• Cardiac Catheter Theatre
• Full-time or Permanent Part-time

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.

We currently have an exciting opening for Registered Nurses to join our Cardiac Catheter Theatre team in a permanent full-time or part time role. This is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate your professional experience and play a leading role in providing outstanding patient-centred care for The Wesley 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 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 Grant Simmons on 32327249. 

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 – 12998.

We look forward to receiving your applications by Wednesday the 10th of May 2017.