Grow Your Medical Nursing Career - Join Our Lagoon Ward Team!

Join Lagoon Ward at Redland Hospital, delivering compassionate care across our Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU)! Temporary full and part time opportunities!

Job details

This role is a frontline role that provides essential frontline services.

About your role

As a Registered Nurse in Lagoon Ward at Redland Hospital, you will play a frontline role in delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care across our combined 28-bed Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU). 

In this role, you will:

• Provide education, information and support to patients, families and carers to promote understanding, recovery and ongoing management of their healthcare needs.
• Collaborate with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to coordinate investigations, treatment plans, referrals and discharge planning.
• Monitor and evaluate patient conditions, using critical thinking and clinical judgement to identify changing needs and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Deliver comprehensive nursing care to patients across MAPU and AMU, undertaking clinical assessments and developing individualised care plans.

About you

You are a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse who enjoys working in a dynamic medical environment and is committed to delivering high-quality patient care.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Well-developed organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing clinical demands and adapt to changing ward requirements.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and build positive relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to plan, implement and evaluate safe, evidence-based and person-centred care.
• A commitment to ongoing professional development, reflective practice and continuous improvement, with an interest in developing expertise in acute and subacute medical nursing.

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What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. With more beds, new and expanding services the Redland Hospital expansion provides a range of opportunities to pursue and build a long-term career, enjoy a supportive work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a vibrant community!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 better together.

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.

• MS11696843 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)