Graduate Nursing Program

Bethesda Hospital Incorporated _

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Date July 2023

Position Title Graduate Registered Nurse

Division People and Culture

Reports to Learning and Development

Mission, Vision and Values

Mission: - To deliver the highest quality healthcare experience for patients.

Vision: - To be the preferred choice of Doctors, Staff and Patients, recognised for the provision of

high-quality medium acuity surgical services and palliative care.

Values: Bethesda Health Care is committed to the following values:

- Teamwork - we create an environment of unity and togetherness
- Respect - we recognise and acknowledge the uniqueness and value of every individual
- Integrity - we demonstrate honesty and trust
- Compassion - we work to express God’s love through a caring expression of kindness,

tolerance and tenderness
- Excellence - we excel in all that we do so that we can promote the mission of our hospital
- Professionalism - we have pride in the high level of care and service we offer

Staff are expected to demonstrate these values in the way they work and to live the positive

behaviours as described in the Bethesda Health Care Code of Conduct, and to contribute to and

promote the positive working culture of the organisation.

Position Summary and Role Purpose

The Graduate Registered Nurse is responsible for the planning and provision of personalised,

quality, evidence-based, comprehensive care to patients of varying ages and cultural groups within

the hospital, under the supervision of a senior Registered Nurse or Clinical Nurse.

The Graduate Registered Nurse will be accountable for seeking guidance and support from

appropriate employees when limited by their own skills and experience.

Key Working Relationships

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

Executive Patients

Clinical Nurse Managers VMO’s

Learning & Development Notre Dame University

All staff

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Key tasks, Responsibilities, Outcomes and Activities

Preventing and Controlling Health Care-Associated Infections
- Complete annual mandatory education and competencies to maintain knowledge and skills

of best practice.
- Participate in ongoing Infection, Prevention & Control education per the Graduate Nurse

Program.

Medication Safety
- Complete annual mandatory education and competencies to maintain knowledge and skills

of best practice.
- Medication administration carried out under direct supervision of a senior Registered Nurse,

Clinical Nurse or Staff Development Nurse.
- Participate in ongoing medication education as per the Graduate Nurse Program.

Comprehensive Care
- Provides comprehensive, evidence-based, individualised nursing care developed with

patients, including assessment, intervention and evaluation based on identified goals of care
under the supervision of a senior Registered Nurse, Clinical Nurse.
- Participates in ward rounds/case conferences as appropriate.
- Educates patients/carers in post-discharge management and referrals to other services, as

appropriate and within the limits of their skills, knowledge and experience.
- Liaises with patients, carers, colleagues, medical, nursing, allied health, support staff, and

external agencies to provide coordinated multidisciplinary care within the limits of their skills,
knowledge and experience.
- Participate in ongoing Comprehensive Care education as per the Graduate Nurse Program.

Communicating for Safety
- Complete annual mandatory education and competencies to maintain knowledge and skills

of best practice.
- Completes clinical documentation objectively, clearly and concisely and in an objective

manner and undertakes other administrative tasks as required.
- Participate in ongoing Communicating for Safety education as per the Graduate Nurse

Program.

Blood Management
- Complete annual mandatory education and competencies to maintain knowledge and skills

of best practice.
- Transfusion of blood or blood products only to be carried out under direct supervision of a

senior Registered Nurse, Clinical Nurse or Staff Development Nurse.

Recognising & Responding to Deteriorating Patient
- Complete annual mandatory education and competencies to maintain knowledge and skills

of best practice.
- Participate in ongoing clinical deterioration education as per the Graduate Nurse Program.

Additional responsibilities, actions
- Undertakes clinical shifts at the direction of senior staff. No weekend shifts for the first six

weeks and no night shifts for the first ten weeks of each rotation, and only then after

consultation with Learning & Development and Clinical Nurse Managers.
- Participates in departmental and other meetings as required to meet strategic and

organisational objectives.
- Promotes and participates in team building and decision-making.
- Participates in personal performance development planning and reviews with their mentor

and staff development to