Clinical Nurses (Scrub/Scout or Anaesthetic/Recovery)
Job No:
116172
Location:
Inner Sydney
- Full-time or part-time positions available for experienced Registered Nurses to advance their career with an established day surgery!
- Enjoy fantastic work/life balance with no weekend work, no on-call component and flexible working arrangements!
- Attractive hourly rate circa $93,000 (FTE) plus super PLUS overtime, to significantly increase your take-home pay!
- Excellent opportunities to expand into other areas of the practice!
About Sydney Day Surgery - Prince Alfred
Sydney Day Surgery - Prince Alfred (SDSPA) is a private free-standing medical facility, part of the Cura Day Hospitals Group, providing high quality elective same-day surgery at a reasonable cost. The company goal is to provide a safe, efficient, caring and economical alternative for those people whose surgical needs do not routinely require an overnight hospital stay. SDSPA provides quality care in a warm personalised setting.
The facility, comprising of 2 operating theatres and a procedure room, offers a broad range of surgical services for all patients. Surgical specialties include Dental, Ear, Nose & Throat, Gastroenterology, Plastic & Reconstructive, Oral-Maxillofacial and Gynaecology. They operate between the hours of 7am and 6pm.
For more information about the organisation, visit their website here.
About the Opportunity
Sydney Day Surgery - Prince Alfred now have two newly-created opportunities for a Clinical Nurse (Scrub/Scout) and Clinical Nurse (Anaesthetic/Recovery) to join their team in Newtown, Sydney.
These positions are being offered on a full-time basis, however, part-time hours could be considered for the Clinical Nurse (Scrub/Scout) position, and the other role could be split to accomodate 2 part-time positions, for a Clinical Nurse (Anaesthetic) or Clinical Nurse (Recovery) depending on your needs.
With the support of the Theatre Manager, you will be responsible for either the scrubbing and scouting or anaesthetics and recovery teams, ensuring quality and providing mentorship as well as performing general hands-on nursing duties.
Your other responsibilities will include:
- Providing safe, compassionate, person-centred care to the patients and families of SDSPA;
- Acting as an effective and appropriate role model and mentor to your team of staff;
- Leading the development of specialist clinical practice and service delivery within SDSPA;
- Participating in quality activities with senior management to ensure SDSPA is accreditation ready; and
- Promoting and implementing work flows to support evidence based practice within your specialty.
About You
It is essential that you are suitably qualified as a Registered Nurse and hold current AHPRA registration. You will have at least 3 years of demonstrated experience in scrubbing and scouting or anaesthetics and recovery, with relevant postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
The successful candidates for each of these positions will be caring, compassionate and enthusiastic, with excellent clinical skills and the ability to act as a confident mentor and assertive leader to your respective teams. Previous leadership experience is not essential, provided you are able to work autonomously, act as an effective role model, and successfully develop your team and their skills.
You will be hands-on and resourceful, with the ability to quickly assess a situation and use your experience and knowledge to make effective decisions. Importantly, you will have the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, and the strong communication skills necessary to successfully liaise with surgeons, administration staff and patients. Knowledge of, and a commitment to, safe work practices and national standards will be required.
Please note: You will need to have, or be willing to obtain, a current Working with Children Check.
About the Benefits
In return for your hard work and dedication, you'll have access to a number of exceptional benefits not often found with other hospitals and day surgeries. You'll enjoy working close to the CBD at Newtown, close to all major public transportation lines.
SDSPA is offering a highly competitive remuneration circa $93,000 (FTE), plus super and overtime rates as required, which will significantly increase your take home pay.
You'll benefit from flexibility in your schedule, with no weekend work and no on-call component. In addition, you have the opportunity to accrue time-off-in-lieu and enjoy all public holidays off. The day surgery is also closed between Christmas and New Year, giving you a valuable break to spend time with your friends and family.
As a multifaceted day surgery delivering procedures including extensive ENT, Colorectal, Dental, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the opportunities for professional and career development are many and nurses are encouraged to move into other specialised areas that interest them.
If you've been looking for that golden opportunity to move from RN to CN and join a progressive, highly successful organisation with supportive management who value your exceptional clinical skills, look no further - Apply Now!