Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)
Ensure best practice & quality patient care to patients of all ages and cultural groups, recognising the importance of individuals and their families.
Summary about this job
Nursing - A&E, Critical Care & ICU
Company: Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Location: Northern QLD
Work type: Part Time
Salary: Great remuneration and benefits.
Phone: +61-2-6670-6377
Fax: +61-2-4816-3251
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Detail information about job Registered Nurse (Emergency Department). Terms and conditions vacancy
Position Type: Permanent part-time, 56 hours per fortnight.
Salary: Remuneration package of up to $72,780 p.a. comprising salary range of $33.93 - $43.53 p.h. (Nurse Grade 5), recreational leave loading (17.5%), and employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%).
About the Townsville Hospital and Health Service
The Townsville Hospital and Health Service provides complex, high level services across a wide range of specialities making it the only facility in Queensland to offer all of these services within the one hospital to our patients. We strive to deliver excellence in healthcare by adapting a `person centred' approach to care across our patient's lifespan. Additionally we are the only tertiary hospital in North Queensland that offers you the right blend of professional enhancement and fulfilling work coupled with a relaxed lifestyle in the tropics.
About the role
The purpose of the role is to provide direct nursing care utilising clinical skills, support and education to nursing staff within the Emergency Department to ensure best practice and quality patient care to patients of all ages and cultural groups, recognising the importance of individuals and their families.
About the department
The Emergency Department at The Townsville Hospital is a 75-bed space Emergency Department with 3 resuscitation bays, 7-bed paediatric assessment area as well as dedicated rooms for plastering/suturing, ophthalmology/ENT, Mental Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Medical Imaging is located within the department for plain x-ray and a dedicated CT scanner is adjacent to the department. There is a co-located 16 bed Short Stay Unit.
Other information - Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)
Roles that have a direct contact with patients or who in the course of their work may be exposed to blood/body fluids or contaminated sharps are required to be immunised for Hepatitis B.
Roles that have contact that would allow acquisition and/or transmission of measles, mumps, rubella, varicella or pertussis, and have face to face contact with patients and/or work in a clinical area require evidence of immunisation of the aforementioned diseases.
What's on Offer?
We are committed to providing a wide range of rewarding career opportunities to our employees and encourage professional development. To attract and retain a workforce who also strive to excel we offer a generous remuneration package and employment benefits which includes salary sacrificing options, recreational leave loading, generous employer superannuation contribution, shift allowances, locality allowances, professional development assistance, flexible working arrangements, access to corporate discounts, staff wellness programs and the employee assistance program.
Why make the move? Discover Townsville
Townsville is the largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, yet offers a relaxed tropical and coastal lifestyle as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Rainforest and the Outback.
To apply or for more information visit Smart Jobs and Careers (Ref: TV282063).
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