The Townsville Hospital and Health Service vision is world-class healthcare for northern Queensland.

Our purpose is `great care every day'.

About your opportunity

Clinical Nurse / Permanent part-time / 24 hours p.f.

The Clinical Nurse will provide comprehensive nursing care and services to patients under care of the Acute Pain Management Service following surgery, trauma and complications of various medical conditions.

The APMS team consists of Anaesthetic Medical Officers and Clinical Nurses and provide daily reviews of postoperative patients requiring sophisticated analgesic modalities, review of obstetric patients following establishment of epidurals, review of patients following regional blocks, follow up phone reviews of patients, education to patients and staff on analgesic modalities and participation in Acute Pain audits and data collection and collation.

Skills and experience:

• Proven ability to comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care at an advanced level within a complex environment.
• Ability to provide nursing leadership in the clinical and professional setting including the role modelling of effective communication and problem solving.
• Knowledge and understanding of Acute Pain Management services.
• Demonstrated ability and skills to coordinate emerging pain management needs of clients and optimise pain mangement interventions.

For additional information regarding the skills and experience requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Generous remuneration package value up to $40,558 p.a. comprising:

• Salary range of $52.86 to $56.60 p.h. (Nurse Grade 6 (Band 1)
• Annual leave with 17.5% loading
• 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation.

Other employment benefits may include: professional development, salary sacrificing options ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/salary/sacrifice ), shift and locality allowances, employee wellness and assistance programs, and access to corporate discounts.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent certification relevant to the position is mandatory.
• Proof of qualification, registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and possession of a current practising certificate.
• Shift Workers: Appointees will be required to work all shifts in accordance with the unit roster, which will include participation in an on-call roster.
• On call: Appointees may be required to participate in an on-call roster.
• This is a Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) risk role: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, and Pertussis.

Why make the change?

Townsville University Hospital is a great place to work and Townsville itself is a great place to live - with the natural wonders of Magnetic Island a short boat ride away and Townsville being one of the main gateways to the Great Barrier Reef Townsville offers great cafe culture at the strand with plenty of great walking tracks around the region, It is a dynamic neighbourhood with access to a variety of top-notch educational facilities, cutting-edge medical facilities, affordable housing, distinctive retail stores, great events, and a wide range of recreation opportunities.