About this Clinical Nurse role at UnitingCare Queensland
Clinical Nurse | BlueCare | Mackay Aged Care Facility
Employment Term: Full time or Part time
Location: Mackay Aged Care Facility
Remuneration: $59.43 – $60.70 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances
Your part in our BlueCare team
The Clinical Nurse provides expert clinical leadership, guidance and support to care staff to ensure safe, high‑quality, resident‑centred care. The role plays a key part in complex clinical decision‑making, care planning, funding optimisation and continuous quality improvement, while ensuring care aligns with organisational values, best practice and accreditation standards.
In this role, you will:
Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in the management of complex resident care needs
Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of resident care plans to promote health, wellbeing and quality of life
Complete comprehensive and accurate clinical assessments and documentation
Support staff orientation, mentoring, clinical supervision and ongoing professional development
Promote a consultative and collaborative approach to resident care planning and quality activities
Assist in ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, legislation and clinical governance requirements
Support accurate and timely ACFI assessments to ensure optimal funding outcomes
Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, residents, families and external stakeholders
Participate in continuous quality improvement, risk management and workplace health and safety activities
What makes a difference for us?
Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA (Essential)
Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent qualification (Essential)
Minimum of three (3) years' experience as a Registered (Essential)
Extensive general nursing experience with strong clinical skills
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
Understanding of person‑centred, resident‑based care delivery
Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Intermediate computer skills and accurate clinical documentation capability
Ability to meet relevant probity checks and compliance requirements
Employee Benefits:
Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too
Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [email protected]
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.
