Community Registered Nurse

COMPANY OVERVIEW

The Rev. Bill Crews Foundation is one of Sydney’s largest frontline charities and has been operating for almost 40 years.

Our mission is to provide assistance to address the cause and effect of homelessness and poverty, faced by marginalised individuals. We succeed in achieving this through a combination of caring services like food provision, medical and social welfare, and education.

Our Healthcare team operates a full Medical Clinic providing safe, high quality health care services to the needs of marginalised individuals through the dedication of doctors, nurses, dentists, allied health professionals and case workers. The team work hard to ensure we deliver the very best healthcare to individuals and families who are the most needy and disadvantaged in our community.

We’ve recently launched our new Blacktown Medical Clinic, expanding our reach into Western Sydney while continuing to serve communities from our established Ashfield clinic.

ABOUT THE ROLE?

We are currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate Community Registered Nurse (RN) to join our health and wellbeing team. This is a part-time role primarily based at our new Blacktown clinic, with flexibility to work across both Blacktown and Ashfield locations as needed.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a role that combines general nursing with Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) clinical care. You’ll work closely with our GPs, social workers, AOD specialists, and other team members to support clients with both physical and psychosocial health needs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Provide clinical nursing advice and physical and general psychological comfort and support to marginalised patients with empathy and a non-judgemental approach
• Facilitate patient triage, administer vaccinations (adults & children), provide wound care, assist with minor procedures and perform phlebotomy
• Assist in providing services such as nursing assessments, mental health assessments and chronic disease management
• Managing recall and reminder system; clinical data management; accreditation compliance
• Coordinate cold chain management
• Coordinate infection control processes
• Promote health and preventative care in the context of complex social circumstances
• Conduct community outreach visits as part of the primary care team when required

YOU WILL HAVE:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (List A)
• Minimum 3 years’ clinical experience, preferably in community, AOD or GP practice settings
• Understanding of trauma-informed care and harm minimisation frameworks
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with diverse clients
• Experience using clinical systems (HELIX, Best Practice or similar preferred)
• A current unrestricted driver’s licence (essential for medical van outreach)
• Comfortable working across sites (primarily Blacktown, with flexibility for Ashfield support when required)
• Plenty of compassion and empathy and a desire to improve the health and services to available to individuals who are living on the fringes of society
• Experience working with people with complex needs such as mental illness and/or drug and alcohol issues and homelessness
• Ideally you will have some experience working with people from refugee and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and experience with using interpreters to facilitate communication
• Current BLS certificate and Completed COVID-19 vaccine modules
• Be up to date with CPD requirement

WHY JOIN US?

At The Rev. Bill Crews Foundation, we care about our team as much as the community we serve. We offer:

• Professional development opportunities.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging benefits (up to $15,900 tax-free!).
• Health and Wellbeing Program (WHEREFIT).
• Convenient location near public transport

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