Your role at St John of God Bunbury Hospital
Provide quality patient care and customer service in the area of specialty.
Provide clinical leadership and clinical consultancy within area of specialty.
Provide excellence in clinical standards and quality of care through the development of standards of practice. Initiate and integrate research findings into clinical practice.
Implement best practice and evidence-based improvements to clinical practice.
Demonstrate positive role modeling and leadership.
Support the data integrity for surgical database and clinical trials.
Coordinate the care and follow up of patients with colorectal cancer.
The Position
Maintain advanced clinical skills and knowledge in area of colorectal surgery.
Provide counselling/education/advice to patients and significant others in the pre and post-operative period. Develop education resources and arrange specialised education as required.
Ensure patients, their families and carers have access to information about relevant hospital and community services. Facilitate referral as appropriate.
Coordinate patient follow up including ongoing review and investigations.
Provide advanced patient care problem solving and guidance within area of colorectal surgery to educate and support nursing caregivers in their clinical decision-making.
Promote and facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to the delivery of patient care, including MDT meetings.
Provide clinical leadership and clinical consultancy to the multi-disciplinary team, providing guidance and direction to resolve patient management issues.
Develop, implement and evaluate relevant clinical standards and policies using an evidence-based approach.
Initiate and implement research based nursing practice in areas of clinical specialty.
In conjunction with LOD develop, implement and evaluate in-service education for caregivers.
Recommend and implement strategies designed to improve the quality of patient care in terms of management of patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
You will have extensive knowledge post-registration experience, with the ability to demonstrate expert knowledge and advanced clinical skills along with the ability to plan, develop and implement educational programs for patients and caregivers. You will currently be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and have demonstrated leadership qualities and a commitment to working effectively within the interdisciplinary team environment.
To succeed you will have the ability to integrate research and best practice outcomes into standards of practice, hold a high-level communication and interpersonal skills, along with well-developed analytical and problem solving abilities. Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to quality patient care and customer satisfaction is essential to be successful in this role.
Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
We can offer you
Salary: $121,647 plus 11.5% superannuation
A 2-year fixed term position, working 38 hours per week.
Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
Novated leasing
Work-related expenses
Self-education and
Additional superannuation
A welcoming and supportive culture
Dynamic multidisciplinary team
Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and private health insurance
Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards & discounts
On-site parking
Access to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport
For enquiries contact Chloe Harvey (Allied Health Manager) on (08) 9729 6304.
St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.