Registered Nurse Level 2 - Christmas Island
Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts – Brisbane QLD
2x Full Time Ongoing Vacancy | 1x Non-Ongoing (6-8 months)
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity, a new adventure and a better quality of life whilst expanding your nursing experience?
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts is responsible for administering state-type services to the Australian Territories of Christmas Island (CI) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI).
The Indian Ocean Territories Administration (IOTA) is currently seeking motivated, professional and suitably qualified persons to join our team as a Registered Nurse within the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service (IOTHS) based on Christmas Island.
About the Role
The IOTHS delivers a primary and acute health care service in two of Australia’s most remote and most spectacular settings - Christmas Island (CI) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI). The IOTHS includes a 24-hour eight bed hospital and primary care facility on CI and clinics on Home and West Islands in the CKI. The IOTHS is committed to "Working with our communities to keep us healthy for the whole of our lives".
The key duties of the Registered Nurse Level 2 include, but are not limited to:
- Delivering direct, high quality and comprehensive nursing care and individual case management,
- Managing one or more health portfolios, such as health promotion, workplace health and safety, school health, chronic disease, infection control, etc.,
- Managing complex nursing cases including the management of emergency presentations,
- Participating in a 24/7 nursing roster, of day, evening, night and weekend shifts that may include on-call,
- Providing a high standard of individualised nursing care using a problem-solving approach and implementing appropriate care within scope of practice, across emergency, acute, outpatients, community, palliative, and aged care clients.
About You
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Minimum five years post-graduate nursing experience, including two years of recent emergency nursing experience, with demonstrated competence in triage, resuscitation, and emergency team leadership,
- Demonstrated high level clinical assessment skills and decision-making skills,
- Ability to manage an emergency presentation, with demonstrated ability to utilize escalation pathways and emergency telehealth support (ETS) in a remote health care environment,
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience in, the delivery of primary health care including health promotion, preventive health initiatives, chronic disease management and primary health care programs, with a sound understanding of primary health care principles,
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and commitment to continuous quality improvement including demonstrated participation in quality improvement activities, clinical governance initiates and evidenced based practice,
- Current Adult and Paediatric Advanced Life Support,
- Relevant rural and remote certifications and willingness to pursue ongoing professional development,
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills including conflict resolution, negotiation and problem-solving across multi-discipline teams.
Successful applicant will be required to undergo preemployment screening and satisfy a Nationally Corodinated Criminal History Check.
What’s in it for you
In addition to living within the idyllic backdrop of Christmas Island, the successful applicant will receive:
- Base salary from $105,191 to $111,760 per annum (full-time equivalent), plus
- Employer contribution to superannuation at 16% of base salary, plus
- District Allowance starting from $492 per fortnight in addition to base salary, plus
- Generous leave entitlements, including 32 days of Annual Leave, plus
- Annual return airfares assistance to Perth for yourself and eligible dependents, plus
- If relocating to the Indian Ocean Territories,
- Relocation Assistance including packing, door-to-door delivery and storage provided, plus
- Heavily subsidised housing and a motor vehicle, relocated or provided, depending on availability, plus more!
Applications close 4.00pm Christmas Island local time (CXT)(UTC+7),
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Contact Details:
Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts Recruitment Team
