AddressOrthopaedic Practise Nurse
- Salary Range from $38.80 to $40.90
- worrking three days a week 08:30 to 17:00
- Opportunities for Career Advancement
- Supportive team environment
- Growing regional hospital
Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for an orthopaedic practise nurse to join our private consulting suites on a part time basis to support our developing fracture clinic.
The purpose of this role is to build the scope and trust of the position within the health service, while improving patient access, opportunities for care by assisting in the development of clinical processes, and on-going development of the service. Clinical practice will include working in conjunction with orthopaedic Outpatient Clinicians to provide Nurse assessment for Adults and children with a range orthopaedic and postoperative issues.
The Orthopaedic Practice Nurse plays a vital role in the Fracture Clinic, delivering high-quality, patient-centered care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include performing pre-triage assessments, managing plaster casts and wound care, educating patients and families, overseeing medical supplies, and implementing policies and procedures. The nurse collaborates with orthopaedic registrars and other healthcare professionals to create individualised care plans, all in alignment with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS). Training will be provided for these responsibilities.
LRH employees enjoy access to:
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
- Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
- Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
- Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
- Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
We are looking for candidates with:
- Registered in Division 1 of the register (AHPRA)./ Division 2 of register (NMBA)
- Practicing certificate
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Demonstrated clinical competence at the appropriate level and adequate experience in the field of Nurse after obtaining qualification.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Paul Feguson, Business manager on 03517 38740, *************@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $223.5 million expansion recently completed, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers are available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted at ***************@lrh.com.au
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.
