AddressClassification:Registered Nurse Level 1
Salary: $72,698 - $97,112 plus superannuation
Position No: 7999, Several - 02HP8
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 May 2024
Contact Officer: Rachel Longhurst on ***************@act.gov.au or 62647180
What can we offer you:
● City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
● Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
● Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
● Flexible working conditions.
● 11.5% Superannuation.
About the Hospital:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and Critical Care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
About the role:
The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. The RN will be required to collaborate with the multidisciplinary team and provide support, guidance and education to patients and their families.
The transition program is a structured 1 year program aimed at Registered Nurses with at least 1 year’s post registration experience who are looking for a supported move into Critical Care.
The ICU CCU comprises a 10 bed medical/surgical ICU/HDU and a 6 bed non-interventional CCU providing care for approximately 1500 patients per year.
Under limited direction of the Clinical Nurse Consultant you will deliver high quality, evidence based, patient centred care, to our critically ill patients and their families. You will:
- Provide direct patient care, utilising the nursing process while working within the prescribed legislation.
- Provide patient information and education throughout the continuum of care.
- Use computerised patient information and other PC based systems to obtain patient and other general information.
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development, competency assessment and appraisal.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.
About you:
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.
Behavioural Capabilities
- Critical thinking, with the ability to make informed decisions based on evidenced based practice.
- Able to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment
- High level communication skills and the ability to Critically think, compassion and empathy.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs.
Position Requirements / Qualifications
Behavioural Capabilities
- A minimum of one years’ experience working professionally as a Registered Nurse.
- Registered as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Able to work a full rotating roster
- Demonstrated ability to deliver quality nursing care in accordance with the ANMC National Competency Standards for a Registered Nurse
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
Desirable
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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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
Our Role: 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.
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