LMTR3 - Registered Nurse – Uniting Caroona Goonellabah
Salary Range: $79,000 – $101,000 + Twice the Salary Packaging Benefits of Hospitals
Employment Type: Full-time | Flexible Hours | Career Growth Opportunities

About the facility

Located in the beautiful township of Goonellabah, Uniting Caroona is surrounded by natural beauty. Your Uniting Homemaker ensures that the community is thriving and doing things that are meaningful and enjoyable. As a Registered Nurse with Uniting, you will play a pivotal role in our commitment to delivering exceptional care to our residents. Our innovative Uniting Household Model empowers you to provide personalised care that enhances residents' sense of purpose and wellbeing. Your responsibilities will include:

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our residents live with dignity, purpose, and joy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee clinical care within the household model
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate individual care plans
• Liaise with medical and allied health professionals, and advocate for residents’ needs
• Supervise and mentor Personal Care Workers
• Use your clinical judgment and decision-making skills to ensure best-practice care
• Promote and maintain evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards

What we offer you

• Above-award pay rates (up to $51.15 p/h) and maximum allowable salary packaging to pay less tax (additional $18,550 tax-free plus regional benefits plus parking)
• Work-life balance with regular shifts and flexible start/finish times to suit you
• A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career and leadership skills
• Support to develop the skills you need to grow into a Service Manager, Deputy Service Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator, as well as other clinical practice, corporate and leadership roles.
• You’ll become part of a community of clinical practitioners that supports you in the continuous development of your clinical practice

For more information on the benefits of being a registered nurse at Uniting, visit our nurse benefits page.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we support them to grow and develop to be their best through our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits, and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation. Together, we can build a better future for the people and communities we serve, and for you.

Who we’re looking for

You are an empathetic and adaptable professional with a passion for person-centred care. You are a natural leader, strong communicator, and committed to excellence.

Essential Criteria:

• Current AHPRA registration and nursing degree
• Experience in aged care, community care, or the wider health sector
• Ability to work collaboratively and embody Uniting’s values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold
• Commitment to contemporary aged care practice

What to Expect

Employment with Uniting requires:

• National Police Check
• Reference Checks
• AHPRA Registration Check
• Online Medical Assessment
• COVID vaccination (strongly encouraged but not mandatory)

How to apply

If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you

Just click on the ‘Apply now’ button, fill out your details and submit.

Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing.

We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

About Uniting Aged Care

Uniting is one of the largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of aged care in Australia. Each year, we support more than 7,000 residents in over 70 aged care homes throughout NSW and the ACT. We actively advocate for the right of every senior to age in comfort and dignity, wherever and however they live. We value diversity and always welcome everyone, exactly as they are.