Assistant in Nursing Surgical
Position Classification: Assist In Nursing
Remuneration: $50,336.67 - $55,225.80 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ483722
Location: Broken Hill
- Opportunity to work on the frontline to join a truly supportive team that is empowered to provide the ultimate patient experience.
- Grow your career with us with ongoing learning and development.
- Get exposure to work across different areas you would not get in the big smoke!
We really aren't that far away - only 3 hours' drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide and a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!
Broken Hill is truly a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you!
Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.
What you'll be doing
Under supervision of a Registered Nurse, participate in the provision of safe, compassionate, person centred care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team to achieve quality outcomes for patients and clients.
What is on offer
- 5 weeks paid annual leave per year.
- Salary Packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment.
- Remote Area Housing Benefit
- Novated Leasing
- Fitness Passport
- Professional development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities
About the Far West LHD
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. FWLHD has a mandate to provide the highest quality care and services to its communities using the latest clinical evidence and technological enablers. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.
With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast-food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.
The beautiful Murray-Riverina region is just 2.5 hours from Broken Hill, and after a short, 5-hour drive you can enjoy the beautiful Barossa Valley – South Australia’s internationally acclaimed wine region. For a town so unique, it’s really not that far away with just a short 1hr15m flight from Adelaide, a 2hr flight from Melbourne or a 2hr 30m flight from Sydney.
How To Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible.
- Current Health Service Assistant Certificate III (Acute Care).
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills within a multidisciplinary team environment and demonstrated ability to document every occasion of service in an accurate, concise, contemporaneous, objective, complete, relevant, timely and legible manner.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of quality, efficient and effective person centred care within a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to practice in accordance with policies and Procedures of the Far West Local Health District and NSW Ministry of Health.
- Clear understanding that tasks and clinical practice is delegated and supervised by the Registered Nurse at all times.
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www. nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Jillian Lord on Jill.Lord@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 18/5/2024
Diversity At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
