Registered Nurse
Your Role as a Registered Nurse – Community Aged Care
Location: Travel required across Chermside to Beaudesert
As a Registered Nurse with WMQ’s Community Aged Care team, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred clinical care that supports customers to remain independent, safe, and connected within their own homes and communities. Working across the Chermside to Beaudesert region, you will provide holistic nursing assessments, care planning, clinical interventions, education and support, while promoting dignity, wellbeing and quality of life.
Using a biopsychosocial approach and evidence-based practice, you will work collaboratively with customers, families and multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best possible health outcomes.
What We Offer
Purpose-led practice – Be part of a leading not-for-profit organisation that puts people, not profits, at the centre of care.
Salary packaging benefits – Increase your take-home pay with up to $18,550 per year in not-for-profit salary packaging.
Flexible and autonomous role – Enjoy variety in your day while making a meaningful difference in the community.
Supportive team culture – Join a collaborative clinical team that values your knowledge, wellbeing and professional growth.
Professional development opportunities – Access ongoing learning and development to enhance your clinical skills and career progression.
Meaningful work – Build genuine relationships with customers and support them to live independently in their own homes.
What We’re Looking For
Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
Demonstrated clinical nursing experience with knowledge of contemporary nursing practice and care documentation.
Ability to conduct comprehensive assessments, develop care plans and provide person-centred nursing interventions.
Strong understanding of holistic, biopsychosocial models of care and the ability to support customer independence and wellbeing.
Ability to lead, coach and support Personal Carers, Assistants in Nursing and Enrolled Nurses.
Sound understanding, or ability to quickly acquire knowledge, of aged care legislation, standards and accreditation requirements.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships with customers, families and stakeholders.
Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, professional development and person-centred care.
Strong clinical decision-making, problem-solving and workload management skills.
A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!
Previous experience within aged care, community care or home care settings.
Experience in specialty areas including wound management, palliative care, chronic disease management, infection prevention and control, or pain management.
Knowledge of the Support at Home or Home Care Package environment.
Current Driver’s Licence and ability to work between Chermside and Beaudesert
Essential Requirements
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy).
Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy, including Aged Care and NDIS screening requirements where applicable.
Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel for work across the Chermside to Beaudesert region.
Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
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Join a Team Where Your Work Truly Matters
Home care means something different to everyone. At Wesley Mission Queensland, we care with a purpose. Our Community Aged Care team is more than just a workplace, it’s a community built on compassion, dignity, and respect.
Why Join WMQ’s Community Aged Care Team!
It is deeply rewarding and a chance to build genuine relationships, provide comfort and dignity to support our customers in maintaining their independence and quality of life. It is more than just care, it is about creating a warm, respectful and environment where every individual feels valued and heard. For those who are compassionate, patient, and committed to person-centred care, aged care work is not just a job, it’s a calling.
About Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ)
Wesley Mission Queensland is a leading not-for-profit provider of health and community services. With over a century of service, we support people across all life stages with aged care, disability support, mental health services, and community outreach. Our values, Innovation, Hope, Integrity, Compassion, Justice, Empowerment, and Respect, guide everything we do.
WMQ's vision for reconciliation is for all people to stand unified in an equal and inclusive future. We commit to enhancing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People and celebrating diversity. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.