Registered Nurse - Ophthalmology

The Townsville University Hospital are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (Ophthalmology) to join the team at Surgical Outpatients. This position is on a permanent part-time basis, working 68 hours per fortnight and sits within our Surgical Service Group.

The Registered Nurse role provides direct nursing care utilising clinical skills, education and support to patients and nursing staff within Surgical Outpatients, to ensure the delivery of best practice and quality patient care.

Townsville University Hospital, located adjacent to one of Queensland’s leading tertiary institutions, James Cook University, is the largest tertiary hospital in northern Australia, providing specialist referral services for 700,000 people living from Mackay, to the Torres Strait, to the Northern Territory border.

Eligible Health Workers who move to Queensland from interstate and international jurisdictions to take up permanent employment may receive up to $20,000 (pro rata) in incentive payments under the   Queensland Health Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ) 

Surgical ClinicsThe Surgical Clinics facilitate specialist outpatient services for Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, ENT, Vascular, Facio-Maxillary, Orthopaedic, Plastic Surgery, Urology and Preadmission services. The Surgical Clinics has approximately 4000 occasions of service per month.

Role requirements

• Mandatory: Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent is a mandatory qualification for this position.

Generous remuneration package value up to $80189 p.a.comprising:

• Salary rates between $40.51-$51.97 p.h. (NG5)
• Annual leave loading + leave
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• Other employment benefits may include: salary sacrificing options ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/salary/sacrifice ), uniform ant locality allowances, employee wellness and assistance programs and access to corporate discounts. 

The ideal applicant will be someone who has proven ability and can demonstrate the following: 

• Ability to comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Knowledge of legal and professional responsibilities.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and other stakeholders, including participation in relevant networks.
• High standard of written and oral communication skills within the multidisciplinary team, patients and their families.
• Ability to use or learn to use information systems appropriate to the position.
• Ability to provide clinical education and support and demonstrate own ongoing professional development.
• Ability to demonstrate competency as outlined in the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

For additional information regarding the responsibilities and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Townsville North Queensland ( https://www.townsvillenorthqueensland.com.au/ )

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.