Clinical Nurse Consultant Residential InReach
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About Residential InReach (RIR) Team
The Residential InReach (RIR) team is dedicated to delivering the highest standard of person-centered care to our patients. The team is composed of clinical nurse consultants, aged care advance trainees, and geriatricians who provide rapid response services to residents within residential aged care homes (RACH). Their goal is to optimise residents' health and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
About the role
As the clinical nurse consultant in the RIR team, you will be responsible for delivering evidence based expert advice and clinical support for residents within aged care homes to optimise patient outcomes and minimise presentations into the emergency departments.
A regular day will involve you:
- Supporting the triaging of referrals from staff at Residential Aged Care Homes (RACH) to ensure prompt assessments and provide short-term support to prevent unnecessary admissions to acute care when possible.
- Conducting comprehensive nursing assessments, including reviewing common conditions such as infections, delirium, medication reviews, and advanced care planning discussions, including end-of-life care.
- Offering education and support to hospital staff for discharge planning, ensuring a smooth transition back to RACHs.
- Providing education and guidance to RACH facility staff on managing specific resident issues within the care homes.
About you
As the RIR CNC, you will be someone with a high level of assessment skills, excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in acute patient care.
You’ll further have:
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse registration
- Extensive acute aged care or Emergency nursing care experience
- Current Driver's license
- Meet the selection criteria within the position description
- The ability to work independently or within a high functioning team to meet varying patient demands.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Cath Byrne, Nurse Unit Manager at Cath.BYRNE@austin.org.au.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 1 October 2025
