Make a Heartfelt Difference in Cardiac Care
Join the Coronary Care Unit and play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred cardiac care. Seeking a caring and motivated Assistant in Nursing to join our Coronary Care Unit where you’ll provide quality patient support under the guidance of Registered and Enrolled Nurses while promoting safety, dignity and a positive patient experience
Your new role:
As an Assistant in Nursing (AIN) within the Coronary Care Unit and Ward 3E, you will support Registered Nurses in delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care to patients with acute and stable cardiac conditions. Working under direct or indirect supervision, you'll contribute to the day-to-day functioning of the unit while ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care.
In this role, you will:
* Assist Registered Nurses with delegated patient care and routine ward activities in line with your education and competence
* Support patient assessment by observing, reporting, and escalating concerns to the RN
* Contribute to a safe, respectful, and patient-centred environment for patients, families, and staff
* Manage and maintain ward stock, equipment, and clinical stores to support efficient unit operations
About you:
You are a compassionate, reliable, and team-focused individual who takes pride in supporting excellent patient care. You enjoy working in a structured clinical environment and are eager to learn, contribute, and grow within a cardiac healthcare team.
You will bring:
* A genuine commitment to delivering respectful, person-centred care
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
* A willingness to learn, follow direction, and work under RN supervision
* A positive attitude, flexibility, and attention to detail, including stock and equipment management
What we can offer you:
* We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
* We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
* We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
Princess Alexandra Hospital:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.