Salary

Remuneration package of up to $103,775 p.a. comprising salary range of $70,702 - $90,686 p.a. (Nurse Grade 5), recreational leave loading (17.5%), and employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%). Remote Area Nursing Incentive Program also on offer.

About the role

The Registered Nurse (RN) works in the Medical Ward and provides professional, safe and quality patient centred care and is committed to enhancing and enabling patient experience and outcomes by fostering support, collaboration, and partnership with patient, families/carers and other health service providers at Mount Isa Hospital.

The RN contributes to positive patient outcomes and experience across the care continuum by leading the assessment, planning and evaluating of nursing care in collaboration with the patient and/or their family and the health care team.

The successful applicant will effectively engage with people and communities from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Other employment benefits offered may include: shift allowances, locality allowances, flexible working arrangements, access to corporate discounts, staff wellness programs and the employee assistance program.

Mandatory qualifications

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and possession of a current annual licence certificate.
• The position may involve travel to various facilities or units within the North West Hospital and Health Service.
• It is a mandatory condition of employment for this role to be vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases including: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis as required by HR Policy B1. 

Other information

Pre-employment screening, including criminal history and discipline history checks, may be undertaken on persons recommended for employment.

Employees who are permanently appointed to Queensland Health may be required to undertake a period of probation appropriate to the appointment.

Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

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