AddressMater Private Hospital Townsville has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Nurse to join the Surgical ward. The successful candidate will be offered Permanent Part Timeemployment at 0.6- 0.8FTE (which ever suits you best), where you will be required to work across a rotating 24/7 roster.
The Surgical Unit is a dedicated area caring for people following surgery. The highly skilled and passionate staff provide outstanding patient-centred care to people recovering from relatively minor through to the more complex procedures.
Salary range: $52.63 - $56.38 (RN level 2) per hour plus superannuation and NFP salary packaging up to $15,900
What you’ll be doing
Responsibilities of the role include:
- Be a role-model in all aspects of leadership and promote a positive team culture within the unit
- Leadership and coordination of the General Surgery ward
- Demonstrate professionalism at all times
- Provision and coordination of care including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
- Monitoring outcomes and initiating/advocating changes to processes and practices
- Participating in the review, development and implementation of relevant policies, procedures and clinical protocols
- Participates and promotes clinical meetings in a multidisciplinary setting
About you
To be successful in your application you will have:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Nurse (no restrictions)
- Minimum of 3 years post grad experience working in a surgical setting
- Relevant post-graduate qualifications and/or clinical experience in relevant fields of nursing will be highly regarded.
- Leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to lead and mentor staff
- Demonstrated advanced interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to plan and facilitate management and workloads
- Strong knowledge of continuous improvement process, coupled with the proven ability to initiate, coordinate and evaluate quality improvement measures
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of Workplace Health and Safety, Infection Control and Clinical Risk policies are also of value.
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people.
- Via salary packaging arrangements allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increasing take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via Salary Packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development through Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national businesses/venues for dining, retail, travel & accommodation, other
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
For further information specific to the position, please contact Chantelle Smith, Talent Acquisition Advisor on ***************@mater.org.au Please note, we will contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
