• Permanent Part-time, Casual
• Cardiac Catheter Theatre

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.

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is a 250 bed facility in Spring Hill. Facilities at St Andrew’s include 15 theatres, three cardiology catheter laboratories, endoscopy suites, an intensive care unit and emergency centre. St Andrew’s is a world leader in patient outcomes for many of our specialties. We achieve this by attracting the best staff and medical practitioners and carefully auditing and improving on the outcomes of our treatments.

We currently have an exciting opening for Registered Nurses to join our Cardiac Catheter Theatre team in a permanent full-time, part time or casual role. This is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate your professional experience and play a leading role in providing outstanding patient-centred care for The St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital.  The role will be responsible for:

• Clinical leadership implementing organisational and ward objectives;
• 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 from a recognised tertiary institution;
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA);
• Demonstrated  Cardiac Catheter Theatre experience and post graduate experience;
• The ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team; 
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills;
• Effective communication and time management skills;
• Be prepared to uphold the values and mission of Uniting Care Health.

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 St Andrew’s War Memorial 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
• Staff discounts for car parking

For more information regarding this opportunity please contact Jeanine Stewart, Clinical Nurse Manager on 07 3834 4414.

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 – 14062.

Applications close Monday, 24th July 2017

Through our values, UCQ are proud of our team diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.