Enrolled Nurse (Medication Endorsed) - St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Position Title: Enrolled Nurse - Medication Endorsed

Employment Type: Full Time Permanent

Hours per week: 38 Hours

Position Grade: Year 1 – 5

Salary: $63,130.85 - $68,599.17 Base salary per annum

Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2017

Department Name: Caritas In Patient Mental Health Unit

About us:

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst serves as a leading provider of healthcare services to communities across Sydney and Australia and has an earned reputation of providing effective, safe, and high quality care that places emphasis on being person centred and involving families. ​​​​​​​

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a wide range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Mental Health specific training days to increase your skills

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

About the role:

Our mental health services are a core part of the organisation’s commitment to providing care to disadvantaged and marginalised members of our community, and providing high quality mental health services is a mission imperative for us.

Your responsibilities will include the provision of patient-centered nursing care, recognition of normal and abnormal assessments, interventions and evaluations of individual health and functional status.

You will monitor the impact of nursing care and maintain ongoing communication with the registered nurse regarding the health and functional status of individuals. You may administer prescribed medicines in accordance with their educational preparation.

You will demonstrate critical and reflective thinking skills in contributing to decision making which includes reporting changes in health and functional status and individual responses to health care interventions.

You will work as a part of the health care team to advocate for and facilitate the involvement of individuals, their families and significant others in planning and evaluating care and progress toward health outcomes 

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:

St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2024_015) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

About you:

Are you a nurse with excellent nursing skills with experience in an inpatient mental health setting. We're a team that's all about support and building on your strengths and if you feel the same, we are the team for you.

You'll have a Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Clinical Nurse Educators, as well as After Hours Nurse Managers and After Hours Clinical Nurse Educator backing you up. All our teams are also fully dedicated to collaborating with you.

Application Instructions:

To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia

2. Currently registered as an Enrolled Nurse (Division 2) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency

3. Demonstrated ability to work within the interdisciplinary team

4. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development

5. Demonstrated computer literacy with email and an electronic patient record system

6. Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills

7. Demonstrated effective time management skills and ability to prioritise competing workloads within a complex environment

8. Demonstrated customer service and patient centered approach to care  

For more information and to apply, please click here.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Applications close on 22nd October 2024