Registered Nurse

Unitingcare Health Pty Ltd.; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Education access

Employee assistance program

Discounts

Fitness passport

On-site parking

Food discounts

Job summary

Mater Private Hospital Townsville is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Perioperative Services team in the anaesthetics specialty. You will support the anaesthetist by preparing the environment, equipment and patient, and by monitoring intra-operative conditions to ensure safety and comfort.

The role includes twilight shifts from 3 PM, with opportunities for professional development and not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration.
• 2+ years in hospital perioperative/anesthetics setting.
• Postgraduate qualifications will be highly regarded but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare environment and equipment for the anaesthetist.
• Prepare equipment for administering the anaesthetic.
• Receive patient into the operating room and check identification and consent.
• Communicate patient information to the intra-operative team.
• Assist with intra-operative patient monitoring and patient safety.
• Assist the anaesthetist at the end of the procedure as the patient emerges from anaesthesia.
• Twilight shifts from 3 PM onwards.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Anaesthetics

Education

AHPRA Registration

Job description

Registered Nurse - Anaesthetics - Townsville

Mater are currently seeking experienced qualified Anaesthetic Nurses to join their Perioperative Services team based at Mater Private Hospital Townsville.

The 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, separate onsite day site surgery facilities as well as newly implemented robotic surgery involving the da Vinci Surgical System.

Seeking to grow our dedicated and knowledgeable team, we are looking for you to bring demonstrated skills and experience within the above clinical skillset to work across the full scope of our services.

Salary range: $41.47 - $53.30 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900
What you’ll be doing

As an experienced Anaesthetics Nurse you will assistant to the Anaesthetist to prepare the environment and equipment for the patient, prepare equipment for administering the anaesthetic, receive the patient into the operating room and establish rapport with the patient by asking and answering questions and checking identification and consent, communicate relevant patient information to the other members of the intra-operative team, both nurses and doctors, assist with intra-operative patient monitoring and ensure the patient’s safety, comfort and warmth and assist the anaesthetist at the end of the procedure as the patient emerges from the effects of anaesthesia. This role includes twilight shifts 3 PM onwards.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Relevant qualifications and Registration with AHPRA
• 2 years’ experience or more as a Registered Nurse in a hospital perioperative setting with relevant specialty experience (Anaesthetics)
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications will be highly regarded although not essential

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.

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

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Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.