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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 14
Requisition ID: REQ461426
Previous applicants need not apply.
Come and enjoy an exciting opportunity and help establish a new service with a cohesive team of health care professionals. The Community Palliative Care Team based at Prince of Wales Hospital are a newly established dedicated team, supporting patients with a life limiting illness across a number of care settings including hospital, community and residential aged care facilities. This team will join an existing multidisciplinary Specialist Palliative Care Service, including nursing, medicine and allied health team members supporting people with end of life care.
What we offer
- A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
- Orientation and supported transition into your new role
- Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
- Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + novated leasing
- Corporate health and fitness program
- Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs beaches, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door
- Established partnerships with Universities that promote cutting edge research in wellbeing, education and teaching.
Prince of Wales Hospital is a 440 bed tertiary referral facility with specialties unique to this campus such as hyperbaric medicine, acute spinal cord injuries and interventional neuroradiology. Each year we support approximately 25,000 emergency presentations, 2,500 operations and thousands of outpatient treatments. We provide a 24 hour Emergency Department (ED) supported by an Intensive Care Unit and pioneering telehealth facilities in stroke and COVID-19, to connect the team in Randwick with specialists across NSW Health. A new Acute Service Building opened in March with state of the art modern facilities aimed at providing an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person centred care.
Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.
What you'll be doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision of person centred; evidence- based nursing care that promotes positive health outcomes. The Registered nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary healthcare team. The Registered Nurse will work in therapeutic and professional relationships with individuals, as well as families, groups and communities. The Registered Nurse will assist in the provision of supervision and support for less experienced clinicians and will maintain their professional accountability and development in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia's Standards of Practice. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.
A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.
In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.
Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse (Division 1)
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others
- Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations
- Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of risk management, safety and quality principles and the role of the Registered Nurse in applying these principles
- Demonstrated recent extensive post registration experience in an acute hospital setting
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For role related queries or questions contact Benjamin Newlyn on Benjamin.Newlyn@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 30 January 2024
