Registered Nurse Radiology , Queensland Health

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 5
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS02534697
Closing date 11-Feb-2024
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration 6 and 12 month contracts.
Contact person Angela Thomson
Contact details 07 3176 2576
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Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role:

• Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the Nursing and Midwifery Services which may include Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks (Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence®) and Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs to achieve best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.
• Responsible for ensuring all aspects of person centred care are met through effective assessment, planning, translating to practice, implementing and evaluation of care, in consultation with patients, families and relevant Healthcare team members to achieve person centred outcomes.
• Delegates to and supervises ENAS's, USIN's, ENs and AIN's and consistent with the NMBA decision making framework.
• Participates in developing, reviewing and evaluation clinical nursing standards guidelines, protocols, procedures standards and systems of work.
• Responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and other Information Technology systems; once proficient remains current with changes, updates and contingencies. Responsible for maintaining access and confidentiality always incorporating technology with compassionate nursing care to achieve a ‘high tech, high touch' practice.
• Contributes to quality care through lifelong learning, preceptorship, mentorship, role modelling and shares information with peers, ENAS's, EN's, USIN's and AIN's.
• Educates, informs, counsels and supports patients, families, cares and residents on general and clinical information relevant to patients care seeking expert advice as required.
• Applies evidence-based guidelines to achieve positive patient care outcomes.
• Ability to transfer evidence into practice to improve unit outcomes.
• As a nursing/midwifery clinical leader, role model best practice in clinical care
• Takes a leadership role in the establishment and maintenance of collaborative relationships with members of the HCT, utilising integrity, transparency, accountability and negotiation.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote and .
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
Documents
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Information Package for Applicants
Role Description