: Various Permanent and Temporary Full Time and Part Time
Facility: Wollongong Hospital
:Enrolled Nurse
: $31.83 - $34.59 per hour
: Various
:REQ473817
Applications Close: 26 March 2024
This role has various Permanent and Temporary Full Time and Part Time positions available. Temporary positions are with varying hours and end dates.
Where you’ll be working
Wollongong Hospital is the Illawarra and Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has bed base of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.
Wollongong is locatedan hours drivesouth of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west.Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working inWollongong.
The values of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District guide the behaviour and professional standards of our staff and underpin the ways in which we engage with our patients and consumers.Our CORE Values areCollaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
Visit ourIllawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District - YouTubeto see our people and location in action and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date @IllaShoalHealth.
What you'll be doing
The Enrolled Nurse is responsible for the provision of compassionate and professional nursing care to all patients. The Enrolled Nurse is the patient/client's advocate and delivers high quality nursing care to patients/ clients of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District consistent with the LHDs policies, procedures and standards.
The Enrolled Nurse works under the direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse. The Enrolled Nurse retains responsibility for their personal actions whilst remaining accountable to the registered Nurse for delegated functions.
Professional development and active participation in the service Quality Improvement program are integral components of the role. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
The Enrolled Nurse without notation is to administer medications that are within their scope of practice.
Selection Criteria:
- Current registration with the Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Enrolled Nurse (Division 2) with Medication Administration Endorsement
- Demonstrated commitment to person centered care and NSW Health Core Values.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of acute care nursing
- Effective written and verbal communication skills including computer skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks, organise workload and effectively manage time
- Demonstrated critical thinking around evidence based practice