Job Description
Employment Type: part time
Hours: 0.53
Salary: As Per NSW Nursing and midwives award
Location: Mercy Health Albury Inpatient Palliative care unit
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Nurse unit manager: Jessica McLean
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
Summary of the role: Mercy Health Albury Palliative Care Unit is a 10-bed inpatient palliative care service operating in the regional city of Albury, NSW providing holistic specialist multidisciplinary palliative care services to Albury Wodonga and surrounds. The multidisciplinary team is headed by an enthusiastic palliative care physician and includes nursing staff, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, Dietetics, Speech pathology and pastoral care worker. We provide psychological and spiritual support, caring for people of all ages with life-limiting illnesses as well as complex symptom management.
- To provide best practice care as a pivotal member of the multidisciplinary team,
- Act in a position of advocacy for the patient and their family in collaboration with medical staff, nursing staff and allied health staff.
- Be a part of this compassionate team in providing quality care, best practice led care and respect and dignity through life limiting illness.
What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centered care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
- Essential requirements: Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Endorsed Enrolled nurse.
- Experience in palliative care desirable but not essential.
- Focused on patient centered nursing.
- Minimum 2 years post graduate nursing experience.
- Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
- A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
- The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
- Ability to operate computer programs such as Electronic Medical Records.
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
- A current NSW Police Record Check
- Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.
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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.