North Canberra Hospital Registered Nurse Level 1 - Nursing Casual Pool

Employment Type – Casual Positions Available

Classification – Registered Nurse Level 1

Title- North Canberra Hospital Registered NurseLevel 1 - Nursing Casual Pool

Position Number: LC0018

Salary – $72,698 - $97,112 (Plus Super) pro rata

Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

Section – Nursing Casual Pool

Closing Date – Ongoing

What can we offer you: 

• City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions. 
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions. 
• 11.5% Superannuation. 

About the Hospital:

North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.

The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.

Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

About the role:

As a Registered Nurse you are part of the Nursing Casual Pool who deliver safe compassionate clinical care; working collaboratively with the healthcare team to achieve best practice patient outcomes. You will engage in reflective, analytical practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct person-centred care. You will continually improve your skills and knowledge in a variety of areas throughout the hospital, including surgical, medical, critical care and other speciality areas.

Staff who are recruited through the Nursing Casual Pool are employed on a casual basis to replace staffing shortfalls as required, throughout the hospital due to emergent, short term, and long-term leave.

Under limited direction of the Team Leader you will:

• Provide nursing care in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards.
• Apply comprehensive knowledge and assessment skills to make clinical decisions and to develop patient care plans and evaluate outcomes of own practice.
• Maintain required clinical core competencies and skills, accessing appropriate education and staff development opportunities. Practices within professional scope of practice
• Accept accountability and responsibility for own actions and decisions within the scope of practice for a Registered Nurse.
• Comply with the relevant legislation, code of ethics, codes of practice and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council National Competency Standards.
• Identify and contribute to risk management, quality improvement, nursing practice review and clinical research activities.

About you:

Requirements/Qualifications:

Mandatory

• Registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). 
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;

• Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees
• A pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response. 
• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident” - All applicants must hold a work right VISA in Australia

What you require:

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience. 

• Demonstrated recent clinical experience in an acute care/hospital setting.
• Demonstrated ability to utilise the nursing process in the provision of safe and evidenced based care to patients.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and achieve goals within a timeframe.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work as well as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development of self and others.
• Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Maisy Yeung, ***************@act.gov.au