The Anaesthetic Care Unit are looking for an Assistant in Nursing to join their team. The Anaesthetic Care Unit provides anaesthetic nursing care in the Princess Alexandra Hospital's 21 operating theatres and areas other than theatre, including the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Endoscopy Suite and Radiology Departments. We are a tertiary referral centre, our client base includes liver transplant patients, cardio-thoracic, spinal, major trauma and those at high anaesthetic or surgical risk. The Anaesthetic Care Unit provides a 7 day per week, 24 hours per day service.

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We are Metro South Health 

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• This role assists the RN to effectively assess, plan and implement individual patient care and with the routine functioning of the ward/unit including escalation of patient care issues and concerns.
• Responsible for accepting delegated tasks/duties which require basic skills, training, and experience.
• Gather information about patient care needs by observing the patient and reporting to the RN to assist the RN to assess, plan and evaluate care.
• Complete other unit duties including the maintenance of clinical stores, restocking, equipment checking and maintenance, effective use of resources, maintaining clean patient environment, clerical and specific tasks directed by RN's and NUM as required.

 Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description. 

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.  

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. 

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. 

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• MS06641072 (PDF, 523KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants