Registered Nurse – Companion Support & Scheduling
Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a change of pace and a more flexible, varied role?
Do you enjoy spending time with people, having a good chat, and making a genuine difference in someone’s day?
Driving Miss Daisy Nambour, Noosa & Gympie is looking for a kind-hearted, reliable Registered Nurse to join our small and caring team. We are particularly interested in an RN who is happy to step away from a traditional nursing environment and enjoy a broader community-based role.
This is not a full-time clinical nursing position. It is a varied role that may include companion support and driving, respite and personal support, assisting with scheduling and general administration along with some Registered Nurse duties such as wound care.
One day you may be taking a client to a medical appointment or helping with their grocery shopping, another day you may be providing respite support in their home, assisting in the office with scheduling and administration, or attending a client specifically for wound care or another nursing-related service.
You’ll be offering much more than transport or clinical care – you’ll be a friendly face, a trusted companion and an important part of helping our clients remain independent and connected within their community.
Applicants must live in the Nambour, Noosa or Gympie area.
For further information about Driving Miss Daisy, visit our website at www.drivingmissdaisy.com.au/franchise/nambour or find Driving Miss Daisy Nambour on LinkedIn and Facebook.
As an RN / Companion Support and Driver, you may:
- Drive clients to medical appointments, errands, shopping and social outings
- Provide friendly, respectful companionship and social support
- Offer assistance from door to door and support clients throughout appointments where required
- Provide in-home respite support
- Assist with cooking and meal preparation
- Provide appropriate personal care and day-to-day support where required
- Build warm and respectful relationships with clients
- Keep bookings running smoothly and on time
- Maintain the cleanliness and presentation of our company vehicles
- Occasionally assist with flyer deliveries and local community promotion
Registered Nurse duties may include:
- Wound assessment and wound care
- Other nursing-related duties within scope of practice
- Observing and reporting relevant changes in a client’s condition or wellbeing
- Completing clear and accurate clinical notes and documentation
Scheduling and administration duties may include:
- Assisting with client scheduling and staff roster
- Helping coordinate changes to services and appointments
- Communicating booking information with clients, staff and Care Partners
- Assisting with phone calls, emails and general office administration
- Updating client information and service notes
- Helping with other day-to-day administrative tasks as required
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Are a Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
- Are looking for a change of pace from traditional nursing
- Want a flexible role where every day can be different
- Are comfortable working in both clinical and non-clinical capacities
- Are genuinely happy to undertake companion support, driving and respite work in addition to RN duties
- Are also happy to assist with scheduling and general administration as part of the broader role
- Have experience or an interest in wound care
- Enjoy working one-on-one with clients
- Are patient, compassionate and genuinely care about people
- Have a friendly, calm and professional manner
- Are organised and comfortable assisting with scheduling and administration
- Have good computer, phone and communication skills
- Are confident working independently in the community
- Are confident driving around Nambour, Noosa, Gympie and the Sunshine Coast
- Are comfortable using a smartphone and simple apps for scheduling and client notes
- Are comfortable using modern vehicle technology and navigation systems
- Can work flexible hours as required
This is a casual position, and we are unable to guarantee a set number of hours. However, there is opportunity for additional hours as our business and nursing services continue to grow.
Our main operating hours are 7:00–17:00 Monday to Friday, with some weekend, respite and other services occurring outside these hours.
You must live in or around Nambour, Noosa or Gympie to be considered for this role.
What you'll need, or be willing to obtain:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
- Commercial Driver Authorisation – Booked Hire/Taxi Driver Authorisation through Queensland Transport and Main Roads
- Blue Card – Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
- Current First Aid and CPR Certification
- National Police Check
- Relevant online training and induction modules – we will assist you with these
- Current Australian driver licence
- Garage or carport suitable for keeping a company vehicle undercover
Why join us?
- Above-Award pay
- Flexible casual hours to suit your lifestyle
- A genuinely varied role
- Opportunity to continue using your RN skills without working solely in a traditional clinical setting
- A mix of client support, nursing, driving, respite and office-based duties (working from home)
- Supportive, down-to-earth local team
- Full training and induction provided
- Opportunity to make a genuine difference in people’s lives
- Company vehicle provided
- Company mobile phone provided
- Uniform tops provided
This role may particularly suit an RN who has spent time in hospital, aged care, community nursing or another clinical environment and is now looking for something a little different – more flexible, more personal and with greater variety.
Sound like your kind of role?
We’d love to hear from you.
Email: [email protected]
Job Type: Casual
Application Question(s):
- What sort of hours are you looking for?
- If you don't have a commercial driver's license, are you willing to obtain one?
- Do you have a commercial driver's license? (this is not an open license - a Commercial Driver's License is a Driver's Authority which you apply for through the Transport of Main Roads)
- Do you live in Noosa Shire, or Nambour area? Please do not apply if you don't live in these areas.
- Are you currently registered with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse?
- What experience do you have with wound assessment and wound care?
Work Authorisation:
Work Location: On the road
