Clinical Nurse

Your role

As an experienced Paediatric Clinical Nurse, you will play a critical role in leadership and management, establishing and maintaining the highest standards of paediatric surgical care, for patients within our Main Theatre.  You will experience different aspects of the entire patient surgical journey for babies, children and adolescents, which is both exciting and extremely rewarding within a fast pace environment. 

Focusing on compassionate and age-appropriate care for children, in a range of surgical specialities, including general surgery, orthopaedics, and ENT, you will have commitment to creating a comfortable environment for both the child and their family. You will provide perioperative care, which includes pre-surgery, in-theatre, and post-surgery support. 

At St John of God Murdoch, we have 18 main operating theatres, an angio suite, endoscopy unit and Surgicentre. You'll be exposed to the latest in surgical technology, including robotics, and work with some of the highest calibre surgeons in Australia who are usually based onsite in our consulting suites.

Our Clinical Command Centre is the hub that oils the theatre machine, with information feeding into and out of a central location to co-ordinate patient flow, equipment and available beds in recovery and on the wards. Our super-organised CCC Team know exactly where patients are up to on their theatre journey at all times.

This position will be offered on a permanent part-time basis and require you to be available every Tuesday, Wednesday and alternative Thursday/Friday to cover paediatric theatre lists.

The Position

• Develop the clinical and professional skills of individual caregivers under your supervision within your theatre/area.

• Manage your area, specialty access to, and use of, resources including equipment, consumables and facilities.

• Contribute to the wider development of the Department through your leadership of assigned portfolios. 

• Manage and ensuring compliance with, perioperative clinical care quality and nursing practice standards for all patients, including those under their direct care i.e. in their theatre or departmental area.

• Lead your theatre/department team to deliver patient-centred care to all patients (Communication, Connection, Compassion).

• Be a senior clinical resource in your theatre, speciality and/or departmental area.

• Advocate for patients, protecting their rights and prioritizing their safety at all times.

• Contributing specialty input into the development of capital budgets and business plans.

• Ensure the respectful use of theatre facilities, maintaining functional operating rooms and resolving issues.

• Develop recommendations on products and equipment, evaluating their usage and delivering training and education in their use.

• When required, acting as shift coordinator and monitoring staffing levels continuously to ensure appropriate numbers of skills staff are available within the agreed productivity targets.

You will have demonstrated strong leadership ability, working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment with well-developed skills in communication, conflict resolution, negotiation and problem solving.

To succeed you will hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse with a commitment to ongoing education and professional development.  Post registration experience in a perioperative care setting, with experience and competency in Paediatrics will be highly regarded.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
 

We can offer you

• Salary: $104,903 to $110,954 (pro rata for part time) plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent part-time position working 30 hours per week. Must be available every Tuesday, Wednesday and alternative Thursday/Friday to cover paediatric theatre lists.

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Access to gym membership, fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport for you and your family.

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Travel Green allowance.  If you walk, carpool or use public transport you could be eligible for up to $1,500 per year

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries contact Hannah Harris, Clinical Nurse Unit Manager, on

Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly.  Apply today​

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.