Assistant in Nursing

About Us
Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.
A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.
**We provide an integrated network of services through**:
The Queensland Children's Hospital
The Child and Youth Community Health Service
The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations
Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.
**Your Opportunity**:
The Queensland Children's Hospital (QCH) is the single specialist children's hospital for the state, providing children's clinical, educational and support services at Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) Level 6 for children and young people from birth to 16 years of age (and up to 18 years for established paediatric patients).
The QCH provides the only Level 6 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Queensland for all critically ill patients from all over Queensland, as well as northern New South Wales (NSW) and the Pacific Rim.
**The PICU provides**:
Specialist 1:1 nursing care for intubated patients or seriously ill, injured or complex children including burns, trauma, spinal injury and cardiology patients.
Monitoring and care for patients after complex surgical procedures including cardiac surgery, renal transplant, liver transplant and neurosurgery.
Monitoring and care for high dependency patients unsuitable for the ward due to physiological instability, or dependence on specialist technology.
The paediatric ECLS (Extra-corporeal life support) service.
Members of the QCH Medical Emergency Team (MET) for inpatient emergency responses, Paediatric Trauma Team, Code ECMO and Ryan's Rules.
In conjunction with Children's Health Queensland Retrieval Service (CHQRS) provide the Paediatric Retrieval Service for Queensland and Northern NSW.
The Assistant in Nursing (AIN) assists and supports the Registered Nurse (RN) in the provision of direct/indirect person-centred care and PICU duties as required. The AIN is responsible for providing nursing care in a professional, safe and compassionate manner as a member of PICU healthcare team according to their education and competence.
What CHQ HHS can offer
Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:
12.75% employer superannuation contribution
17.5% annual leave loading
Salary packaging
Employee Assistance Program
Work/life balance, variety and flexibility
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.
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