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Job reference: 846877
Location: 5042 - BEDFORD PARK
Job status: Casual
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Surgical and Perioperative Medicine
- Rate of Pay: $35.58 to $48.55 p/hr + 25% Casual loading - RN01
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) a dynamic healthcare organisation, redefines the healthcare journey from the first to the last 1000 days of life. Our dedicated and diverse workforce is committed to delivering high-quality patient care, fostering education, conducting ground-breaking research, and promoting community health. Learn more about working for SALHN on our .
The Opportunity:
As a Scrub/Scout (Instrument/Circulating Nurse), you will play a vital role in our Cardiothoracic Operating Theatres. Your responsibilities will include:
- Evidenced-Based Care: Providing evidenced-based care, developing clinical skills while keeping up to date with professional standards of practice, and quality management initiatives consistent with organisational policies.
- Flexible Hours: Cardiothoracic Operating Theatres provide elective, urgent, and emergency procedural services. Some out-of-hours work may be required to meet patient needs.
- Quality Improvement: Participating in quality improvement activities that contribute to patient/client safety, risk minimisation, and safe work activities within the practice setting.
- Health Promotion: Providing health promotion and education to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve individual health outcomes.
- Mentorship: Supporting nursing/midwifery practice and learning experiences for students undertaking clinical placements, orientation for new staff, and preceptorship of graduates.
- Research: Participating in evaluative research activities within the practice setting, utilizing foundation theoretical knowledge and evidence-based guidelines to achieve positive patient/client care outcomes.
About Us:
The Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit (CTSU) is a specialised healthcare facility located within Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders Private Hospital in Southern Adelaide, Australia. CTSU is dedicated to providing surgical management for a wide range of cardiovascular and thoracic conditions, ensuring patients receive the highest quality of care. CTSU works closely with several departments, including Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care, to ensure patients receive a complete and holistic process of care.
Learn more about the Unit on our .
Benefits of working with SALHN
When you join the team at Flinders Medical Centre within SALHN, you'll be joining a family-like community of nurses and midwives, where you can enjoy the following benefits: * Join the fastest growing Local Health Network in SA: Grow your career with us as our region and our hospital's grow - and position yourself in the right place to take up the very best career opportunities.
- Work Local: Enjoy the benefits of spending less time travelling to work every day and gain a strong sense of purpose and fulfilment from directly contributing to the health and wellbeing of your local community.
- Utilise and build your skills every day: Develop your competencies broadly and deeply by working across a variety of presentations.
- Contribute to best practice: Be part of a supportive team culture which will actively seek your ideas and feedback on systems and practices, contributing to the new models of care and provision of services.
- Develop and grow professionally: You will be offered opportunities for ongoing education tailored to individual disciplines and tailored to your needs as an individual - leading to more relevant and effective outcomes.
- Team Culture: Be part of a supportive team culture which will actively seek your ideas and feedback on systems and practices, contributing to the new models of care and provision of services.
- Internal Opportunities: As an SA Health employee, you will have access to our wide range of internal job opportunities. This can be your steppingstone to advance your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.
- In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 846877
NAME: Therese Gordon Telephone: (08) 8275 3494
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Application Closing Date:
11.55 pm Sunday 28 April 2024
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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
