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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Paediatric Emergency Department – North Adelaide (5006)

• Salary
• Classification - RN/M1 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 1 - $72,651 to $99,129 pro rata
• Second Classification - RN/M2C - Clinical Nurse/Midwife LV2 - $84,870 to $107,279 pro rata

• Full time/Part Time - Term Contract

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Emergency Department as a Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse, where you will be responsible for:

Registered Nurse:

• Plan and coordinate services with other disciplines or agencies in providing individual health care needs.
• Assess individual patient/client needs, plan, implement and/or coordinate appropriate service delivery.
• Provide health promotion and education, to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve the health outcomes of individual.

Clinical Nurse:

• Provide a high standard of clinical practice through the application of professional standards and adherence to policies, protocols and procedures and working within a model of client centred care.
• Promotes access and equity of services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Participates in and oversee the provision of quality nursing care.

About Us

The Paediatric Emergency Department (PED), located within the Women’s and Children’s Hospital is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and sees over 45000 patients annually and is the State's Major Trauma Service for Paediatrics. There is an attached 12 bed Emergency Extended Care Unit (EECU) with over 5000 admissions annually.

Our newly developed and upgraded department was designed closely with staff, consumers and stakeholders to meet the needs of our patients and allow our staff to continue to provide the highest standard of emergency care to children from across the state.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 878828

We are unable to provide sponsorship of a visa for this position at this time.

Enquiries

WCHN Paed Med Executive Assistants - Nursing

Phone: 8161 8139

E-mail: Health.paedmednursingadmin@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Sunday 19 January 2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

PED RNM1 Registered Nurse Midwife Role Description 878828.pdf

RN2 Clinical Nurse PED - Role Description 878828.pdf