Medical Emergency Team - Advanced Practice Nurse - Nurse Level 3 Grade 1 - Registered | Full-ti[...]

Medical Emergency Team - Advanced Practice Nurse - Nurse Level 3 Grade 1 - Registered Full-time Permanent City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra . Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital. Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions. Flexible working conditions. 11.5% Superannuation. VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates. Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval). About the Role: The Medical Emergency Team (MET) works in collaboration with medical and nursing staff from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Department (ED) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to provide a rapid response and assessment, management and follow up review of patients requiring a medical emergency response or who are at risk of acute deterioration across the Canberra Hospital (CH) campus. The Rapid Response service within MET aims to reduce the number of MET calls through the early identification, referral, and management of patient deterioration. This is the first step in a staged approach to establishing a nurse-led MET response through the introduction of Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) roles within the MET. The MET APN will provide advanced assessment and management of deteriorating patients. Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to: Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy. For more information on this position and how to apply “click here ” Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website . Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply. Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution. North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. #LI-DNI Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services Nursing #J-18808-Ljbffr

18 April 2024
Location: Australia Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory
Work type:
Temporary/Contract
PLEASE! No enquiries from Recruitment Agencies or Headhunters.

Only direct applications will be considered.

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