The Robina Hospital’s transfer unit are looking for a Clinical Nurse to join their team. The Robina Transfer unit has a primary role in supporting patient flow functions within the Gold Coast Health Service by utilising strategies and Hospital and Health Service wide patient flow initiatives to support early inpatient capacity in the hospital while maintaining safe efficient patient care. The unit works in partnership with the Emergency Department, Nurse Managers Patient Flow and other inpatient unit clinicians. For further information on our health service, please watch our corporate video:

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The Role

An opportunity has become available for a Clinical Nurse to join Gold Coast Health (GCH)where the focus of our 9000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to over 550,000 people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region.

You will take responsibility for

• Practice to full scope of practice as per the defined practice standards for registered nurses set out by the NMBA and registered with AHPRA.
• The Clinical Nurse is responsible for a specific consumer population, and can function in more complex clinical situations while providing support and direction to Registered Nurse/Enrolled Nurse and other non-registered nursing personnel.
• Advanced assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation skills in the clinical management of consumer care and participation in multidisciplinary care planning.
• Coordinate staff and manage resources as delegate, including reprioritising of departmental needs and supporting day to day changes. Resolve staff conflict or progress accordingly, reporting appropriately.
• Participate in succession planning in the absence of the NUM or where relevant CNC, takes charge of the Team, and on occasion the In-Patient Unit, maintains a skilled nursing presence to facilitate a team approach for nursing interventions and multi-disciplinary team working.

Requirements for the role

• A Bachelor of Nursing or Midwifery or equivalent
• AHPRA Registration
• A minimum of a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma within a relevant specialty area is highly desirable. Where the successful applicant does not currently hold a relevant post-graduate qualification, commitment to completion of post-graduate study within an agreed timeframe is expected and will form part of the performance review process.
• It is a condition of employment in this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment: as required by HR Policy B1: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) and hepatitis B.
• This position requires effective computer skills or the ability to acquire computer skills relevant to the role in a short time frame.
• This position may be required to work across Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Benefits

• Career Development
• Leave loading
• Mentoring
• Salary Packaging
• Modern Facilities
• Diverse Work Culture

Salary information

• Permanent full time
• Base salary ranging from $89 990 - $96 361 per annum
• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

About Gold Coast Health

• Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
• Annual operating budget exceeding $1.3 billion
• More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Day Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
• Acute and sub-acute care in hospital and community settings
• Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle

About Unit

The Robina Transfer unit has a primary role in supporting patient flow functions within the GoldCoast Health Service by utilising strategies and HHS wide patient flow initiatives to support early inpatient capacity in the hospital while maintaining safe efficient patient care.  The unit works in partnership with the Emergency Department, Nurse Managers Patient Flow and other inpatient unit clinicians.

GCH is committed to attracting the right people for our organisation. To help us with this we have developed a Core Capability Framework which defines the skills and behaviours required to perform successfully as an organisation.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button to review the Role Description and submit your application by Thursday, 28 February 2019

Job Ad reference: GC302760

Please note: no third party applications will be accepted.

Further information

***APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ONLINE*** Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF file types are supported. Files must be a maximum of 2MB each.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Gold Coast Health PPM (PDF, 136KB)
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  GC302760 - RD (PDF, 908KB)
  Role Description