YNLHN - Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - January 2024

YORKE AND NORTHERN LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES FOR
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT REGISTERED NURSES
WALLAROO HOSPITAL

Yorke and Northern Local Health Network have temporary and permanent positions for Registered Nurses wishing to work within the fast paced and dynamic Emergency Department at the Wallaroo Hospital located in the beautiful Yorke Peninsula.

The Yorke Peninsula region offers a lovely place to live and work, providing a beautiful coastal living, the areas provide great beaches for swimming and fishing. There are plenty of areas to explore on your days off to relax and unwind.

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

Yorke and Northern LHN - We care for you

Work with us - Yorke and Northern LHN

Opportunities are also available for successful Registered Nurses employed in this role to expand and consolidate on additional skills within additional services at Wallaroo Hospital if desired.

Wallaroo Hospital
Wallaroo Hospital is located in the township of Wallaroo, which is part of the Copper Triangle, located 160 kilometres from Adelaide on the beautiful coastline of the Yorke Peninsula. The Copper Coast is a beautiful tourist destination with an expanding population and is surrounded by industrial, aquaculture and agriculture industries.

Wallaroo Hospital is a 21-bed acute hospital offering services that include 24-hour accident and emergency, acute and general medical services, rehabilitation, chemotherapy, medical imaging, surgical services, obstetric and maternity care, palliative care, and outpatient clinics.

Wallaroo Hospital Emergency Department
The Wallaroo Hospital Emergency Department sees approximately 9000 presentations a year and is one of the most rapidly growing Emergency Departments in Country South Australia.

The Emergency Department sees both Adult and Paediatric presentations and manages a high acuity of patient presentations.  The department is staffed and supported by locum medical officers who are on site as well as supported by MedStar as our retrieval service.
The nursing and medical team are highly skilled and supportive, providing high level emergency care to our patients.

Positions Available

• Registered Nurse: Permanent P/T, 4.0 FTE (Various Positions) Commencing ASAP

If you are interested in applying for any of these vacancies, please refer to the job pack below for more information.

Important Information

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.  For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Please apply online and provide a cover letter indicating the FTE you are applying for.  Job ref: 856503.

Enquiries

Vanessa Watson
CenSTaR Administration Officer
Phone: 0422 142 ***
E-mail: **************@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

Applications close Sunday 4th February 2024 at 11.55PM Central Australia Daylight Time.

Attachments

 856503 YNLHN - Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - January 2024 Job Pack.pdf

 JCS+RN+final.pdf

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