Registered Nurse - Novice Nurse Consolidation Program

Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary
Classification:Registered Nurse Level 1 (P54604, Several)
Salary: $72,698 - $97,112(Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Nursing and Midwifery Resource Office
Closing Date: 12 March 2024

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 5% Superannuation.
• Scholarships for education support
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates subject to the hiring managers approval

About the Role:

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to begin your career with Team CHS? We are now seeking applications for the Novice Nurse Consolidation Program for our May 2024 intake.

Come work in a growing tertiary hospital that cares for patients with a wide variety of health needs. The Novice Nurse Consolidation Program will assist you in the consolidation of knowledge, skills and competencies to transition into the acute care setting.

Successful candidates are provided ongoing education and training opportunities. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team that will work with you to expand and develop your clinical skills to care for the community within Canberra and surrounding regions.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply:

To apply for this position please submit a CV, and a maximum 1-page application addressing Selection Criteria, listed in the position description.

Note: Please note selection may be based on written application and referee report only.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Tracy Morton at 0402154***.