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Form of workEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time and Part Time Opportunities
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $33.97 - $47.69 per hour + super + salary packaging
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ386784
Location: The Maitland Hospital
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Scrub Scout & Anaesthetics
About the job:
You will be working collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team, nursing in the operating theatre assisting surgeons in various specialities.
You will be initially supported by the full time Educator during the supernumerary period.
Ongoing continued support will be provided from the mentoring program upon completion of the supernumerary period.
Where you’ll be working:
Maitland Hospital Operating Theatres is part of the Lower Hunter Sector of Hunter New England Health.
Our facility provides a range of comprehensive services across Medical, Surgical, Mental Health, Dental, Renal, Maternity and Child services, including one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country.
We have 5 operating theatres and cover surgical procedures within the specialties of General, Endoscopy, ENT, Paediatrics, Urology, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Orthopaedic elective and trauma.
Maitland Hospital operating theatres operates across 7 days with emergency access 24 hours a day.
About you:
You are a team oriented and motivated Registered Nurse looking to join our dynamic Operating Theatre team.
You will be part of a hard‐working group of Registered Nurses committed to the Excellence framework of Every Patient, Every Time and to their own professional development in an evolving environment.
You will be working a 7 day rotating roster with on call shifts overnight.
Benefits:
Four weeks annual leave for temporary and permanent employees (pro-rata if part time) and six weeks annual leave for eligible full time nurses
Up to 13 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees)
Superannuation contributions 10.5%
Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
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
Requirements:
Registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
Post-graduate clinical experience in operating theatre/procedural unit nursing in an acute hospital setting.
Additional information:
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
Need more information?
Click here for the Position Description
For role related queries or questions contact Katie Peattie on Katie.Peattie@health.nsw.gov.au
CLICK HERE TO APPLY (this link will take you to the advertisement for REQ385313; please click the 'Apply For Job' button and follow the prompts to submit an application, noting that you wish to be considered for REQ386784)
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until: Wednesday 12th April 2023
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). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases - this is a Category A position. Please read and understand NSW Health policy directive (PD2022_030). All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
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