Registered Nurse, Babinda MPHS

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Babinda; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remuneration

Generous superannuation

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service in Babinda, QLD invites applications for a dedicated nurse to join the Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Centre. You will deliver person-centred care across Emergency, Ward, Aged Care and Clinic settings, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to meet local health needs in a small rural facility.

This role supports quality improvement, staff education and mentorship, while ensuring mandatory training is completed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in collaboration with patients and the multidisciplinary team.
• Assisting patients with activities of daily living.
• Work across Emergency, Ward, Aged Care and Clinic settings to meet service and operational needs.
• Coordinate patient flow and act as Team Leader when required, including liaison with retrieval services and Queensland Ambulance Service.
• Support quality improvement, education and mentorship initiatives while maintaining mandatory and role-specific training requirements.

Job description

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Babinda QLD

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Centre provides emergency and general medical services and is co-located with residential aged care capacity. It provides the primary rural and remote and primary care training components with both the ACRRM and RACGP colleges.
As well as 11 inpatient beds, the facility also offers supporting clinical and diagnostic services such as allied health, x-ray, and pharmacy services.
Supporting a population of 1100 residents, Babinda is 50 minutes drive south of Cairns and is known for the spectacular Babinda Boulders swimming hole, hiking trails, kayaking and beautiful rainforests.

About your role:

The Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Centre serves as a modest hospital and primary healthcare facility, offering visiting allied health, community, and specialist services.

It features a small emergency department, an in-patient ward, including aged care residential beds and a medical practice.

Your main tasks may include (but are not limited to):

• Deliver person-centred nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in collaboration with patients and the multidisciplinary team.
• Assisting patients with activities of daily living.
• Work across Emergency, Ward, Aged Care and Clinic settings to meet service and operational needs.
• Coordinate patient flow and act as Team Leader when required, including liaison with retrieval services and Queensland Ambulance Service.
• Support quality improvement, education and mentorship initiatives while maintaining mandatory and role-specific training requirements.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number ofworkplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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As part of the Public Service Act 2022, Public Service employees are required to have valid working rights for Australia.Sponsorship is not currently available for this position.