Address- Part time Position at Special Care Nursery Dandenong Hospital
- Work in a supportive environment where Nursing autonomy is promoted
- provide Family Centred Care, caring for our vulnerable newborns and their family
Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.
About the Role
Join our team as a Registered Nurse part time ongoing opportunity to work at Special Care Nursery based at Dandenong Hospital. You will be joining a highly skilled and motivated team and must be able to act autonomously, be a great communicator, and be able to multi task. Discharge co-ordination is also a major part of this role. We operate a Family Centred Care Model within our unit and aim to provide high quality care to our babies and their families. We focus on care plans, discharge planning and education to enable safe and early discharge to reunite the family unit. This is a position requiring flexibility to work across a rotating roster, 7 days, including night duty and weekends.
About Us
The Special Care Nursery at Dandenong Hospital is a 6 bed Level 3 Nursery with facilities for ongoing neonatal care. Our priority is looking after any unwell babies from our busy birth unit/maternity ward. We are part of Monash newborn Team and we work together across sites to ensure that newborn babies and their families receive the best care and we able to get babies closer to home.
About You
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality family centred care
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
- Committed to ongoing professional development and increasing your skills and knowledge in Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Nursery
- Current AHPRA registration to practice independently as a practitioner
- Ability to meet the operational need of the position
- Previous midwifery, neonatal or paediatric nursing experience
In Return
You are passionate about caring for newborns and their families and providing the best possible start to life for these vulnerable infants. You come to work with likeminded colleagues, who want to make a difference in the lives of the families you care for. Be part of a great team and work together to achieve the common goals of safe and excellence Family centred care. Be part of a program that encompasses learning and provides opportunities for professional development.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Amanda Lehmann on 0395548***
Monash Health is a great place to work
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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Respectfully, applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.
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