Employment Type: Permanent full time and part time
Hours: Rotating roster shifts, up to 80 hours per fortnight available
Location: Mercy Health Albury
Contact: Craig Cogdell, Nurse Unit Manger.
Where there's life, there's Mercy.
Where there's care, there's You.
Mercy Health Albury, Geriatric Evaluation and Management ward consists of a 20 bed in-patient ward and provides specialist in-patient Geriatric services to Albury Wodonga and surrounds. Including a multidisciplinary team headed by an enthusiastic Geriatrician, nursing staff, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, social work and pastoral care worker.
About the Role:
* Mercy Health Albury – Geriatric Evaluation and Management Inpatient Unit
* Permanent full time and part time
* To provide best practice care as a pivotal member of the multidisciplinary team.
* Act in a position of advocacy for the patient and their family.
* Be a part of this compassionate team in providing quality care.
About You:
* Essential requirements: Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered nurse.
* Must have current immunisation of diseases as listed in NSW Health Policy Directive. This is a Category A Risk position.
* Experience in Rehabilitation desirable but not essential.
* Focused on patient centred nursing.
* Minimum 2 years post graduate nursing experience.
* Demonstrate time management and organisational skills.
* Computer literacy.
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
* A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
* Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds
* Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
* Demonstrated competencies in and knowledge of the complexities and challenges involved in providing nursing care in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
* Demonstrated effective clinical communication using information technology, written and verbal means and sound interpersonal skills with the capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner.
* Demonstrated application of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised person-centred care with a commitment to quality improvement.
* Demonstrated ability to supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality nursing care with a willingness to show leadership and embrace change in the coordination and delivery of care.
* Recent clinical experience relevant to the position including evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload and deliver care with integrity and accountability.
* Current drivers' licence with capacity and willingness to travel to NSW Health business and service locations throughout NSW which will include overnight stays in regional / remote areas. These deployments will make up the majority of your time in the position.