Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Registered Nurse

Remuneration: $70,049.73 - $98,351.39 per annum plus superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ513633

Applications Close: 1 September 2024

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department, Prince of Wales Hospital

👩‍⚕️ Ready to Elevate Your Nursing Career? Join Our Team in the ED! 👨‍⚕️

Are you a Registered Nurse ready to make a difference in a fast-paced Emergency Department? We're hiring at our newly built department and we want you to be part of our team! As a member of our team, you'll provide person-centered care to patients in their time of need, ensuring they receive the highest level of care in our state-of-the-art facility.

Why join us in the Emergency Department?

Work in a dynamic environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth in a person-centred approach.

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care.

Enjoy a supportive work culture that values your expertise and contributions.

Benefit from ongoing professional development and training opportunities.

What We Offer

• A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
• Orientation and supported transition into your new role
• Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
• Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses $2.6k meal & entertainment novated leasing
• Corporate health and fitness program
• Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs beaches, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door
• Established partnerships with Universities that promote cutting edge research in wellbeing, education and teaching.
  
  

Where you'll be working

Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building (ASB) including a state of the art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. POWH provides an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person-centred care. Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.

What You'll Be Doing

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality nursing care to patients/clients of the Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) consistent with SESLHD and POWH policies, procedures and standards.

The vision for nursing at Prince of Wales Hospital is Transforming Person Centred Care Together. Nurses at the Prince of Wales Hospital are committed to working within Practice Development principles. This is enabled through a framework of inclusiveness, active participation and collaboration. Our staff, through facilitation, are empowered and engaged in the shared decision making process in order to influence practice. This is achieved by working together in an environment which supports person centredness through evidence based care, learning and enquiry.

All Registered Nurses must comply and act in accordance with recognised professional and organisational standards established by: NSW Ministry of Health, The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District & Prince of Wales Hospital.

Clinical supervision at the point of care is the role and responsibility of each Registered Nurse and Enrolled Nurse within everyday clinical practice, in line with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Decision Making Frameworks for Nurses and Midwives.

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
• Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of risk management, safety and quality principles and the role of the Registered Nurse in applying these principles.
• Demonstrated recent extensive post registration experience in an acute hospital setting.
  
  

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
• Find out more about applying for this position
  
  

For role related queries or questions contact Kathryn Power on kathryn.power1@health.nsw.gov.au

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website