Casual Registered Nurse

We're in search of a casual Registered Nurse to join our team at Armidale Hospital, working within our flexible staffing pool. You'll have the opportunity to rotate through various units, including medical, surgical, and emergency departments. You'll receive comprehensive orientation, combining virtual and in-person sessions, and ongoing support from our clinical nurse education team, ensuring your continued professional growth.

As a Registered Nurse at Armidale Hospital, your primary responsibility will be to provide personalized, evidence-based nursing care aimed at fostering positive health outcomes. Collaborating closely with patients, families, carers, and our multidisciplinary team, you'll deliver safe and compassionate care within the unit or facility. 

Where you'll be working:

• You will join the specialised diabetes service at Armidale Community Health. The local diabetes educator covers Armidale, Guyra, Uralla, working closely with local dietetics services and the Tablelands Diabetes Nurse Practitioner.
• Armidale is the main hub of the New England High Country, and is one of Australia’s most elegant regional locations, with its 19th-century churches and heritage architecture.
• A graceful city of tree-lined streets, Armidale is a five-and-a-half hour drive from Sydney and less than 90 minutes from Tamworth, with flights between Sydney and Armidale operating daily for under an hour fly time.
• Armidale is surrounded by beautiful forests, mountain gorges, national parks, and waterfalls, including Wollomombi Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in Australia.

If this sounds like you, we would love to see you apply: 

• You must hold a current nursing registration with AHPRA.
• Requires an understanding of evidence informed practise and critical thinking.
• Good time management skills.
• You enjoy working as part of a team and have a focus developing key relationships in a multidisciplinary team.

What we can offer you: 

Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) is a great place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry we provide a range of public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast. Being the largest employer in the region we can offer salary packaging options, educational opportunities and support from a broad network of health professionals. With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen profession. Working with HNE Health gives you access to a great range of benefits: 

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero 
• Proximity to shopping and other services 
• Superannuation contributions 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members 
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals 

To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 

If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first. 

We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.  

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Information for Applicants:  

• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2 
• Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health.  For more information, please visit:  http://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp. 
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• All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.   
• Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.   
• HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.