Current Vacancies

Cultura is the new organisation resulting from the merger of Geelong Ethnic Communities Council (trading as Diversitat) and Multicultural Aged Care Services Geelong (MACS).

Our Purpose: Provide innovative services to support, care for and celebrate culturally diverse individuals through their life journey

Our Vision: Empowering diverse individuals and communities to reach their full potential

Our Values: Inclusion Integrity Sustainability Kindness

MACS and Diversitat have been serving the Geelong community for more than 40 years with a focus on our multicultural communities. As the new entity, Cultura operates across various sites delivering a range of services including residential aged care, home care and aged support services, settlement, training and education, financial counselling and disability support. We also operate a range of social enterprises including The Pulse community radio and various community events including the popular Pako Festa.

Cultura also offers an extremely generous salary packaging benefit, giving staff the opportunity to salary package up to $18,550 per annum of their pre-tax yearly income.

The Role:

The Registered Nurse Grade 3A (Assistant Charge Nurse) is the Registered Nurse who has shift responsibility for provision of high quality clinical and personal care for permanent and respite residents in their allocated work area.

Resident care and comfort are the focus of this position, facilitated through day-to-day nursing, personal care, liaison with families and visitors, medical and allied services, volunteers, managers and other staff throughout Residential and with other services.

The Registered Nurse Grade 3A (Assistant Charge Nurse) is responsible to the Nurse in Charge Gr 5 during shifts and reports through to Director of Care Residential.

This position will be contracted on a permanent part-time basis, working 36.25 hours per week. The working hours are 3:00pm to 10:15pm on Monday to Friday.

About You:

• Liaise with relevant Residential care staff, medical, allied health, hospital and other specialist health practitioners to ensure Residential aged care residents receive high level clinical care.
• Ensure regular direct care handovers from shift-to-shift for registered nurses, enrolled nurses and personal carers convey essential information, are concise and comprehensive, and that information is shared in a professional manner on a need-to-know basis, respecting resident confidentiality at all times.
• Take responsibility for the shift leadership and management of a harmonious direct care team, demonstrating clear understanding of the human rights of residents and staff, and Cultural sensitivity, and being sufficiently flexible to meet unforeseen circumstances, including provision of spontaneous positive experiences for residents.
• Demonstrate clear, unambiguous communication within the direct care team, with all other Residential care staff, with residents, with family members and with others in contact with Residential face-to-face, via the telephone and electronically.
• Hold a Bachelor of Nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency.
• Current first aid and CPR Certificate.
• 3 dose Covid vaccination.