Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department

St John of God Murdoch Hospital is one of the leading private health campuses in Western Australia, and major health care hub in the southern region.  Offering 507-beds, services include an emergency department, operating theatres, endoscopy suites, birth suite and maternity ward, medical library and education centre.

Your role at St John of God Murdoch Hospital

Join our dedicated team in our Emergency Department as a Clinical Nurse, where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.

As one of St John of God’s leading private Emergency Departments, we offer urgent, high-quality care from experienced doctors and nurses in a comfortable setting.  In this position, you will work in a fast-paced, accelerated environment that requires adapting very quickly to urgent and emergency situations and thriving on the unpredictability of the department.

Supported by our medical teams you will be able to make quick and skilled clinical decisions fostering a strong alliance between doctors and nurses. We offer a fast-paced environment to take advantage of your skills.

If you're passionate about providing compassionate, evidence-based care in a dynamic and supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

The Position

• Supervise clinical practice of all caregivers taking responsibility for standard of care delivered.
• Initiate reviews and coordinate care of patients with complex health problems.
• Serves as a patient advocate, protecting the rights and safety of patients at all times.
• Actively contributes to the development of clinical policies and procedures in area of specialty.
• Responsible and accountable for nominated portfolios as designated by Nurse Unit Manager and actively communicate with Nurse Unit Manager regarding updates.
• Participate in and takes responsibility for the education of other caregivers by conducting formal and informal teaching sessions.
• Systematically evaluate actions and document the outcomes of nursing/medical interventions (including monitoring diagnostic results) and report significant anomalies promptly.
• Ensure documentation of planned nursing care and holistic care plan remains current and regularly evaluate documentation of the multidisciplinary team to determine their compliance to hospital policy.
• Prioritise departmental workloads using resources appropriately and cost effectively.
• Assist the Nurse Unit Manager with the submission of annual capital budget and business plans relevant to the Department.
• Review products and equipment and provides documentation and education on evaluation.
  

To succeed you will have an ability to work effectively and harmoniously within the multi-disciplinary health care team, with a commitment to ongoing education and professional development.  You will demonstrate advance clinical skills, with a minimum 2 years' experience suitable to a perioperative speciality and must be available to work on-call and flexible shifts.

To succeed you will hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse and demonstrate advance clinical skills relevant to an Accident and Emergency speciality within a busy hospital environment

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $109,599 to $115,681 pro rata, plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent, part-time positions, working 70 hours per fortnight.
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
  • Novated leasing 
  • work related expenses
  • self-education and
  • additional superannuation
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Access to gym membership, fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport for you and your family.
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Innovative Professional Development opportunities
• Travel Green allowance.  If you walk, carpool or use public transport you could be eligible for up to $1,500 per year

All applicants are asked to submit a current CV and covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries contact Olivia Savoury, Nurse Unit Manager, on (08) 9438 9123.

Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly.  If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date. Apply today!

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

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