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SalarySouth Ward (Mental Health Unit)
Multiple permanent and casual opportunities available
Salary range:
Registered Nurse Level 1 permanent: Currently $40.94/hour (1st year) to $52.50/hour (7th year), increasing in July 2024 to $42.16/hour (1st year) to $54.08/hour (7th year)
Enrolled Nurse permanent: Currently $35.24 - $40.85/hour, increasing in July 2024 to $36.30 - $42.08/hour
About the Opportunity:
St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital (SATH) has exciting opportunities to join our Mental Health team, who provide contemporary care in a private Mental Health setting. Services include TMS clinic and Psychology groups in a modern 20 suite unit.
About you:
You are a caring and compassionate and skilled Nurse seeking a fulfilling career opportunity in a renowned regional private hospital. You enjoy working in a welcoming, supportive and progressive environment where you will draw on your abilities to provide excellent care and service to our patients.
Role Accountabilities:
- Comprehensive Patient Care: Provide compassionate and evidence-based nursing care to patients, promoting both physical and emotional well-being. As a member of the multidisciplinary team use critical assessments skills to ensure the delivery of comprehensive patient centred care.
- Collaborative Teamwork: Work seamlessly with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate patient care and ensure optimal outcomes and participate actively in rounds, contributing valuable insights and fostering open communication among team members.
- Communication: foster effective communication within the healthcare team, ensuring that relevant information is shared in a timely manner and communicate with patients and families with empathy and professionalism.
- Patient and Family Education: Empower patients and their families through clear and accessible education about their medical conditions, treatment plans, and post-discharge care and offer guidance on self-care practices and assist in navigating the healthcare journey.
- Exceptional Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, adhering to rigorous documentation standards and ensure compliance with hospital policies and regulatory requirements, contributing to the delivery of high-quality and safe patient care.
- High level of clinical competence in an acute setting
- Well-developed communication skills to convey complex medical information in a clear and understandable manner with an ability to negotiate and influence
- Excellent team building skills and capabilities
- Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload demands
- Effective problem-solving skills and an ability to make timely and informed decisions in high-pressure situations
- Ability to effectively work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated understanding of evidence-based practice and critical thinking
- Registration with AHPRA
- Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent) or Diploma of Nursing (or equivalent)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Available to work morning, afternoon and night shifts in a 24/7 period (rotating roster).
- Engagement is subject to the applicant fully satisfying the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements and evidence must be produced as part of the recruitment process.
- Recent nursing experience in an acute inpatient Mental Health Unit
- Masters in Mental Health Nursing
- Credentialled Mental Health Nurse through the ACHMN
- DBT qualification
- rTMS credentialled Nurse
To ensure SATH is best positioned to achieve ‘Excellence in Care and Service’ it is essential our team members remain engaged and committed to providing exceptional care and service.
Our staff are expected to align their behaviour and conduct with our Core Values of Respect, Dignity, Empathy, Courtesy, Fairness and Honesty.
Team Member Benefits:
- Working with dedicated, experienced, and professional team members
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Salary packaging through REMSERV
- Free on-site carparking
- Our recently negotiated Enterprise Agreement, offers very competitive rates of pay for nurses in Queensland private hospitals
- Excess waiver up to $250 per annum on SATH admissions
- Employee Assistance Program for all team members
SATH is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
About Us:
St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital (SATH) is a progressive 155 bed private not-for-profit stand-alone facility, established in 1966. The Hospital has a proud history of leading innovation in regional health services, including being the first regional hospital in Australia to undertake robotic assisted surgery.
We provide acute healthcare with Specialist Consultants and Surgeons across Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Oncology, General Surgery including Breast, Colorectal and Bariatrics, Urology, Gynaecology, General Physicians, Mental Health and many more specialties and sub-specialties. We are the regional Cancer Centre with Day Oncology, Inpatient Oncology and Radiotherapy services covering an area from Northern NSW to Kingaroy, Ipswich in the East to Roma and beyond.
St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital’s mission to our patients, families and community is to provide Excellence in Care and Service through embodying our values: Respect, Dignity, Empathy, Courtesy, Fairness and Honesty. Our patient satisfaction feedback level is consistently at or >95% satisfaction rate with a consistent Net Promoter Score >90% reflecting a customer service and care culture amongst our team.
As a registered not-for-profit hospital, St Andrew’s Toowoomba relies on strong community support including donations to further strengthen our vital service offering. What we make in profit is reinvested in new services, equipment, facility upgrades and refurbishments & staff training.
About our community: Toowoomba is located 90 minutes’ drive west of Brisbane and boasts being Queensland’s largest inland city. Toowoomba has a great community and vibrant culture. This is coupled with a great family vibe where high quality education options are many, from Kindergarten to University; and a wide range of recreational pursuits provide something for everyone.
As one of the fastest growing regions in Queensland, Toowoomba has a range of new and emerging infrastructure, housing and public space developments. Boasting an international airport, nationally acclaimed schools, retail development and destination dining precincts, it is quickly gaining a reputation to surpass its bigger city counterparts. Discover more about our beautiful city at Live Toowoomba website.
Your application must include:
- Cover letter of no more than 2 pages focusing on the role accountabilities and our core values and how you would deliver excellent patient-centred care and service at St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital
- Resume
- Two clinical references
Applications close: Sunday 10 March 2024
(unless suitable applicant is found sooner as applications will be reviewed as received)
Please apply via Seek or our SATH website Careers page.
