Employer: Monash Health
Location: Clayton
Type: Full Time
Ref No: 60517
Closing Date: 7 June 2023
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Summary
Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.
Our Journey
McCulloch House is a 16-bed Inpatient unit based at Clayton. Our team work closely with all facets of Monash Health services, from inpatient wards to our Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Consultant Service, to Hospital in the Home and Community Palliative Care. Our innovative Palliative Care team looks to the future to offer our patients a wide variety of care options suitable to their needs.
A Day in the Life
No two days will be the same as you work with an established team who are at the forefront of change within Palliative Care. Our affiliation with Monash University enables us to readily access the significant research undertaken in the area, and we are open to using a range of evidence-based techniques in our practice. You will work closely with patients and their families to deliver excellent patient centred care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. You will be required to demonstrate comprehensive patient assessment, symptom management, and preservation of dignity in end of life care, patient advocacy and complex discharge planning.
We are looking for Registered and/or Enrolled Nurses to work rotating shifts across a 24/7 roster.
About you
You are an experienced Registered Nurse with a comprehensive understanding of Palliative Care. You have a genuine passion and interest for this unique are of nursing and you are compassionate and committed to excellence in nursing care. You demonstrate strong communication and negotiation skills, you have the resilience to manage your responsibilities across a variable unit as a part of a devoted team.
You are also:
- Dedicated to safe best practice and quality care.
- Committed to delivering patient centred care and patient advocacy.
- Enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively.
- An advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles.
What you need:
- Current AHPRA registration.
- Recent EEN or RN experience.
- While you have had some exposure to Palliative Care, experience in a dedicated Palliative Care unit is not mandatory.
- Post Graduate studies in Palliative Care will be highly regarded.
What is offered
Monash Health is a great place to work. In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career.
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:
- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more
To access the Position Description click on 'further information' button below.
How To Apply
Applications must be submitted via the Monash health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
Further information button below will link you to details including how to apply and probity check requirements in the 'Application Guide' located under the Position Documents.
Applications close Wednesday 7 May 2023, though selection activity may commence prior to this closing date.
FURTHER INFORMATION