Employment Type: Casual Registered Nurse
Salary: As per NSW Health nurses and Midwives (State) Award
Location: Mercy Health Albury
Application: Please upload resume and cover letter.
Contact: Jessica McLean - JMcLean@mercy.com.au

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Join us at Mercy Hospital and help us deliver even greater outcomes for our patients, families, communities, and you.

About the opportunity

Mercy Health Albury Palliative Care Unit is a 10-bed inpatient palliative care service operating in the regional city of Albury, NSW providing holistic specialist multidisciplinary palliative care services to Albury Wodonga and surrounds. The multidisciplinary team is headed by an enthusiastic palliative care physician and includes nursing staff, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, Dietetics, Speech pathology and pastoral care worker. We provide psychological and spiritual support, caring for people of all ages with life-limiting illnesses as well as complex symptom management.

• Mercy Health Albury - Palliative Inpatient Unit

• To provide best practice care as a pivotal member of the multidisciplinary team,

• Act in a position of advocacy for the patient and their family in collaboration with medical staff, nursing staff and allied health staff.

• Be a part of this compassionate team in providing quality care, best practice led care and respect and dignity through life limiting illness.

What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centered care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Essential requirements: Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered nurse.

• Experience in palliative care desirable but not essential.

• Focused on patient centered nursing.

• Minimum 2 years post graduate nursing experience.

• Demonstrate time management and organisational skills.

• Ability to operate computer programs such as Electronic Medical Records.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with NSW Health OASV policy.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.