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Remuneration: $70,049.73 - $98,351.39 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
Location: Armidale Community Health CentreEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time - Part Time and Casual Opportunities Available!Position Classification: Registered NurseHours Per Week: 38h Requisition ID: REQ482888Closing Date: Sunday, 12th of May
About your new job:Join our team at Armidale Rural Referral Hospital as a Perioperative Registered Nurse! This dynamic position offers a gateway to diverse opportunities, allowing you to enhance your nursing skills and become a specialist in your field, all while embracing the variety that each day brings. In this specialized role, you will utilise your previous experience deliver perioperative services to patients within a supportive team environment that prioritizes exceptional patient care experiences.
Your proficiency in decision-making, critical thinking, time management, and communication will be pivotal to your success in this role. Located in Armidale, our hospital boasts four newly renovated operating theatres. Upon joining, you'll receive comprehensive orientation support through our buddy system, guided by our clinical nurse educator, with ongoing supernumerary support.
You will have the flexibility to divide your week between perioperative care and recovery, with working hours structured as follows:
Perioperative Care Shifts:
- Monday – Friday: 0800hrs - 1630hrs OR 1030hrs - 1900hrs / On call hours - 1830hrs - 0800hrs
- On-call: Saturday - Sunday 0800hrs - 2000hrs (only one day on the weekend) on your days off
Recovery Care Shifts:
- Monday – Friday 0900hrs - 1730hrs OR 1100hrs - 1930hrs / On-call: Saturday or Sunday between 0900hrs – 1730hrs
Where you’ll be working:
Armidale, with its unique blend of culture, state of the art technology, educational diversity and natural beauty is a city offering everything worth living for. Situated halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, and just two hours from the coast, it experiences warm summers, amber-toned autumns, crisp winters, and invigorating springs. Transport options abound, with daily flights to Sydney and Brisbane, a daily bus service to Brisbane, and a daily train service to Sydney.
As a Rural Referral Hospital serving a population of 70,000, our facility offers specialized services across various medical disciplines, including medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, obstetrics/gynaecology, dental, minor urology, anaesthetics, paediatrics, rehabilitation, and radiology. Additionally, visiting services are available in oncology, renal medicine, cardiology, and psychogeriatrics. Armidale Hospital is home to numerous General Practitioners with admitting rights, further enhancing our comprehensive healthcare offerings.
What we can offer you:
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- ADO's each month (for full time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- 6 weeks annual leave (for eligibly full time nurses)
- Superannuation contributions
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.
Additional Information:
- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
- This position is full time; however, part time/job share arrangements may also be considered.
- Casual opportunities may be available for recommended applicants
- To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
- This role is accepting overseas candidates with AHPRA and ANMAC assessment
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Joanne Grieve on *************@health.nsw.gov.au
Information for Applicants:
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.
