Primary Care Practice Nurse

Primary Care Practice Nurse

Kyabram District Health Service

Part Time - 24 hours per fortnight

Fixed term - up to 24 months

Overview

Kyabram District Health Service (KDHS) is a medium-sized rural health service that delivers a range of programs and services including acute, subacute, residential aged care and allied and primary health care services. KDHS has three campuses located in the townships of Kyabram, Stanhope and Tongala.

KDHS is a passionate inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We are a culturally diverse organisation with a wide variety of people from different races, cultures, age, gender, ethnicity, physical ability, sexual orientation, religious belief, work experience and education background. We believe diversity drives innovation and we will continue to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex and where there is a deep sense of pride, passion and belonging that transcends any role.

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Kyabram District Health Service (KDHS) is seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our innovative GP services across the After Hours GP and Stanhope Primary healthcare services

This exciting role offers the opportunity to work within a contemporary model of care that combines face-to-face nursing support with onsite and telehealth GP services, ensuring rural communities continue to receive high-quality primary healthcare close to home.

About the Role

As Primary Care Practice Nurse, you will provide safe, effective and person-centred nursing care to community members accessing two existing GP Clinic's working collaboratively with GP's and the broader multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting patient care, health promotion and service delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Clinical assessment and patient observations
• Wound care and procedural assistance
• Immunisation delivery
• Supporting GP telehealth consultations
• Escalating patient care when required
• Care planning and coordination
• Health promotion and community education
• Maintaining clinical equipment and supplies
• Supporting quality improvement initiatives
• Results follow up
• Supporting patients to engage with a long-term Primary care provider

About You

• Ability to role model the values of KDHS, Empathy, Wellbeing and Community
• Demonstrated advanced clinical nursing skills and knowledge in acute and aged care context, with a commitment to the principles of quality management and evidence-based practice in nursing
• Possess highly developed interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills, including conflict resolution strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to manage complex processes and multiple projects, demonstrating advanced work organisation and co-ordination
• Demonstrated computer literacy skills
• Current practice in a clinical setting providing direct patient care.
•  Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse
• Minimum 5 years’ post-graduate nursing experience

You will bring:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse Div 1
• Experience in an Urgent Care Centre, general practice, or primary care settings
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Confidence using the electronic clinical system Best Practice and digital health platforms
• Nurse Immunisation certification or a willingness to complete same

Desirable experience includes:

• Experience in working with Telehealth care delivery models
• Experience in the use of Best Practice and Hot Doc software
• Understanding of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers and billing processes
• Knowledge of RACGP Standards

What KDHS Can Offer You

KDHS is a compassionate, family friendly employer where every employee is a valued team member. Inclusive of a perfect work/life balance, KDHS also provides:

• A dynamic workplace
• Free onsite car parking
• Professional Development opportunities
• Salary Sacrifice/Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Immediate Start option
• 5 Weeks Annual Leave

At KDHS, our values of Caring, Inclusive, Versatile, Accountable and Collaborative guide everything we do. We are committed to supporting our staff through professional development, innovation and meaningful community impact.

If you are passionate about improving access to healthcare in rural communities, we would love to hear from you.

For further information, please contact:

After Hours GP service Project Lead Cherie Hunter on 0493 685 100 or Cherie.Hunter@kyhealth.org.au or Ashley Watson Interim Director Primary Health and Community Services on 0417 231 704 Ashley.Watson@kyhealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to satisfactory police check and Victorian ‘Employee’ Working with Children’s Check. Completion of a Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration is required prior to commencement. KDHS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

KDHS would like to acknowledge that we operate on Yorta Yorta land and wish to pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise our First Peoples as the Oldest Living Culture on the Planet and their connection to our lands and waterways.

Recruitment agencies should note that KDHS does not accept agency resumes. KDHS is not responsible for any fees related to any unsolicited resumes submitted by Recruitment Agencies.