Registered Nurse

About this role

About the Team

The 10B In-Patient Unit (IPU) primarily provides care for children and young people who are patients of the Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service (QPCS), Queensland Child and Adolescent Renal Service (QCARS), Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Service and Gastroenterology Service.

About the Role

The Registered Nurse (RN) in 10B delivers safe compassionate clinical care; working collaboratively with the Healthcare team to achieve best practice patient outcomes. The RN engages in reflective, analytical practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct person-centred care. The RN continually improves their skills and knowledge developing from graduate to highly skilled Registered Nurse.

Your contribution will include:

Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care

• Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and own standards, actions and the outcomes of own nursing practice, professional advice given and for activities delegated to the Enrolled Nurse Advanced Skills (ENAS), Undergraduate Students in Nurses (USIN), Enrolled Nurse (EN) or Assistant in Nursing (AIN).

Domain 2: Support of Systems

• Adherence to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards, and systems of work as set out by the 10B ward, CHQHHS and Department of Health, Queensland.

• Delegates to and supervises ENAS's, USIN's, ENs and AIN's and consistent with the NMBA decision making framework.

Domain 3: Education

• Contributes to quality care through lifelong learning, preceptorship, mentorship, role modelling and shares information with peers, ENAS's, EN's, USIN's and AIN's.

Domain 4: Research

• Applies evidence-based guidelines to achieve positive patient care outcomes.

Domain 5: Professional Leadership

• As a nursing clinical leader, role model best practice in clinical care

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital , Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service , our Child and Youth Mental Health Service , and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• Competitive renumeration

• Annual pay increases

• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Salary packaging

• Employee wellness and assistance program

• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here .