The Position

Title: Registered Nurse

Department: Medical Ward and High Dependency Unit

Classification: Nurses & Midwives EA, Grade 2, YP3 – YP9

Hours per fortnight: 320

Status:  Ongoing

• Fantastic opportunity to join our diverse and dynamic team
• Supported team environment
• Work in a state of the art facility
• Career development pathways

Applications are sought from suitably qualified Registered Nurses to work in the Medical HDU ward, at Echuca Regional Health.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide safe and comprehensive patient focused nursing care
• Conduct patient assessment and plan care relevant to disease and treatment
• Provide education and advice to patients and carer’s on treatments and symptom management
• Assist in the development and implementation of clinical policies and procedures

Our team requires someone who has:

• Proven experience working in Acute and/or Critical Care nursing
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision making skill
• High level interpersonal skills
• Post graduate qualifications preferred (or an interest in obtaining post graduate qualifications)

This position requires completion of a satisfactory National Police Check and (where relevant) provision of a Working With Children Check and check on the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme prior to appointment.  In addition, this position requires evidence of vaccination status for COVID-19.

Employee and family benefits include:

• Comprehensive learning and development program
• Supportive program for nurses studying post graduate qualifications
• Flexible employment practices
• Salary packaging
• Extended employee assistance program (including support for family  members)
• Employee health and wellbeing initiatives
• Employee recognition program
• Free onsite parking.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply.

For further information on the role please refer to the position description.  Applications are to be submitted online.