• Be part of a purpose-driven organisation committed to community development and a social model of health
• Make a meaningful contribution to the health, wellbeing and dignity for all people in northern Melbourne
• Attractive salary packaging

About us

Your Community Health provides a comprehensive range of medical, dental and allied health services and support programs to anyone, through a combination of outreach, client-based and centre-based activities. Our purpose is to enable health, wellbeing and dignity for all people in northern Melbourne by providing responsive and accessible services. We provide priority access to those most at risk of health inequalities and those that may face barriers to accessing traditional health services.

About the role

Your Community Health is seeking enthusiastic Registered Nurses to join the Medical Services Team as we expand our General Practice Respiratory Clinic (GPRC) services. The service is State Government funded and recognises the critical role of primary care can play in supporting people to access respiratory assessments and care (including COVID-19 testing) as well as necessary primary care services for COVID positive people; close to where they live, reducing demand on hospital emergency departments.

The GPRC supports people of all ages with respiratory symptoms and/or COVID-19 diagnosis to access comprehensive assessment and treatment to support the management of their illness.

Reporting to the Clinical Nurse Coordinator, the position will also support the provision of professional, high quality and holistic medical services as part of the Medical Services and/or COVID Response teams; supported by an integrated and diverse multidisciplinary allied health and community health services team. Medical and Specialist services are offered within a mixed-billing framework.

Services provided by the Medical and Specialist Clinics, in addition to the GPRC include:

• Aboriginal health
• General medicine
• Health checks for over 75's
• Chronic disease management
• COVID-19 Vaccination clinic
• Healthy liver clinic
• Lymphoedema clinic
• Mental health nursing
• Pathology (by Austin Pathology)
• Pharmacotherapy clinic
• Refugee Health clinic
• Specialist Paediatric Development and Behavioural clinic
• Trans and gender diverse health
• Vitamin D clinic

To succeed in this role you will have:

• AHPRA Registration as a Registered Nurse
• Applied knowledge and skills in the area of general practice and respiratory medicine, or a willingness to learn.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

What is on offer

You will join a dedicated, caring and talented team, with a positive and supportive culture. We are committed to professional and career development of all our staff and truly value work-life balance. Staff have access to generous not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, discounted gym memberships and work in a great location, with free car parking, close to shops and cafes.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted directly at our recruitment hub.

Applications must address the selection criteria contained in the position description as part of the cover letter.

For more information regarding this role please refer to the position description. For further enquiries contact: Keegan Crow (He/Him), Director Primary Care on 0406 663 947, [email protected] using the subject line: Registered Nurse - General Practice Respiratory Clinic enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Your Community Health is an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer who supports inclusiveness and diversity. We are dedicated to attracting and retaining people from a diverse background, including but not limited to, those identifying as LGBTIQ, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people from cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and people with a disability.

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Applications must address the selection criteria contained in the position description as part of the Cover Letter.