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Enrolled Nurse (Cancer Care), Cairns Hospital.


Cairns

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

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Position status Permanent,Temporary
Position type Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 3
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH676582
Closing date 21-May-2026
Job duration
Contact person Matthew Green
Contact details 0742268050
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About us: The Cancer Care & Haematology Ward at Cairns Hospital provides specialised tertiary inpatient care. Cancer care ward consist of 20 oncology Haematology beds and 12 General medical beds.

Cancer care ward provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary care and management of complex treatments from diagnosis. This includes oncological emergencies, treatment related side effects, infusion related reactions, transfusion support, education, diagnostic procedures, and treatment procedures.

Our emphasis is on caring for people across their entire journey to wellness or provision of comprehensive and respectful palliative care services to patients at the end stage of their disease process. Our general medical beds provide acute medical inpatient care to a diverse and complex cohort group. We operate through a multidisciplinary model.

About your role:

  • Evaluating and implementing patient care, including delirium management.
  • Direct patient cares including ADLs.
  • Recognise and respond to deterioration in a patient's condition.
  • Phlebotomy/Cannulation.
  • Complex medications administration.
  • Patient education.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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