AddressAt Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.
YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a world leading cancer research, education and treatment centre.
You will receive:
- Specialist cancer nursing training
- On-the-job clinical education and support, tailored to your acute nursing experience.
- Access to a postgraduate qualification through the University of Melbourne
- A supportive multidisciplinary team
If you are highly motivated with acute nursing experience, have an interest in haematology and enjoy critical thinking, then we want to hear from you.
Our haematology team cares for patients:
- With blood cancers including multiple myeloma and lymphoma
- Who are undergoing cellular therapies, including CAR-T cell therapy and stem cell transplants
- Who are participating in clinical trials for blood cancer.
Our team has an exceptional culture of clinical learning and support, helping individuals to advance their careers.
We work in close partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Haematology ward and the Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit.
We are dedicated to expanding your cancer knowledge in a supportive and stimulating environment.
Fast track your cancer nursing career today!
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Nurse Unit Managers Krystal Horrell or Delia Comodo on 8559 5630.
Position Summary
- Haematology nurses provide treatment and care for patients with haematological cancers including myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders, aplastic anaemia, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders.
- As a Registered Nurse at Peter Mac you are responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal healthcare outcomes for patients.
- The Registered Nurse is a key member of the health care team responsible for ensuring nursing professional, organisational, legal and ethical standards are met. All nurses are supported to develop and grow, in line with Peter Mac’s values.
- The Registered Nurse is responsible for supervising and delegating to other health care professionals such as Enrolled Nurses and Registered Undergraduate Students of Nursing (RUSON).
Enterprise Agreement
Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024.
Classification or Salary Range
Registered Nurse Year 2 to RN Year 8 (YP3 to YP9)
Immunisation Risk Category
Category A: Position involving direct patient contact, potential for exposure to blood, body fluid, human tissue specimens during course of a normal working day
Key Relationships
Direct report:
- Nurse Unit Manager
Indirect report:
- Chief Nursing Officer
Internal
- Patients, Families and Carers
- Nurse Unit Manager
- Practice Development Nurse/Clinical Nurse Educator Nursing Staff
- Allied Health Staff
- Medical Staff
- Patient Support Staff
External
- Community Health Agencies
Education
Skills
Essential Requirements
- A patient focussed approach to care.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaborative partnerships.
- Commitment to Peter Mac’s Values of Compassion, Excellence and Innovation.
- A commitment to Peter Mac’s Nursing value statement: Nurses at Peter Mac are part of a network of care striving for excellence. We are compassionate, connected and innovative in our support of patients, their families and each other. Dignity, respect and integrity underpin everything we do.
- A commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development, with an intention to participate in on-the-job and academic training that extends on existing skills and experience.
- At least a year’s recent acute nursing experience.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
Desirable Requirements
- Haematology or medical oncology nursing experience.
- Post graduate qualification in area of specialty.
Certifications, Licenses & Registrations
AHPRA Registration
Key Accountabilities
Key Accountabilities
Demonstrated by / Key Performance Indicators
1. Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
- Utilises a variety of thinking strategies and the best available evidence in making decisions to provide safe, quality nursing care within person-centred and evidence-based frameworks.
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team from admission to discharge.
2. Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
- Purposefully engages in effective therapeutic and professional relationships.
- Demonstrates collegial generosity in a context of mutual trust and respect.
- Assesses and evaluates patient care needs with appropriate staff member/s ensuring communication and patient care is coordinated with the multidisciplinary team.
3. Maintains capability for practice
- As regulated health professionals, Registered Nurses are responsible and accountable for ensuring they are safe, and have the capability for practice. This includes ongoing self-management and responding when there is a concern about other health professional's capability for practice.
- Participates in professional development including completion of mandatory annual and nursing competencies within agreed timeframes.
- Contributes to the development of others.
- Provides information and education to enable people to make decisions and take action in relation to their health.
4. Comprehensively conducts assessments
- Accurately conducts comprehensive and systematic assessments that are holistic as well as culturally appropriate.
- Analyses information and data and communicate outcomes as the basis for practice.
5. Develops a plan for nursing practice
- Plans and communicates nursing practice, based on a comprehensive appraisal of relevant information and evidence that is documented and communicated. Plans are developed in partnership with patients and the multidisciplinary team.
- Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
- Provides and may delegate quality and ethical goal-directed actions. These are based on comprehensive and systematic assessment and the best available evidence to achieve planned and agreed outcomes.
Key Accountabilities (Contd..)
6.Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
- Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to people’s nursing needs.
- Practices within own scope of practice.
- Appropriately supervises and delegates aspects of practice to enrolled nurses and RUSONs, according to their scope of practice.
7.Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
- Takes responsibility for the evaluation of practice based on agreed priorities, goals plans and outcomes and revises practice accordingly.
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Peter Mac requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this requirement.
WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC
- Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
- Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
- We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.
