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UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4200 people.
With 524 beds, The Wesley Hospital provides tertiary level medical and surgical services across 30 specialty areas including cardiology, urology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, maternity and women’s health. These services are supported by an intensive care unit, coronary care unit, cardiac catheter theatres, 24-hour emergency centre, renal dialysis, radiology, radiation therapy, pathology, pharmacy services, IVF, haematology and oncology services.
The Anaesthetic team pride themselves on their knowledge, excellent patient care and positive team dynamics. Responsible for assisting our Specialist Anaesthetists and empathetic care of our patients, the team works towards positive patient outcomes. We currently have an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse to join the Anaesthetic team. The role will be responsible for:
- Clinical leadership implementing organisational and unit objectives;
- Supervision of Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses in relation to the provision of comprehensive care;
- Demonstrating application of principles of clinical and workplace risk management as well as knowledge of incident notification and follow-up;
- Applying clinical practice which ensures a safe environment and promotes optimal patient outcomes;
- Effectively communicating information regarding patient responses and care to the nursing team;
- Utilising customer service principles to exceed patient expectations.
Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria:
- Bachelor of Nursing Degree or equivalent;
- General Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
- Relevant and recent post registration nursing experience in Anaesthetics;
- Post graduate qualifications relevant to Anaesthetics;
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Workplace Health and Safety practices.
UnitingCare Health is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation for all children who come into contact with our services. It is our expectation that our employees will share in this commitment. Therefore, employees and successful candidates in specified roles will be required to hold a valid ’Blue Card’ in line with the ’Working with Children Check’ requirements.
Criminal record checks will be conducted for all successful candidates.
Working as part of the UnitingCare Health at The Wesley Hospital, our staff enjoy a values based organisation with benefits including:
- Friendly values based environment
- Generous salary packaging options
- Exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams
- Exceptional professional development opportunities including Post graduate leaderships programs
- Flexible working arrangements
For more information regarding this opportunity please contact Lynda Parker, Clinical Nurse Manager at lynda.parker@uchealth.com.au.
To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process and quote the following reference number – 12962.
We look forward to receiving your applications by Sunday 23rd April 2017.
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