Registered Nurse

Description:

Are you a Coronary Care Registered Nurse with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, and a passion for delivering high quality patient care? Melbourne Private Hospital is looking to employ Registered Nurses for their Coronary Care Unit on a full time basis.

Melbourne Private Hospital is a 122 bed private hospital co-located with the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the heart of Parkville, 1.7km from Melbourne CBD. Our hospital offers highly specialised services including extensive neurosurgery, neurology, advanced coronary care, cardiothoracic, orthopaedic and general surgery. These services are supported by a 10-bed intensive care unit, 4-bed acute coronary care unit and 6-bed neurosurgical high dependency unit.

As a Registered Nurse your responsibilities will include:
 

• Deliver evidence based nursing care
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team
• Ensure patient and staff safety
• Supervise, direct and guide nursing team members; Enrolled Nurses (ENs) and Assistants in Nursing (AINs) to deliver patient care
• Deliver education and support to individuals/patients for the management of their health recovery, rehabilitation or end of life needs
   

Essential Criteria:
 

• Current Registration with AHPRA
• Minimum 2 years’ experience
• Ability to work three 12 hour shifts a week (with four shifts a week, every six weeks)
• Post Graduate Certificate in ICU/CCU (or working towards)
• Specialty nursing experience (desired)
• Commitment to Quality Patient Care
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
• Sound clinical decision making and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Works well independently and within a team
• Basic computer skills