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• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital - Theatre
• Salary: RN/M1 $72,651 to $99,129 p.a. (Pro-rata)
• Permanent part-time position (up to 24 hours per week), with the potential for multiple part-time roles available

**Participate in an on-call roster after hours and on weekends**

Overview

Working within the Surgical Services at Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, you will assist with the provision of high-quality nursing care across Operating Theatre, Recovery and Day Surgery settings. Assessing individual patient needs, you will plan, implement and coordinate appropriate nursing care. You will also participate in quality improvement activities that contribute to patient safety, risk minimisation and safe work activities within the operating theatre setting. With increasing capacity over time, you will support and provide guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student nurses and other workers providing basic nursing care. Consolidating your knowledge and skills, you will develop in capability through continuous professional development and experience and maintain cooperative and productive working relationships with all members of the health care team. It is expected that you will have the ability to cover after-hours on-call surgery for emergency care. Being part of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, you can take advantage of education and training opportunities, have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.

You will need to be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and hold or be eligible to hold a current practicing certificate. With demonstrated competence in some aspect of operating theatre nursing practice in accordance with the appropriate standards, you will have effective communication skills including problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. With the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and prioritise workloads, you will be creative, innovative and flexible when approaching issues within an operating theatre setting. We are proud to provide a friendly, family orientated, caring environment that will support you to multi-skill in the perioperative areas.

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.

In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading. 

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients) 

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (Direct Contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 881952

Enquiries

Name: Tracy Luxon

Title: Acting Nurse Unit Manager

Phone: 8393 1660

E-mail: tracy.luxon@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

30 October 2024 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Attachments

 881952 - Registered Nurse - Theatre role description.pdf

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