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Form of workThe Wisteria Unit are looking for a Registered Nurse to join their team. Wisteria Unit is a 16-bed authorised mental health facility located in the Casuarina Lodge building, Wynnum West. Wisteria focuses on extended mental health care treatment, providing a structured and supportive environment which allows patients the opportunity to develop effective daily living and social skills to optimise their recovery journey.
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
- Supports and quickly adapts to unexpected changes to the Nursing or Midwifery Model of care e.g. team nursing due to agency/casual replacement staff.
- Supports and is involved in quality initiatives and portfolios, aligning evidence-based nursing/midwifery practice with quality frameworks including The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
- Promotes quality initiatives by actively identifying areas for improvement; monitoring and assessing progress with the goal of achieving high quality patient outcomes and improving service delivery across the continuum of care.
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.
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 ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).
