Assistant in Nursing (AIN) Casual Pool NSLHD
Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Assist In Nursing
Remuneration: $25.39 - $27.85 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ481201
Are you ready for a change? An exciting opportunity awaits in Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Casual Pool.
Would casual nursing help fit with your life requirements and improve your work-life balance? Flexible rostering means that you choose when you want to work and in the facility of your preference.
NSLHD facilities are located on picturesque and tranquil settings, located in Sydney's prestigious North Shore, Northern Suburbs and Northern Beaches areas. We offer our employees the choice of working across multiple sites, with exposure to a broad range of skill development opportunities.
These sites include:
Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a principal tertiary referral centre as well as a NSW trauma centre and major public teaching hospital. RNSH is situated in close proximity to the vibrant suburbs of Crows Nest and Chatswood, with excellent public transport links and rapid access to the CBD. The state-wide services provided by RNSH are:
- Severe burns injury
- Neonatal intensive care
- Spinal cord injury
- Interventional neuroradiology
Ryde Hospital is an acute hospital within metropolitan Sydney and forms part of the NSLHD. Services provided include Emergency Department, High Dependency Unit, Cardiology, General Medicine, Orthopeadics, General Surgery, Rehabilitation, Midwifery Group Practice and a number of ambulatory services. Ryde-Eastwood has an excellent transport network in close proximity to the Hospital.
The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service incorporates a 295 bed, major metropolitan hospital providing a comprehensive range of secondary level services, outpatient services, six community health centres and ten early childhood centres. There are a large range of departments and services, these include general medical – Coronary Care Unit, general and dementia/delirium and surgical wards- general surgical and orthopaedic , two rehabilitation wards, Emergency, Medical Assessment Unit (MAU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), paediatric ward and maternity inpatient unit with four birthing suites and a special care nursery and eight operating theatres including endoscopy suite. The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service stretches from the Hawkesbury River to Lindfield, east to St Ives and west to Pennant Hills, Cherrybrook and Epping. There is a great opportunity to work in a vibrant teaching hospital with orientation included.
Mona Vale Hospital, located on the Pittwater Peninsula between Manly and Palm Beach, continues to have a vital role in providing healthcare services to the Northern Beaches community. The hospital is currently in a transitional phase where it is being transformed with new services and infrastructure including the new Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice (AYAH) which will be opening in the near future. Mona Vale Hospital delivers inpatient rehabilitation and an Urgent Care Centre which operates 24/7 to treat minor injuries and illnesses
Each facility within the NSLHD has a dedicated NUM to support the casual workforce in training, education and performance development. We support our staff in developing their knowledge and skills with access to Clinical Nurse Educators in all units.
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.
Provision of support to the nursing team in order to deliver a high standard of care to NSLHD patients.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Currently enrolled in second or third year of a Bachelor of Nursing or degree deemed appropriate or completion of HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care).
- Please demonstrate how you communicate effectively with both written and verbal communication skills and incorporating your effective interpersonal skills.
- Please indicate where you have completed acute clinical placements as a part of your undergraduate nursing degree or AIN Course.
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For role related queries or questions contact Yingzhen Li on NSLHD-NMDCasualPoolAgency@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 18 July 2024
