Jine loving her new role at Hepburn House

JINE Alpuerto has just started in the role of clinical nurse manager at Hepburn House and is already loving the staff and clients.

Originally from the Philippines where she was a theatre nurse, Jine then moved to Queenstown in New Zealand. There she worked again in theatre but then took on roles in aged care and clinical nursing.

That gave her all of the skills and enjoyment of working in aged care she needed to take on the Hepburn House role after moving to Australia with her family.

She says her role is basically "leading the nurses" which involves supervision, checking everything is right in regards to the care on offer and "making sure everything is in the right place".

"I have a lot of experience in aged care and it's a really fulfilling field of nursing. You really get to experience all levels of care for the individual and their varying conditions. Even with dementia, which can be quite challenging, it is lovely to see the client smiling and happy - and often families will thank you because it may have been a while since they saw their loved one so happy.

"And Hepburn House has been really good, especially how welcoming and lovely and warm all the staff and clients have been. They have also been really helpful in terms of finding my way around the region. I think I am going to love it here. So far, so good."

Jine said it was a very exciting time at Hepburn House with the building next door nearing completion - with upstairs dedicated to a LGBTIQA+ friendly unit and downstairs a wonderful, inclusive dementia unit - with a gym and theatre!

Hepburn House is a progressive aged care centre offering a highly advanced, fully personalised range of aged care services for residents.

The residential aged care facilities are designed to provide a safe, secure, healthy and happy environment. Staff care for residents while meeting individual lifestyle needs and managing practical issues for each resident.

Link: www.hepburnhouse.com.au or call 5348 8100