Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme Available
Employment Type : Permanent Part Time
Position Classification : Registered Nurse
Location: Lithgow Hospital
Remuneration : $ $49.60 per hour + rural incentives
Hours Per Week : 24
Requisition ID : REQ497892
Applications Close: 09/07/2024
With CORE Values of C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
In accordance with the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme (PD 2022_025), this position has been recognised as hard to fill/ critical to fill and has an incentive attached to this position. Please visit NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme for additional information.
About Us Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
Located in South Bowenfels, the Lithgow Campus is considered as a comprehensive community health centre supporting approximately 20,000 people living in the town and surrounding areas. The services available in Lithgow hospital include Domiciliary care unit, Emergency department, Geriatric assessment unit, Obstetric services, Paediatric service, Drug and Alcohol unit.
We are seeking to engage a Facility Nurse to join our team. This is a dynamic position assisting with periods of high activity and acuity across Lithgow Health Service. As a Facility Nurse, you will work collaboratively utilising effective team communication with members of the multidisciplinary health team in the planning, implementation, assessment and evaluation of patient care. You will be an advocate for the specific needs of all patients/clients and carers including those from the Aboriginal population or multi-cultural groups providing appropriate care to the patient/client undergoing specialised procedures.
Key to your success is to have recent acute clinical experience and being willing to move across the facility at short notice when directed due to clinical demands. This includes maintaining and promoting a professional standard evidenced by ethical nursing practice. The role will be deployed at the facility nurse managers' discretion, to any clinical area within the facility in order to manage unplanned surges.
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Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees · Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
· Novated Leasing
· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
· Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
What you will bring to the role: Current registration as Registered Nurse Division 1 with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Demonstrated experience and clinical skill in Acute Care Nursing as a registered nurse with experience across a variety of clinical settings (including Completion of a new graduate RN program or equivalent experience working as a Registered Nurse). Demonstrate ability to organise and prioritise work. Demonstrated evidence of being able to provide person centred care. Demonstrated effective communication skills- written and verbal. Ability to work a flexible roster, day, evening, night shift across all days of the week according to the unit/service requirements. Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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