Clinical Nurse – Recovery Stage 1 & Recovery Stage 2 positions available

About the role

Mater Private Hospital Townsville has an opportunity for an experienced Recovery Nurse to join the Perioperative team. The successful applicants will secure a 12month fixed term contract covering maternity leave. We have 2 positions vacant across Recovery Stage 1 & recovery Stage 2.

Our Perioperative Services department at Mater Private Hospital Townsville (MPHT) provides surgical services across 16 theatres and caters for adults and paediatrics with a variety of surgical specialities. MPHT boasts brand new state of the art theatre facilities, a catheterization laboratory and separate onsite day site surgery facilities.

Salary range: $54.21 - $58.08 per hour plus superannuation and up to $15,900 salary packaging annually

What you’ll be doing

As an experience clinical nurse, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe, efficient and effective service is provided to patients and Visiting Medical Officer’s within Perioperative Services.

• Be a role-model in all aspects of leadership and promote a positive team culture within the unit
• Leadership and coordination of the Day Surgery unit
• Demonstrate professionalism at all times
• Provision and coordination of care including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
• Monitoring outcomes and initiating/advocating changes to processes and practices
• Participating in the review, development and implementation of relevant policies, procedures and clinical protocols
• Participates and promotes clinical meetings in a multidisciplinary setting

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Relevant qualifications and Registration with AHPRA
• A minimum of 3-4 years’ recent experience as a Stage 1or Stage 1 Recovery Nurse.
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications will be highly regarded although not essential
• Have knowledge and experience in Theatres, anaesthetics and or recovery
• Prior comparable experience in a leadership/supervisory role in a health care environment
• Demonstrated ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement process, coupled with the proven ability to initiate, coordinate and evaluate quality improvement measures
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of Workplace Health and Safety, Infection Control and Clinical Risk policies are also of value.

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options where suitable
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for dining/retail/travel & accommodation/other
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

Please note, we will contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.