Melbourne Health is an award winning health care service and is Victoria’s second largest public health service. We provide comprehensive acute, sub-acute, general, specialist medical and mental health services through both inpatient and community based facilities through the following services: The Royal Melbourne Hospital – City Campus, The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Royal Park Campus, NorthWestern Mental Health, RMH Kidney Care Service and Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital | Clinical Support Nurse - Grade 4A |Division of Surgery, Perioperative, Trauma and Surgical Oncology Services | Full time, Ongoing | Commencing March 2016
An opportunity exists for an experienced Registered Nurse with general surgical nursing experience to undertake this role in a full time, ongoing capacity within the Royal Melbourne Hospital Nursing Education Department.
The Clinical Support Nurse (CSN) role is pivotal to the support of nursing staff within the Division of Surgery, Perioperative, Trauma and Surgical Oncology Service. This role will be primarily responsible for anticipating and responding to the developmental needs of new nursing staff, in particular the Graduate Nurse Program (GNP) participants. The role is clinically based across 3 surgical wards currently located on 9 West (Urology, Vascular, Breast Oncology, Endocrinology, and Ophthalmology), 3 South (Emergency General Surgery), and 3 South West (Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, and Gastroenterology). In addition, this role will require the successful applicant to work closely with the existing Clinical Nurse Educators to facilitate and deliver a variety of education programs to all staff members.
This role will be attractive to the nurse wishing to gain experience in clinical education while working collaboratively with the general surgery Clinical Nurse Educators, Nurse Unit Managers and clinical staff.
Post graduate qualifications in nursing and/or clinical education are required for this role.
Enquiries:
Peter Hogan, Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator, Nursing Education Department
Email: peter.hogan@mh.org.au
Why Melbourne Health?
Melbourne Health is a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement. We also offer:
• Salary Packaging
• Reward & Recognition Programs
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff gym, staff health service, peer support program and EAP
• Discounted Staff Parking
All appointments are made subject to satisfactory police records check.
At Melbourne Health we are committed to Aboriginal employment and encourage all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Karreeta (grow) Yirramboi (tomorrow).
We value a diverse workforce and encourage applications from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Successful applicants will also be required to provide a record of Immune Status to vaccine preventable diseases or evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.
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