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 Wesley Emergency Centre currently has an exciting opening for a Registered Nurse to join the team in a casual role. The Wesley Emergency Centre is a busy and dynamic department providing high standards of emergency care to the residents of Brisbane.   

Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA;)
• Minimum 3 years experience in an Emergency Department or critical care environment is essential;
• Completion of Advanced Life Support;
• Experience with IV Cannulation;
• 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 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 Tom Chenoweth on 07 3232 7937.

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 – 13059.

We look forward to receiving your applications by Wednesday 28th June 2017.