The Anaesthetic Care Unit is looking for an experienced Clinical Nurse to join their team. Located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, successful candidates will plan, manage, and deliver specialist anaesthetic nursing care to patients.
Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time,Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS01539258
Closing date 30-Jan-2024
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Salary Other
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Contact person Christopher Grantham
Contact details 07 3176 6993
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Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
- The Anaesthetic Care Unit provides anaesthetic nursing care in the Princess Alexandra Hospital's 21 operating theatres and areas other than theatre, including the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Endoscopy Suite and Radiology Departments.
- The Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of surgical/[procedural patients/residents/clients with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met. This role works autonomously within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of specialist anaesthetic nursing care. The CN provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research. The role supports in management activities including Anaesthetic Team Leader and specialist portfolio responsibilities.
- Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing and midwifery Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks (Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence®) and Person Centred Care approaches of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs. This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
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Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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Role Description
Information Package for Applicants