Registered Nurse/Midwife Special Care Nursery

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Detail information about job Registered Nurse/Midwife Special Care Nursery. Terms and conditions vacancy

Sandringham
Part Time,Full Time

Registered Nurse/Midwife - Special Care Nursery - The Womens @ Sandringham
Fixed Term and Permanent Opportunities
Full Time and Part Time 

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The W@S Special Care Nursery is a level 3 nursery, co-located within the Maternity unit at Sandringham Hospital. The nursery recently completed capital works to increase the capacity the of unit to a 8 cot nursery.  In the future the newly renovated unit will transition towards a level 4 special care unit. The Special Care unit works in partnership with Maternity Services aiming to keep mothers and babies together and supports the neonatal system as a whole, accepting transfers of suitable babies from tertiary hospitals for ongoing care and support in preparation for discharge from hospital.

Your contribution  

This role provides the provision of care to infants in the Special Care Nursery and support as appropriate to their families

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Provision of care in accordance to the Policy and procedures of the neonatal services.
  
• Actively participate in Quality & Safety, Infection Control, and research projects, and the to support the enhancement of care provision
  
• Actively supports and participates in the development and review of procedure and guidelines within SCN
  

 About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Registered Nurse/Midwife qualifications
• Special Care Nursing experience
  

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly White Ribbon and Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Enquiries: Samantha Jenkins
Ph: (03) 9076 1571
Applications Close: 25/07/2018

To view the position description or submit your application please click the 'Apply Now' button below.