AddressRegistered Nurse - Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Unit
Nursing and Midwifery | Registered Nurse
Sydney Region / Sydney - West
21/04/2024 - 11:59 PM
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time, up to 38 hours per weekLocation: Liverpool HospitalPosition Classification: Registered NurseRemuneration: $35.33 – $49.60 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ480653Application Close Date: 21/04/2024Interview Date Range: 24/01/2024 – 01/05/2024Contact Details: Dharmeshkumar Patel – (02) 8738 7***| ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity The newly formed Cardiothoracic & Cardiology Ward at Liverpool Hospital are seeking motivated, enthusiastic and driven Registered Nurses to join their unique team.
This is a rare opportunity to be a part of a ward which carries two specialities. The large team is highly motivated and has a strong focus on education and progression. This is a great chance for you to work with CNS's, CNC's and CNE's as well as other Cardiology/Cardiothoracic wards to develop your skills and progress your career.
The team are looking for nurses who are confident and ready to take responsibility for their own learning and development. You will be offered designated education time for you to learn and will also have the exciting opportunity to rotate through a viewing of Cardiothoracic Surgery to learn the whole patient journey.
We are seeking nurses who have a positive attitude and are looking to work in a supportive environment. Your motivation to learn will be a key factor in your success in the role. This ward offers you the chance to work with high risk patients unique to our hospital and will provide you with unmatched opportunities to build on your strong nursing foundations in clinical acute care.
What You'll be DoingThe Registered Nurse will provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centred care and work in collaboration with patients/families/carers and a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes.
Where You'll Be Working
- Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
- The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
- Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
- Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the University of NSW and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
- Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an environment appropriate to the relevant speciality.
- Demonstrated ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs.
- Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
- Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based nursing care.
- Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.
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Additional Information
Transforming Your Experience Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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 certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
