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o Registered Nurse- Perioperative Scrub Scout Positions available
o Full-time openings available – Work to suit you!
o Take your Nursing career to the next level at Newcastle Private Hospital
o A salary ranging from $35.46 - $49.79 per hour
Are you an ICU or HDU trained Registered Nurse looking for your next challenge?
We are actively seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join the ICU team on a full-time basis. You will play a key role within a supportive team in ensuring high levels of patient care are provided.
As a Registered Nurse – ICU, your responsibilities will include:
o Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of excellent standard of evidence based, person centred patient care
o Demonstrate professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope's polices and processes
o Foster a learning environment through clinical presentations to support the nursing team with their professional development and maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and providing supervision and teaching to peers, ENs, graduates and students
o Act as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices
o Collaborate with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care across the health care continuum
o Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes
About the Company
The hospital has a 189 bed, acute, private hospital facility located at Rankin Park. It has 11 theatres including a hybrid theatre and a 15 bed Intensive Care Unit.
They also have a cardiac suite including a cardiac catheter laboratory and a 16 bed Coronary Care Unit. A private maternity suite including 6 birthing suites and a special care baby nursery is available for families in the Newcastle region. The Oncology Centre provides specialty care for individuals and their families/carers undergoing all aspects of cancer treatment and care with both an inpatient unit and day infusion lounge.
About You
o Current Registration with AHPRA & Working rights in Australia
o 3+ years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute ICU, or HDU setting
o Commitment to Quality Patient Care
o Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
o Sound clinical decision making and problem solving skills
o Excellent communication and customer service skills
o Works well independently and within a team
o Post Graduate Certificate in ICU, HDU, or CCU (or working towards) is desirable