Overview
Join to apply for the Professional Nurse - Surgical role at Bendigo Advertiser.
Closing date: 31/08/2025 | Number of positions: 1 | Reference number: 62987 | Workplace Type: On-site | Employment type: Full-time
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
The Skilled Nurse, in collaboration with a multi-professional team, delivers safe, comprehensive, and quality nursing care according to their Scope of Practice regulations. They lead and coordinate nursing teams to enable optimal patient care.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Deliver quality nursing care in collaboration with a multi-professional team
- Identify, prevent, and manage risks to ensure patient safety
- Facilitate a positive client experience by creating a conducive environment
- Provide accurate and comprehensive records of all nursing interventions
- Create a learning environment that builds staff competence
- Ensure that all utilised stock and equipment are accurately charted
Education
- ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: Diploma leading to registration as a General Nurse OR 4-year Nursing Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing
- DESIRED EDUCATION: Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Midwifery; Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (e.g. Critical Care, Emergency Care, Peri-operative Nursing) if placed in a specialist unit
Experience
- ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: None
- DESIRED EXPERIENCE: N/A
Job Skills And Knowledge
- Basic life support trained (ACLS; ATLS; PALS training for specialised wards)
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Develop/ modify a nursing care plan
- Infection prevention and control
- Nursing processes and procedures
- Nursing record keeping
- Patient assessment skills
- Pharmacology
- Relevant nursing legislation
- Risk identification
- Scientific nursing principles and process
Additional Information
All applicants will be considered, with preference given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa, as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements. Internal applicants on fixed-term contracts should apply using an external candidate profile.
Job Segments
- Labor and Delivery
- Medical
- Patient Care
- ICU
- Infection Control
- Healthcare
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Bendigo Advertiser. Get notified about new Surgical Nurse jobs in Bar Beach, New South Wales, Australia.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
📌 Professional Nurse - Surgical
🏢 Bendigo Advertiser
📍 Maitland