support for clients of Rendu House to access healthcare services.
• Conduct client health, drug and alcohol and mental health assessments.
• Assist clients with developing healthcare treatment plans and support clients who are undertaking ambulatory detox.
• Facilitate groups to deliver psycho-education modules when needed.
• Provide healthcare education and information sessions to Rendu House staff and clients as required.
• Maintain accurate client records, case notes and provide reports to the Manager or other senior staff as directed.
• Liaise with General Practitioners and other Primary Health Care Providers in South Western Sydney with regards to setting up referral pathways for clients of General Practitioners and Primary Health Care services to access Rendu House.
• Participate in multidisciplinary care planning with external teams when required.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Registered General Nurse with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience in a community setting or combined community, hospital or public health environment.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workloads according to client needs.
• Capacity to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a diverse range of clients, staff, management and external agencies.
• Experience with networking, liaison or developing partnerships with health care providers or GPs.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct self in a professional, ethical and non-judgmental manner.
• Basic computer literacy skills including experience in computerised data collection.
• NSW driver licence (unencumbered).

If this sounds like you, don't wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them. Submit your application with a resume and cover letter which addresses the key requirements of the Position Description. Information on how to apply.

If you have questions about this role, please email Christine Faddoul (Acting Manager, Rendu House) on [email protected] using the subject line: Registered Nurse enquiry via EthicalJobs.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check, Working with Children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages.