The Royal Hobart Hospital is opening extra operating theatres and is seeking Registered Nurses to support this expansion. Being Tasmania’s only tertiary referral hospital ensures a wide variety of case work. The service boasts new, state of the art equipment, including digitally integrated operating theatres with in-light cameras that allow real time streaming for teaching, research and specialist consultation.

Our perioperative team values patient and family centred care, taking pride in who we are and what we do, being responsible and accountable for our actions and behaviours and we have a passion for improvement. We also invest in our team members with training, professional and personal development opportunities.

Outside of the working environment we have a lifestyle unsurpassed anywhere in Australia.

The Unit

The main function of Short Stay Suite is to provide pre and post-operative care for patients (both inpatient and outpatient) admitted to one of 15 Operating Theatres, five procedure rooms, one Angiography Lab and Cardiac Lab.

Duties

• Clinical admission and preparation of patients arriving either from inpatient wards, via the Emergency Department or from home
  
  
• Managing the care of acute surgical patients pre and post operatively including overnight up to next day discharge.
  
  
• Management of acute pain regimes and associated modalities
  
  
• Management of wound care for a variety of surgical procedures/interventions

Please refer to the Function Statement below for a more comprehensive description of the role

Period of Employment

Permanent, full time and part time, shift work (fully rotational), working up to 76 hours per fortnight, with on call

Hours will be negotiated with the successful applicant. 

Salary

$66,421 to $91,807 per annum

• Access to the Grade 4 salary range $85,950 - $91,807 is subject to successful application for progression to Grade 4

Classification

Registered Nurse, Grade 3-4

Award

Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2019

Location

Royal Hobart Hospital - Perioperative Precinct - Short Stay Suite

Essential Requirements

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

a) Crimes of Violence
b) Sex Related Offences
c) Serious Drug Offences
d) Crimes involving dishonesty

2. Identification check

3. Disciplinary action in previous employment check

Applicants should note that, for a period of six months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

 Short Stay Suite - RN - Function Statement - current - 20200909.pdf
 Short Stay Suite - RN - Function Statement - current - 20200909.docx
 Generic Registered Nurse (THS-South) G3-4 (July 2020) HPRNL (14).pdf
 Generic Registered Nurse (THS-South) G3-4 (July 2020) HPRNL (15).doc

How to apply

Apply Online. Please click the blue "Apply now" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered. 

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Function Statement.

Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.

All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

Important information

The email account you provide when submitting job applications will be used in correspondence to you. It is important that this is kept up to date and monitored regularly.

To update your email address (or contact number), log in to www.job.tas.gov.au and look for “Existing applicant login” where you can update your details.

For further information contact

Veronica Woodward
Nurse Unit Manager – Short Stay Suite
Phone: 0402 038 645
Email: veronica.woodward@ths.tas.gov.au

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