Role details

The Cancer Services at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Registered Nurse to join their team on a temporary basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

The Registered Nurse provides nursing services within the health service settings; and demonstrates competence in the provision of nursing care as specified by registration requirements, NMBA standards and codes, educational preparation, relevant legislation and context of care

About the Team

Our team consists of nursing teams for Oncology Day Unit, Medical Day Infusions and Palliative Care/Pain Management.

Our aim is to facilitate a holistic, non-discriminatory and quality health service for adult across the continuum to achieve quality outcomes for all patients ensuring safe discharge and appropriate follow up care.

We aim to deliver flexible, patient centred service that provides acute and non-acute management for patients and carers with an aim to reduce hospitalisation.  Core principals include enhanced patient flow, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting.

Our service provides care for adult patients with an Oncology and/or Haematology diagnosis, other conditions requiring day infusion treatments and includes as well as all palliative care patients (including paediatric and non- cancer palliative patients). Services include acute, curative, supportive and palliative care treatments for inpatients and outpatients.

Our nurses provide education, treatments, support and assistance to patients, carers and other health professionals.  Palliative Care service provides management and support for all inpatients and community-based patients with a life limiting malignant or non-malignant condition.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Workforce attraction incentive scheme

You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply). ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme )