CLINICAL TALENT POOL - Joyce Palmer Health Service
Townsville Hospital and Health Service are seeking Registered Nurses to join the team within the Joyce Palmer Health Service at Palm Island on a permanent full-time basis.
If deemed suitable your details will remainin the Clinical Talent Pool for a period of 12 months and you may be contacted further by the Joyce Palmer Health Service at the time an opportunity arises.
Joyce Palmer Health Service consists of an Emergency Department, 15 bed inpatient unit, renal dialysis services and home care services. PJoyce Palmer Health Service promotes and supports an integrated service provision across all aspects of care, aiming to achieve appropriate and timely access to care for all residents of Palm Island.
The Townsville Hospital and Health Service vision is world-class healthcare for northern Queensland.
Our purpose is `great care every day'.
About your opportunity:
Permanent full-time / Location: Palm Island
The purpose of this position is to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing care to the people of Palm Island. This will include working in all areas of emergency and inpatient services.
The ideal applicant will be someone who has proven ability and can demonstrate the following:
- Comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
- Knowledge of legal and professional responsibilities.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and other stakeholders, including participation in relevant networks.
- High standard of written and oral communication skills within the multidisciplinary team, patients and their families.
- Use or learn to use information systems appropriate to the position.
- Provide clinical education and support and demonstrate own ongoing professional development.
- Competency as outlined in the NMBA - Registered nurse standards for practice.
What the Townsville Hopsital and Health Service has to offer:
- Generous remuneration package value up to $121,464 p.a. comprising:
- Salary range of $3171.90 to $4068.50 p.f. (Nurse Grade 5)
- Annual leave with 17.5% loading
- 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation.
- Relocation Incentives
- On-site single accommodation will be provided to the successful applicant.
- Rural and Remote Incentive Package - successful applicants may be eligible for RANIP.
Other employment benefits may include: professional development, salary sacrificing options, shift and locality allowances, employee wellness and assistance programs, and access to corporate discounts.
Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme:
Eligible health workers who make the move to work with us may receive up to $70,000 in incentive payments under Scheme 2 of the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply).
Role Requirements:
- Proof of qualification (Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent), registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and possession of a current practising certificate.
- This is a Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) risk role: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, and Pertussis.
- Adult Life Support certificate: Must be able to obtain and then maintain an annual competency in Advanced Life Support as per THHSCLI040151 Life Support Training and Assessment (https://qheps.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0038/475778/thhscli040151.pdf
- Shift Workers: Appointees will be required to work all shifts in accordance with the unit roster, which will include participation in an on-call roster.
- Travel: Travel by light aircraft or Ferry may be required from Townsville to Palm Island and return.
- Probation period may apply.
- Pre-employment checks will be conducted.
Please refer to the Role Description for further details.
Why make the change?
Discover the beauty of Palm Island!
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
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