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www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 14
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Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics and Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector that allows freedom of choice are now available.
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Delivering tailored healthcare solutions
Thinking about a new job opportunity? Perhaps a change of scenery or a step-up to a leadership role?
Post your target job details and your resume on theNCAH.com.au website. You can enter your:
Target job title.Your desired salary.The locations in which you’re interested in working.Your �eld of specialisation.How soon you’re interested in taking on a new job.
Recruiters will use the NCAHwebsite to �nd & then contact you.
Your �rst step is to visit NCAH.com.au and click the ‘Upload Your CV Now!’ button on the home page.
What job do you want?
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Visited by more nurses, midwives and AHPs than any other health website
Issue 1416/07/12
fortnightly
Wish you could take home more of your pay?
No more paper claims! Our living expenses card is the most convenient way to salary package your everyday living expenses.
Call us on 1300 221 971 | www.smartnurses.com.au
On average, our customers save $3,000 a year* just by salary packaging everyday living expenses such as bills, clothes and groceries.
Plus, there are other items you can salary package to help you save – like laptops, novated car leases and superannuation.
*Salary packaging of living expenses with Smartsalary is only available to employees of the Department of Health in WA and VIC. Savings are based on an income between $37,001 - $80,000, paying 30% income tax and salary packaging the full $9,095 tax-free cap. Actual savings may vary. An administration fee is paid tax-free from your salary.
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Health Screening Consultants- Sub-Contractors
Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics and Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector that allows freedom of choice are now available.
Essential Requirements:
Interested to learn more?www.uhg.com.auwww.healthscreening.com.au
Delivering tailored healthcare solutions
Thinking about a new job opportunity? Perhaps a change of scenery or a step-up to a leadership role?
Post your target job details and your resume on theNCAH.com.au website. You can enter your:
Target job title.Your desired salary.The locations in which you’re interested in working.Your �eld of specialisation.How soon you’re interested in taking on a new job.
Recruiters will use the NCAHwebsite to �nd & then contact you.
Your �rst step is to visit NCAH.com.au and click the ‘Upload Your CV Now!’ button on the home page.
What job do you want?
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Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected]
Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected]
For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital
email: [email protected]
WANTED Registered Midwives
Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Gloria Tzannes has never contemplated working with adults.
The senior speech pathologist prefers working with little patients – from newborn babies through to toddlers, children and teenagers.
“I’ve always wanted to work with children and what better way than to help them to talk and eat,” she said.
Gloria has been working at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, since she graduated 15 years ago.
Her work involves non-clinical and clinical caseloads, including assisting and managing babies and children with eating and drinking problems with patients who have syndromes such as Down syndrome or conditions such as cleft palate, Pierre Robin sequence or cerebral palsy.
“I love everything about it,” she said.
“Seeing the actual patients and liaising with their local services.”
The mum of two is the clinical educator in the department for �nal year speech pathology students and is also involved in developing policy and guideline resources, including the clinical practice guidelines for children with tracheostomy, now being �nalised.
Gloria also represents her department and the profession on various committees, including the NSW Ministry of Health speech pathology discipline network’s modi�ed diet and thickened �uids sub-committee and the food and nutrition committee.
Gloria said for anyone considering the profession, speech pathology was extremely rewarding.
“I think it’s a great career with a lot of variety in the career paths that speech pathologists can go into,” she said.
“We work with paediatrics, with adults, and we can work in the public or private sector or in the corporate sector.
“They need to be a caring person and have empathy and good communication skills themselves and be able to work in teams and have good self-awareness of their own skills and areas to work on.
“If that’s them - that’s the career for them.”
Gloria plans on continuing her work with children and hopes to have a long, ful�lling career at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
“The members of my department and the teams within the hospital are like a second family,” she said.
“I have found the best of myself professionally here, and those around me here have helped me do this.”
Communicating a passion for speech pathologyby Karen Keast
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More than 800 Royal District Nursing Service nurses have suspended walk-outs in their battle for better pay and entitlements to enable conciliation talks before the industrial umpire.
Nurses held their �rst four-hour stop work meeting and community rally outside RDNS’ St Kilda headquarters on July 5, where they voted to shelve their second stage of industrial action.
The suspended action includes rolling four-hour work stoppages, and bans on call-outs and one in three admissions and referrals, except in cases of palliative care, oncology, children and genuine emergencies.
Negotiations between RDNS and Australian Nursing Federation Victorian branch representatives began at Fair Work Australia on July 6.
As the talks continue, RDNS nurses have reverted to stage one protected industrial action, including bans on clerical and administrative work linked to funding, non-critical assessments and refusing deployment between RDNS centres.
The conciliation talks before Fair Work Australia could bring an end to 11 months of negotiations, which have so far failed to secure a new agreement.
RDNS nurses are demanding pay parity with public sector hospital nurses’ and midwives’ wages, along with fair workloads and better conditions.
Nurses want a 2.5 per cent per annum pay rise over the proposed four-year agreement, back-paid to March, and a $1000 professional development allowance in the �rst year with $900 for each of the following years.
RDNS nurses suspend stoppagesby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
You are invited to join us at the 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium in Adelaide, when we will explore National and State initiatives and programs that address peoples’ needs, now and in the future. The program will include a diverse range of presenters including some of Australia’s leading academics and clinicians. You will experience a broad range of presenters who will report how their programs are “Putting People First” and what their research indicates for the future.
www.anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/[email protected]
Call for Abstracts Now Open. Visit the Symposium website for full details.
19th – 21st November 2012 | Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley, Adelaide
Vivienne Williams loves helping kids reach their potential.
An occupational therapist for the past 14 years, Vivienne has her own private practice, Kids Matters OT in Brisbane, which is dedicated to working with children with special needs, ranging from sensory processing disorders to autism, behavioural and emotional problems, and motor coordination issues.
“Since graduating and specialising in working with children, I have been inspired and encouraged by the uniqueness and specialness of each child and family that I work with,” she said.
“(I) love walking the journey with the children and their families to help them reach their potential and be all they can be.
“There is so much to learn and so many skills to develop and it is all about making other people’s lives better.”
Occupational therapists are one of four health professions to recently join Australia’s national registration and accreditation scheme, which is supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
From July 1, OTs, Chinese medical practitioners, medical radiation practitioners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners join 530,000 health practitioners spanning 10 professions already listed under the scheme, including chiropractic, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
Vivienne said while Queensland has required
registration since she �rst began practising
and there was no actual change for her day-
to-day practice, the move was an exciting
one for the occupational therapy profession.
“It has placed occupational therapists
alongside the other AHPRA professionals
including doctors, nurses, dentists,
optometrists, physios and psychologists
among others,” she said.
“This means that we are also consulted on
issues that are relevant to the health and
occupational well-being of Australians.”
For the love of occupational therapyby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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Ambulance Service of NSW
Australian College of Applied Psychology
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Health Recruitment Specialists
Hurstville Private Hospital
Koala Nursing
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Neonatal Emergency Transport Service
NSW Hunter New England Health
Oceania University of Medicine
Quick and Easy Financing
Regional Nursing Solutions
Royal College of Nursing Australia
Smart Salary
South West Healthcare Warrnambool
Southern Health
Sunrise Katherine Regional Aboriginal
Health
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Unified Health Care Group
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 14, 2012.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at [email protected]
“FACT, NOT FICTION”
The NCAH Magazine distribution is independently audited by the Circulations Audit Board.
Total Audited Print and Digital Distribution: 28,090
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
Next Publication: Regional and Remote Health Feature
Publication Date: Monday 30 July 2012
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 23 July 2012
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 25 July 2012
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email [email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au
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Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
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© 2012 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 14 16 July 2012
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4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
You are invited to join us at the 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium in Adelaide, when we will explore National and State initiatives and programs that address peoples’ needs, now and in the future. The program will include a diverse range of presenters including some of Australia’s leading academics and clinicians. You will experience a broad range of presenters who will report how their programs are “Putting People First” and what their research indicates for the future.
www.anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/[email protected]
Call for Abstracts Now Open. Visit the Symposium website for full details.
19th – 21st November 2012 | Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley, Adelaide
Vivienne Williams loves helping kids reach their potential.
An occupational therapist for the past 14 years, Vivienne has her own private practice, Kids Matters OT in Brisbane, which is dedicated to working with children with special needs, ranging from sensory processing disorders to autism, behavioural and emotional problems, and motor coordination issues.
“Since graduating and specialising in working with children, I have been inspired and encouraged by the uniqueness and specialness of each child and family that I work with,” she said.
“(I) love walking the journey with the children and their families to help them reach their potential and be all they can be.
“There is so much to learn and so many skills to develop and it is all about making other people’s lives better.”
Occupational therapists are one of four health professions to recently join Australia’s national registration and accreditation scheme, which is supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
From July 1, OTs, Chinese medical practitioners, medical radiation practitioners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners join 530,000 health practitioners spanning 10 professions already listed under the scheme, including chiropractic, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
Vivienne said while Queensland has required
registration since she �rst began practising
and there was no actual change for her day-
to-day practice, the move was an exciting
one for the occupational therapy profession.
“It has placed occupational therapists
alongside the other AHPRA professionals
including doctors, nurses, dentists,
optometrists, physios and psychologists
among others,” she said.
“This means that we are also consulted on
issues that are relevant to the health and
occupational well-being of Australians.”
For the love of occupational therapyby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Advertiser List
AHN Recruitment
Ambulance Service of NSW
Australian College of Applied Psychology
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Health Recruitment Specialists
Hurstville Private Hospital
Koala Nursing
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Neonatal Emergency Transport Service
NSW Hunter New England Health
Oceania University of Medicine
Quick and Easy Financing
Regional Nursing Solutions
Royal College of Nursing Australia
Smart Salary
South West Healthcare Warrnambool
Southern Health
Sunrise Katherine Regional Aboriginal
Health
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Unified Health Care Group
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 14, 2012.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at [email protected]
“FACT, NOT FICTION”
The NCAH Magazine distribution is independently audited by the Circulations Audit Board.
Total Audited Print and Digital Distribution: 28,090
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
Next Publication: Regional and Remote Health Feature
Publication Date: Monday 30 July 2012
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 23 July 2012
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 25 July 2012
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email [email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au
If you would like to change your mailing address, or be included on our distribution, please email [email protected]
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
© 2012 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 14 16 July 2012
www.ncah.com.au
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Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected]
Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected]
For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital
email: [email protected]
WANTED Registered Midwives
Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Gloria Tzannes has never contemplated working with adults.
The senior speech pathologist prefers working with little patients – from newborn babies through to toddlers, children and teenagers.
“I’ve always wanted to work with children and what better way than to help them to talk and eat,” she said.
Gloria has been working at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, since she graduated 15 years ago.
Her work involves non-clinical and clinical caseloads, including assisting and managing babies and children with eating and drinking problems with patients who have syndromes such as Down syndrome or conditions such as cleft palate, Pierre Robin sequence or cerebral palsy.
“I love everything about it,” she said.
“Seeing the actual patients and liaising with their local services.”
The mum of two is the clinical educator in the department for �nal year speech pathology students and is also involved in developing policy and guideline resources, including the clinical practice guidelines for children with tracheostomy, now being �nalised.
Gloria also represents her department and the profession on various committees, including the NSW Ministry of Health speech pathology discipline network’s modi�ed diet and thickened �uids sub-committee and the food and nutrition committee.
Gloria said for anyone considering the profession, speech pathology was extremely rewarding.
“I think it’s a great career with a lot of variety in the career paths that speech pathologists can go into,” she said.
“We work with paediatrics, with adults, and we can work in the public or private sector or in the corporate sector.
“They need to be a caring person and have empathy and good communication skills themselves and be able to work in teams and have good self-awareness of their own skills and areas to work on.
“If that’s them - that’s the career for them.”
Gloria plans on continuing her work with children and hopes to have a long, ful�lling career at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
“The members of my department and the teams within the hospital are like a second family,” she said.
“I have found the best of myself professionally here, and those around me here have helped me do this.”
Communicating a passion for speech pathologyby Karen Keast
Nursing CareersAllied Health
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More than 800 Royal District Nursing Service nurses have suspended walk-outs in their battle for better pay and entitlements to enable conciliation talks before the industrial umpire.
Nurses held their �rst four-hour stop work meeting and community rally outside RDNS’ St Kilda headquarters on July 5, where they voted to shelve their second stage of industrial action.
The suspended action includes rolling four-hour work stoppages, and bans on call-outs and one in three admissions and referrals, except in cases of palliative care, oncology, children and genuine emergencies.
Negotiations between RDNS and Australian Nursing Federation Victorian branch representatives began at Fair Work Australia on July 6.
As the talks continue, RDNS nurses have reverted to stage one protected industrial action, including bans on clerical and administrative work linked to funding, non-critical assessments and refusing deployment between RDNS centres.
The conciliation talks before Fair Work Australia could bring an end to 11 months of negotiations, which have so far failed to secure a new agreement.
RDNS nurses are demanding pay parity with public sector hospital nurses’ and midwives’ wages, along with fair workloads and better conditions.
Nurses want a 2.5 per cent per annum pay rise over the proposed four-year agreement, back-paid to March, and a $1000 professional development allowance in the �rst year with $900 for each of the following years.
RDNS nurses suspend stoppagesby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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There’s been a staggering rise in the number of Australian nurses and midwives venturing overseas for work, up almost 400 per cent in �ve years.
The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show there were 2047 nurses working abroad in 2007 and that �gure last year jumped to 10,166 – an increase of 396.6 per cent.
The Nursing and Midwifery Workforce 2011 report provides an insight into the demographic and employment characteristics of nurses and midwives who were registered in Australia last year.
The report shows the workforce is on the rise, up 6.8 per cent on 2007 �gures, with 326,669 registered nurses and midwives in 2011, comprising 268,018 registered nurses and 58,651 enrolled nurses.
But the Institute has warned while the workforce is growing it’s not keeping pace with Australia’s population.
The report also reveals there were 36,074 midwives in 2011, while nine out of 10 nurses and midwives are female, at 90.1 per cent, and almost two in �ve of all employed nurses and midwives are aged 50 or more.
Nurses and midwives also work an average of 32.8 hours a week while 7708 people completed registered nurse undergraduate training in 2010, with another 3938 completing enrolled nurse vocational courses.
The statistics show there were 2212 nurses or midwives identi�ed as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, representing 0.8 per cent of all employed nurses and midwives.
Other statistics include:
average age is 41.6, 9.3 per cent are male and the average weekly hours are 33.1
cent are clinical nurses
and work an average of 31.8 hours a week
average age is 48.5 and 53.9 per cent are aged 50 or more
47.2 per cent are aged 50 and over and the average age is 47.7 per cent
where 14.7 per cent are male
health, where the average age is 48.5, 50.6 per cent are aged 50 and over, and just 1.1 per cent are male
average weekly hours are 28.8
per cent are male and work an average of 36.5 hours a week
of their job, where the average age is 45.4
average age is 39 and 4.7 per cent are male
More Aussies are nursing abroadby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Flight Nurse Air Ambulance Base Sydney Domestic Airport, Mascot Permanent Full Time
My name is Mark and every day I am able to bring my sense of adventure to work to make a
difference to the lives of people in rural and remote NSW locations. Every day is different so there is
definitely no chance to get bored. My job as a Flight Nurse is clinically challenging and stimulating,
utilizing all of my extensive nursing experience as I move from midwife one minute to palliative care
nurse the next. You gain unsurpassed autonomy and can make a real difference in people’s lives,
never knowing who you are going to meet and care for next. There are some interesting and resilient
characters around and that is just the rural and remote paramedic staff. The aircraft is an extension of an emergency department, hospital ward, intensive care or any
speciality unit. A diverse range of broad based medical categories and diagnostic groups are
transferred ranging from cardiac, high risk obstetrics, surgical, neonatal, trauma to aged care and
palliative patients. We attend to over 5,000 cases a year which is why the Ambulance Service has
access to state of the art technology and equipment, and strongly supports an environment that
encourages Continuing Professional Development and research projects.
Come and join our dedicated and experienced team of flight nurses and help us to deliver excellence
in care for rural and regional communities. You will need to be a Registered Nurse with an additional
qualification as a Registered Midwife along with qualifications and/or extensive experience in Aviation
Nursing or adult critical care fields limited to Emergency, Cardiac or Cardiothoracic or Intensive Care
Nursing. For more detailed information pick up the phone or email our Senior Flight Nurse, Margaret
Tabone to take to the skies. For more information and application packs go to:http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Employment/Become-a-Flight-Nurse.html
Margaret Tabone, Senior Flight Nurse Phone: 02 9669 1708 Email: [email protected].
Forget the four white walls and lack of natural light that surrounds you in the hospital, take this unique opportunity to spread your wings and take to the skies as an Ambulance Service NSW Flight Nurse. Every day is your own personal mystery flight from the vast dry dusty plains, pristine coastal communities through to the snow topped mountains.
Flight Nurse advert for NCAH magazine OUTLINES .indd 1 20/01/2012 12:34:43 PM
A Victorian health care service has embraced workforce management technology to support its nurses.
Melbourne-based Catholic health care service Cabrini Health, which has six campuses and a workforce of almost 1600 nurses, has introduced a roster solution and a single sign-on system to drive ef�ciency and boost overall performance.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the Nursing Pulse Check survey revealing that a majority of Australian nurses are burnt out and dissatis�ed with their jobs, introduced the technology.
The new systems have already delivered bene�ts, including bolstering nurses’ ef�ciency and work satisfaction alongside cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
The rostering solution has delivered more �exible hours, offering longer and shorter shift options, enabling nurses to either maximise their hours in fewer days or opt for school-friendly hours.
In the survey’s report, Cabrini Health program director Peter Bennett said the service had also optimised its nursing workforce around occupancy peaks and troughs.
“For example, identifying where our busy periods are and matching the workforce to the demand,” he said.
“The solution has led to improved satisfaction levels from nurses who are now better able to control their schedules.
“We’re gaining a greater understanding of what the system can do for us, which has increased managers’ enthusiasm for using the system.”
Cabrini chief �nancial of�cer Judith Day said nurses completed training sessions and were taught to prepare their own ward rosters, while nurses are also being trained in the introduction of a single sign-on system.
“Further computer training is going to be provided with the introduction of e-prescribing which will have a signi�cant impact on the work�ow of nursing staff,” she said.
“The changes have created greater ef�ciencies across the organisation, provided not only better access to information but consistent interpretation of information which assists management decisions.
“It has reduced manual data handling and therefore reduced errors, especially for payroll,” she said.
Cabrini nurses tap into new technologyby Karen Keast
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After more than 25 years in the ambulance service, paramedic Norm Rees still loves his profession.
And it appears he’s not the only one.
Australians have given the thumbs up to paramedics, voting them the most trusted profession in the Australian Reader’s Digest annual survey for the eighth year in a row.
“It’s really nice to be held up there for that long,” Norm said.
“We go into situations as neutral, whether it be a trauma scene or into a residence to treat a medical.
“We have no other agenda but to treat patients.”
Norm, who worked at Wollongong Hospital for 13 years before joining the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, is now the duty operations manager at Wollongong Station.
The NSW service is the third largest ambulance service in the world, employing more than 4000 people and responding to more than 1,149,000 emergency and non-emergency calls in 2010-2011.
Paramedics were not the only health profession to score a top 10 position in the poll.
Nurses came in at number four, doctors made sixth position and pharmacists ranked in seventh place.
For Norm, being a paramedic is not only working in the most trusted profession - it’s also working in the best job.
“I love the variety and the people I work with. Every job is completely different,” he said.
“You get to go to a whole heap of different
places and meet a lot of nice people and interesting people.
“It’s just a very rewarding job. I don’t think you could get better – that’s after 25 years I can still say that.”
Norm’s daughter Vanessa shares her father’s passion for the ambulance service.
Vanessa joined the service about two years ago and is now a paramedic intern at Picton and Campbelltown.
“My daughter is �nding out exactly the same thing – she absolutely loves it,” he said.
“She said to me ‘Dad it’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle’. It most certainly is.
“We commonly share jobs and talk about how you can do it better and different ways of doing things.
“I am very proud of her.”
Australian Reader’s Digest trust poll 2012 professions
1. Paramedics
2. Fire�ghters
3. Rescue volunteers
4. Nurses
5. Pilots
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Veterinarians
9. Armed Forces personnel
10. Farmers
11. Police
12. Scientists
13. Teachers
Paramedics top list of Australia’s most trustedby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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HOW SOON CAN I RECEIVE THE FUNDS?
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WHAT CAN I USE THE LOAN FOR?
Anything you want! Guilt-free shopping; gift purchases; a holiday of a lifetime; home renovations; car repairs or new tyres; new furniture; upgrade to a new plasma TV or home cinema… in fact, it’s your loan – so use the funds however you choose!
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REGISTERED MIDWIFEKerang, Victoria Are you an experienced Registered Midwife
looking for a new and challenging role in a progressive rural
health service? Kerang District Health is a 54 bed public health
service close to the Murray River in Northern Victoria. The health
service currently provides midwifery services to a population of
around 8,000 via a shared model of care that includes antenatal
and post natal care and is delivered with the support of a local
GP Obstetrician and Visiting Specialist Obstetrician.
NURSE UNIT MANAGEROPERATING SUITEHamilton, VictoriaWestern District Health Service is a public health service which
incorporates 96 acute beds, 170 high and low level extended
care and residential aged care beds, 35 Independent Living Units,
community health and youth services. To be successful in this
role, you will need to demonstrate and possess current AHPRA
registration and at least 5 years post-graduate nursing experience
and demonstrated management skills.
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After more than 25 years in the ambulance service, paramedic Norm Rees still loves his profession.
And it appears he’s not the only one.
Australians have given the thumbs up to paramedics, voting them the most trusted profession in the Australian Reader’s Digest annual survey for the eighth year in a row.
“It’s really nice to be held up there for that long,” Norm said.
“We go into situations as neutral, whether it be a trauma scene or into a residence to treat a medical.
“We have no other agenda but to treat patients.”
Norm, who worked at Wollongong Hospital for 13 years before joining the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, is now the duty operations manager at Wollongong Station.
The NSW service is the third largest ambulance service in the world, employing more than 4000 people and responding to more than 1,149,000 emergency and non-emergency calls in 2010-2011.
Paramedics were not the only health profession to score a top 10 position in the poll.
Nurses came in at number four, doctors made sixth position and pharmacists ranked in seventh place.
For Norm, being a paramedic is not only working in the most trusted profession - it’s also working in the best job.
“I love the variety and the people I work with. Every job is completely different,” he said.
“You get to go to a whole heap of different
places and meet a lot of nice people and interesting people.
“It’s just a very rewarding job. I don’t think you could get better – that’s after 25 years I can still say that.”
Norm’s daughter Vanessa shares her father’s passion for the ambulance service.
Vanessa joined the service about two years ago and is now a paramedic intern at Picton and Campbelltown.
“My daughter is �nding out exactly the same thing – she absolutely loves it,” he said.
“She said to me ‘Dad it’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle’. It most certainly is.
“We commonly share jobs and talk about how you can do it better and different ways of doing things.
“I am very proud of her.”
Australian Reader’s Digest trust poll 2012 professions
1. Paramedics
2. Fire�ghters
3. Rescue volunteers
4. Nurses
5. Pilots
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Veterinarians
9. Armed Forces personnel
10. Farmers
11. Police
12. Scientists
13. Teachers
Paramedics top list of Australia’s most trustedby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
*Terms and Conditions Apply. ABN 76 104 030 793. A National Credit Act compliant company. A member of the National Financial Services Federation Inc. A member of Credit Ombudsman Service Limited (www.cosl.com.au). 1: A motor vehicle which is paid off, registered in your name and not encumbered (i.e. not currently used as security on any loan with another financial institution). Australian Credit Licence 388145
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Visit our website
www.qef.com.au
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HOW SOON CAN I RECEIVE THE FUNDS?
Within 48-72 hours from the moment we receive your completed application form and supporting documents*. How’s that for service! Our turnaround time is second to none and we pride ourselves on our quick and easy approval process, with funds deposited directly into your bank account.
WHAT CAN I USE THE LOAN FOR?
Anything you want! Guilt-free shopping; gift purchases; a holiday of a lifetime; home renovations; car repairs or new tyres; new furniture; upgrade to a new plasma TV or home cinema… in fact, it’s your loan – so use the funds however you choose!
FEES & EARLY SETTLEMENT?
Unlike other companies, Quick and Easy Finance DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEES OR PENALTIES if you choose to settle your loan early. So you are free to pay out your loan whenever you want.
There is simply no better way to solve all your cash flow needs than a short-term personal loan from Quick and Easy Finance – it’s your cash on demand, the Quick & Easy way.™
Need money QUICKLY?Funds on demand, the ‘Quick & Easy’ way™
Live life your way and be paid what you’re worth
Placements in rural, remote, coastal and city locations
Your needs, interests and skills matched to placements
Team rewards and CPD programs
RNS NURSES ROCK!
call 1300 761 351email [email protected] www.rnsnursing.com.au
Get an application from www.rcna.org.au
NURSING & MIDWIFERYSCHOLARSHIPS
W: www.ahnr.com.au E: [email protected] T: 1300 981 509 www.ahnr.com.au
For full details of this and other nursing and allied health vacancies visit our web site at:
REGISTERED MIDWIFEKerang, Victoria Are you an experienced Registered Midwife
looking for a new and challenging role in a progressive rural
health service? Kerang District Health is a 54 bed public health
service close to the Murray River in Northern Victoria. The health
service currently provides midwifery services to a population of
around 8,000 via a shared model of care that includes antenatal
and post natal care and is delivered with the support of a local
GP Obstetrician and Visiting Specialist Obstetrician.
NURSE UNIT MANAGEROPERATING SUITEHamilton, VictoriaWestern District Health Service is a public health service which
incorporates 96 acute beds, 170 high and low level extended
care and residential aged care beds, 35 Independent Living Units,
community health and youth services. To be successful in this
role, you will need to demonstrate and possess current AHPRA
registration and at least 5 years post-graduate nursing experience
and demonstrated management skills.
1214-005 1PG FULL COLOUR CMYK (repeat)
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There’s been a staggering rise in the number of Australian nurses and midwives venturing overseas for work, up almost 400 per cent in �ve years.
The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show there were 2047 nurses working abroad in 2007 and that �gure last year jumped to 10,166 – an increase of 396.6 per cent.
The Nursing and Midwifery Workforce 2011 report provides an insight into the demographic and employment characteristics of nurses and midwives who were registered in Australia last year.
The report shows the workforce is on the rise, up 6.8 per cent on 2007 �gures, with 326,669 registered nurses and midwives in 2011, comprising 268,018 registered nurses and 58,651 enrolled nurses.
But the Institute has warned while the workforce is growing it’s not keeping pace with Australia’s population.
The report also reveals there were 36,074 midwives in 2011, while nine out of 10 nurses and midwives are female, at 90.1 per cent, and almost two in �ve of all employed nurses and midwives are aged 50 or more.
Nurses and midwives also work an average of 32.8 hours a week while 7708 people completed registered nurse undergraduate training in 2010, with another 3938 completing enrolled nurse vocational courses.
The statistics show there were 2212 nurses or midwives identi�ed as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, representing 0.8 per cent of all employed nurses and midwives.
Other statistics include:
average age is 41.6, 9.3 per cent are male and the average weekly hours are 33.1
cent are clinical nurses
and work an average of 31.8 hours a week
average age is 48.5 and 53.9 per cent are aged 50 or more
47.2 per cent are aged 50 and over and the average age is 47.7 per cent
where 14.7 per cent are male
health, where the average age is 48.5, 50.6 per cent are aged 50 and over, and just 1.1 per cent are male
average weekly hours are 28.8
per cent are male and work an average of 36.5 hours a week
of their job, where the average age is 45.4
average age is 39 and 4.7 per cent are male
More Aussies are nursing abroadby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Flight Nurse Air Ambulance Base Sydney Domestic Airport, Mascot Permanent Full Time
My name is Mark and every day I am able to bring my sense of adventure to work to make a
difference to the lives of people in rural and remote NSW locations. Every day is different so there is
definitely no chance to get bored. My job as a Flight Nurse is clinically challenging and stimulating,
utilizing all of my extensive nursing experience as I move from midwife one minute to palliative care
nurse the next. You gain unsurpassed autonomy and can make a real difference in people’s lives,
never knowing who you are going to meet and care for next. There are some interesting and resilient
characters around and that is just the rural and remote paramedic staff. The aircraft is an extension of an emergency department, hospital ward, intensive care or any
speciality unit. A diverse range of broad based medical categories and diagnostic groups are
transferred ranging from cardiac, high risk obstetrics, surgical, neonatal, trauma to aged care and
palliative patients. We attend to over 5,000 cases a year which is why the Ambulance Service has
access to state of the art technology and equipment, and strongly supports an environment that
encourages Continuing Professional Development and research projects.
Come and join our dedicated and experienced team of flight nurses and help us to deliver excellence
in care for rural and regional communities. You will need to be a Registered Nurse with an additional
qualification as a Registered Midwife along with qualifications and/or extensive experience in Aviation
Nursing or adult critical care fields limited to Emergency, Cardiac or Cardiothoracic or Intensive Care
Nursing. For more detailed information pick up the phone or email our Senior Flight Nurse, Margaret
Tabone to take to the skies. For more information and application packs go to:http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Employment/Become-a-Flight-Nurse.html
Margaret Tabone, Senior Flight Nurse Phone: 02 9669 1708 Email: [email protected].
Forget the four white walls and lack of natural light that surrounds you in the hospital, take this unique opportunity to spread your wings and take to the skies as an Ambulance Service NSW Flight Nurse. Every day is your own personal mystery flight from the vast dry dusty plains, pristine coastal communities through to the snow topped mountains.
Flight Nurse advert for NCAH magazine OUTLINES .indd 120/01/2012 12:34:43 PM
A Victorian health care service has embraced workforce management technology to support its nurses.
Melbourne-based Catholic health care service Cabrini Health, which has six campuses and a workforce of almost 1600 nurses, has introduced a roster solution and a single sign-on system to drive ef�ciency and boost overall performance.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the Nursing Pulse Check survey revealing that a majority of Australian nurses are burnt out and dissatis�ed with their jobs, introduced the technology.
The new systems have already delivered bene�ts, including bolstering nurses’ ef�ciency and work satisfaction alongside cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
The rostering solution has delivered more �exible hours, offering longer and shorter shift options, enabling nurses to either maximise their hours in fewer days or opt for school-friendly hours.
In the survey’s report, Cabrini Health program director Peter Bennett said the service had also optimised its nursing workforce around occupancy peaks and troughs.
“For example, identifying where our busy periods are and matching the workforce to the demand,” he said.
“The solution has led to improved satisfaction levels from nurses who are now better able to control their schedules.
“We’re gaining a greater understanding of what the system can do for us, which has increased managers’ enthusiasm for using the system.”
Cabrini chief �nancial of�cer Judith Day said nurses completed training sessions and were taught to prepare their own ward rosters, while nurses are also being trained in the introduction of a single sign-on system.
“Further computer training is going to be provided with the introduction of e-prescribing which will have a signi�cant impact on the work�ow of nursing staff,” she said.
“The changes have created greater ef�ciencies across the organisation, provided not only better access to information but consistent interpretation of information which assists management decisions.
“It has reduced manual data handling and therefore reduced errors, especially for payroll,” she said.
Cabrini nurses tap into new technologyby Karen Keast
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Allied Health Subacute Manager • Senior management role• Shepparton based• Attractive salary package
You can obtain further details from our website at:
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PO Box 83 Ocean Grove 3226
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Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
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2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Applications are invited from suitably qualified/experienced Registered Nurses for the Nurse Unit Manager role in the Intensive Care/Critical Care Unit at our Warrnambool Base Hospital site. This 165 bed hospital has recently completed a $115m redevelopment which included a state of the art, 6 bed (with room for expansion) Intensive/Critical Care Unit
The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the human, physical and financial resources within the Unit. The NUM actively leads the ICU/CCU team in a consultative and participative manner ensuring well planned and coordinated services to clients and their families and providing clinical leadership to foster patient focused and outcome directed nursing care.
Further information is available from Sue Morrison (Director of Nursing) on telephone 03 5563 1435 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website under careers and need to include: full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the names of two (2) referees by Tuesday 31 July 2012.
NURSE UNIT MANAGER INTENSIVE CARE/CRITICAL CARE UNIT
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SUNRISE HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATIONPandanus Plaza, 25 First Street, PO Box 1696, Katherine NT 0850
Ph: 08 89711 120 Fax: 08 89 712 511 Providing primary health care services to remote communities East of Katherine - Bulman, Jilkminggan,
Manyallaluk, Mataranka, Minyerri, Ngukurr, Weemol, Wugularr, Urapunga
Sunrise Health Service is seeking applications for the position of HEALTH CARE MANAGER in remote indigenous communities.
This is an amazing opportunity:
l Great salary - $90K approx
l 18% leave loading
l 6 weeks annual leave
l FREE accommodation and electricity
l Relocation allowance
l Mobile phone and generous allowance
l Leave fares allowance
l Professional development opportunities
For a full position description and more information, please contact Daniel Horwood – [email protected], or Ph: 08 8971 9513Sunrise Health Service is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a strong no smoking
policy. Indigenous people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Nurses! Do you have remote area
experience?
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Hurstville Private – Clinical Nurse Educator
Part time with opportunity for full time hours
Hurstville Private is a 73 bed acute surgical hospital with a total 4 operating suites. The hospital redeveloped commences late 2012 & includes increasing our theatre capacity from 4 to 6 operating suites. The major works project includes a brand new theatre complex, PACU & DSU & inpatient accommodation.
Our theatre complex is seeking a motivated and innovative Clinical Nurse Educator with excellent clinical skills and a passion for best practice educational outcomes. The Clinical Educator will work closely with the Operating Suite Manager & our Speciality Team Leaders & will be instrumental in clinically supporting our current & new employees.
This role would suit an enthusiastic CNE/CNS who delights in supporting an educational program in the clinical setting.
The successful applicant will be responsible for facilitating staff development within the peri-op. areas and fostering a culture of learning including assisting staff with competencies & support an educational program in the clinical setting.
REQUIREMENTS
To confidentially discuss this role please contact Carly Salakas (Operating Suite Manager) or Louise Dodd (CEO) on:
T (02) 9579 7780
W www.hurstvilleprivate.com.au
Applications close 19 August 2012
Australia’s nursing profession is in danger of burning itself out with 51 per cent of nurses planning to exit the sector in the next decade, according to a new survey.
Overwhelming demand for healthcare services coupled with a critical skills shortage is leaving nurses stressed and dissatis�ed with their jobs, prompting 17 per cent to concede they will leave the profession in the next �ve years.
While retirement was the biggest factor for leaving the workforce, at 67 per cent, 33 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads, with more than a quarter revealing they care for more than 30 patients a day, on top of in�exible working hours and low salaries.
The February survey of 200 senior and junior nurses, from public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals and aged healthcare centres across Australia, found 46 per cent of nurses suffered from work-related stress, job dissatisfaction, burn-out and injury in the past 12 months.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the survey, said the results were a wake-up call for the sector to embrace a range of solutions, such as better work-life balance opportunities for nurses with more �exible schedules including shorter shift options and school-friendly hours.
Kronos Australia vice president Peter Harte said the survey warned the sector was a ticking time bomb unless changes were made.
“Management need to look at how they can help Australian nurses through better workforce planning and management to alleviate the stresses currently being experienced,” he said.
“They need to listen to the voice of the nurse and look for ways to work together so that the projections of 2020 don’t become a reality.”
The survey also found 56 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads as the main barrier to their workplace productivity while 20 per cent cited lack of and ability to use technology.
Ninety-eight per cent of nurses said being surrounded by collaborative and friendly colleagues would boost their productivity, along with a manageable workload, at 97 per cent, and access to technology and the skills to use it, at 95 per cent.
Mr Harte said hospitals have been slow to embrace new technology to help better manage their workplaces.
“Traditionally a paper-based environment, there’s a lot to be gained from looking at how technology can better manage nurses in their day-to-day role,” he said.
Aussie nurses are burning outby Karen Keast
lot of unhappy people who have been in the same job for years on end and often think that this sort of variety could perhaps suit them better,” Ley says.
She has been on the books with Healthcare Australia for many years. The agency has operations across the country and launched 30 years ago to provide a practical solution to the growing nurses and medical skills shortage.
Healthcare Australia encompasses recruitment and training for temporary and permanent healthcare positions including nurses, aged care workers, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Ley says agency nurses need the ability to adapt to different workplace situations and need to be able to think on their feet.
“You’ve got to be �exible and walk in to a place and pick up the ropes immediately. You’ve got to know how to get to the particular place you’re working at, know where to park and how to get to the theatre in time for your shift. I think I’m absolutely suited to an agency role.”
Ley has built up a strong reputation over the years – so much so that these days theatres will request her by name when they require her expertise.
“I know that many nurses want to know where they’re going each day and want to be in a particular place for their shift, but that just doesn’t suit me. I like a clean start each day. And I know I’m of value to the places I work for.”
Ley believes that agency nurses aren’t well understood by the wider healthcare fraternity.
Agency nursing offers endless varietyby Nina Hendy
Registered nurse Sharon Ley is a well-recognised face in the operating theatres of South Australia. As an agency nurse with Healthcare Australia, she is rostered for duty at more than 25 different health institutions. She tells Nina Hendy why she loves agency work and why more should consider it.
Sharon Ley is a nomadic theatre nurse. On any given day, she could be working alongside full-time staff employed at one of the 25 theatres dotted across South Australia that require her services.
As a registered nurse working with healthcare recruiter Healthcare Australia, not only her hours vary, but so does her place of work.
With countless colleagues and huge variety in her role as a registered theatre nurse, Ley relishes the variety that being an agency nurse gives her.
“I can’t understand why more nurses don’t voluntarily opt for this sort of work. I see a
“I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,” she says.
The role of an agency nurse shouldn’t be underestimated, she says. “I’ve seen one Adelaide hospital staffed by 26 agency nurses in one day. The truth is that agency nurses are the bricks in the walls - they hold those places together.”
Ley wasn’t always a nurse. After a stint in retail and working at a local kindergarten, she
trained as a nurse and began working at what is now Adelaide’s Women and Children’s Hospital. A taste of theatre nursing suited her and she accepted a role at Adelaide’s St Andrew’s Private Hospital. After two years she had her �rst baby, then her second, returning to work at St Andrew’s.
She was enticed to a new role offered at a day surgery that specialised in ophthalmology, where she stayed for 12 years, before leaving for agency work.
The best part about agency work is that she’s able to dictate the days and hours she would like to work and the type of work she wants, with theatre work her preference.
Healthcare Australia organises her required training in areas like CPR, manual handling and drug calculations and new product launches, ensuring she’s always up to date.
“By being �exible, I get more work, although the agency knows the sort of work I prefer now and looks after me.”
Ley aims for at least 35 hours of work a week, but could work up to 50 hours a week. While she doesn’t get paid holiday pay or sick leave, she does earn more than hospital nurses. “Anything above 35 hours of work I tuck away each week, which funds my holidays and any days off that I need.
“Over the years, I’ve seen gunshot wounds, car crash victims, incredible reconstructive operations and everything else in between. Theatre work offers huge variety, which is what I love.”
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,
”
“
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Hurstville Private – Clinical Nurse Educator
Part time with opportunity for full time hours
Hurstville Private is a 73 bed acute surgical hospital with a total 4 operating suites. The hospital redeveloped commences late 2012 & includes increasing our theatre capacity from 4 to 6 operating suites. The major works project includes a brand new theatre complex, PACU & DSU & inpatient accommodation.
Our theatre complex is seeking a motivated and innovative Clinical Nurse Educator with excellent clinical skills and a passion for best practice educational outcomes. The Clinical Educator will work closely with the Operating Suite Manager & our Speciality Team Leaders & will be instrumental in clinically supporting our current & new employees.
This role would suit an enthusiastic CNE/CNS who delights in supporting an educational program in the clinical setting.
The successful applicant will be responsible for facilitating staff development within the peri-op. areas and fostering a culture of learning including assisting staff with competencies & support an educational program in the clinical setting.
REQUIREMENTS
To confidentially discuss this role please contact Carly Salakas (Operating Suite Manager) or Louise Dodd (CEO) on:
T (02) 9579 7780
W www.hurstvilleprivate.com.au
Applications close 19 August 2012
Australia’s nursing profession is in danger of burning itself out with 51 per cent of nurses planning to exit the sector in the next decade, according to a new survey.
Overwhelming demand for healthcare services coupled with a critical skills shortage is leaving nurses stressed and dissatis�ed with their jobs, prompting 17 per cent to concede they will leave the profession in the next �ve years.
While retirement was the biggest factor for leaving the workforce, at 67 per cent, 33 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads, with more than a quarter revealing they care for more than 30 patients a day, on top of in�exible working hours and low salaries.
The February survey of 200 senior and junior nurses, from public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals and aged healthcare centres across Australia, found 46 per cent of nurses suffered from work-related stress, job dissatisfaction, burn-out and injury in the past 12 months.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the survey, said the results were a wake-up call for the sector to embrace a range of solutions, such as better work-life balance opportunities for nurses with more �exible schedules including shorter shift options and school-friendly hours.
Kronos Australia vice president Peter Harte said the survey warned the sector was a ticking time bomb unless changes were made.
“Management need to look at how they can help Australian nurses through better workforce planning and management to alleviate the stresses currently being experienced,” he said.
“They need to listen to the voice of the nurse and look for ways to work together so that the projections of 2020 don’t become a reality.”
The survey also found 56 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads as the main barrier to their workplace productivity while 20 per cent cited lack of and ability to use technology.
Ninety-eight per cent of nurses said being surrounded by collaborative and friendly colleagues would boost their productivity, along with a manageable workload, at 97 per cent, and access to technology and the skills to use it, at 95 per cent.
Mr Harte said hospitals have been slow to embrace new technology to help better manage their workplaces.
“Traditionally a paper-based environment, there’s a lot to be gained from looking at how technology can better manage nurses in their day-to-day role,” he said.
Aussie nurses are burning outby Karen Keast
lot of unhappy people who have been in the same job for years on end and often think that this sort of variety could perhaps suit them better,” Ley says.
She has been on the books with Healthcare Australia for many years. The agency has operations across the country and launched 30 years ago to provide a practical solution to the growing nurses and medical skills shortage.
Healthcare Australia encompasses recruitment and training for temporary and permanent healthcare positions including nurses, aged care workers, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Ley says agency nurses need the ability to adapt to different workplace situations and need to be able to think on their feet.
“You’ve got to be �exible and walk in to a place and pick up the ropes immediately. You’ve got to know how to get to the particular place you’re working at, know where to park and how to get to the theatre in time for your shift. I think I’m absolutely suited to an agency role.”
Ley has built up a strong reputation over the years – so much so that these days theatres will request her by name when they require her expertise.
“I know that many nurses want to know where they’re going each day and want to be in a particular place for their shift, but that just doesn’t suit me. I like a clean start each day. And I know I’m of value to the places I work for.”
Ley believes that agency nurses aren’t well understood by the wider healthcare fraternity.
Agency nursing offers endless varietyby Nina Hendy
Registered nurse Sharon Ley is a well-recognised face in the operating theatres of South Australia. As an agency nurse with Healthcare Australia, she is rostered for duty at more than 25 different health institutions. She tells Nina Hendy why she loves agency work and why more should consider it.
Sharon Ley is a nomadic theatre nurse. On any given day, she could be working alongside full-time staff employed at one of the 25 theatres dotted across South Australia that require her services.
As a registered nurse working with healthcare recruiter Healthcare Australia, not only her hours vary, but so does her place of work.
With countless colleagues and huge variety in her role as a registered theatre nurse, Ley relishes the variety that being an agency nurse gives her.
“I can’t understand why more nurses don’t voluntarily opt for this sort of work. I see a
“I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,” she says.
The role of an agency nurse shouldn’t be underestimated, she says. “I’ve seen one Adelaide hospital staffed by 26 agency nurses in one day. The truth is that agency nurses are the bricks in the walls - they hold those places together.”
Ley wasn’t always a nurse. After a stint in retail and working at a local kindergarten, she
trained as a nurse and began working at what is now Adelaide’s Women and Children’s Hospital. A taste of theatre nursing suited her and she accepted a role at Adelaide’s St Andrew’s Private Hospital. After two years she had her �rst baby, then her second, returning to work at St Andrew’s.
She was enticed to a new role offered at a day surgery that specialised in ophthalmology, where she stayed for 12 years, before leaving for agency work.
The best part about agency work is that she’s able to dictate the days and hours she would like to work and the type of work she wants, with theatre work her preference.
Healthcare Australia organises her required training in areas like CPR, manual handling and drug calculations and new product launches, ensuring she’s always up to date.
“By being �exible, I get more work, although the agency knows the sort of work I prefer now and looks after me.”
Ley aims for at least 35 hours of work a week, but could work up to 50 hours a week. While she doesn’t get paid holiday pay or sick leave, she does earn more than hospital nurses. “Anything above 35 hours of work I tuck away each week, which funds my holidays and any days off that I need.
“Over the years, I’ve seen gunshot wounds, car crash victims, incredible reconstructive operations and everything else in between. Theatre work offers huge variety, which is what I love.”
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,
”
“
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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If you want to change lives,it’s time to change yours.
acap.edu.au1800 061 199
Visit our website to register for our next Information Session
Allied Health Subacute Manager • Senior management role• Shepparton based• Attractive salary package
You can obtain further details from our website at:
www.hrsa.com.auInterested applicants should contact Mr John Bowman on: 0407 835 747
PO Box 83 Ocean Grove 3226
www.hrsa.com.au
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Applications are invited from suitably qualified/experienced Registered Nurses for the Nurse Unit Manager role in the Intensive Care/Critical Care Unit at our Warrnambool Base Hospital site. This 165 bed hospital has recently completed a $115m redevelopment which included a state of the art, 6 bed (with room for expansion) Intensive/Critical Care Unit
The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the human, physical and financial resources within the Unit. The NUM actively leads the ICU/CCU team in a consultative and participative manner ensuring well planned and coordinated services to clients and their families and providing clinical leadership to foster patient focused and outcome directed nursing care.
Further information is available from Sue Morrison (Director of Nursing) on telephone 03 5563 1435 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website under careers and need to include: full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the names of two (2) referees by Tuesday 31 July 2012.
NURSE UNIT MANAGER INTENSIVE CARE/CRITICAL CARE UNIT
1214-040 1 PG FULL COLOUR CMYK (rpt)
SUNRISE HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATIONPandanus Plaza, 25 First Street, PO Box 1696, Katherine NT 0850
Ph: 08 89711 120 Fax: 08 89 712 511 Providing primary health care services to remote communities East of Katherine - Bulman, Jilkminggan,
Manyallaluk, Mataranka, Minyerri, Ngukurr, Weemol, Wugularr, Urapunga
Sunrise Health Service is seeking applications for the position of HEALTH CARE MANAGER in remote indigenous communities.
This is an amazing opportunity:
l Great salary - $90K approx
l 18% leave loading
l 6 weeks annual leave
l FREE accommodation and electricity
l Relocation allowance
l Mobile phone and generous allowance
l Leave fares allowance
l Professional development opportunities
For a full position description and more information, please contact Daniel Horwood – [email protected], or Ph: 08 8971 9513Sunrise Health Service is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a strong no smoking
policy. Indigenous people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Nurses! Do you have remote a rea
experience?
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Applications will open in August for about 1200 nurse graduates applying for positions under an innovative new system at New Zealand’s district health boards.
The new Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) online recruitment process has been created to match graduates with their work preferences.
ACE replaces the previous system where nurse graduates submitted multiple applications and DHBs often processed applications for the same graduate.
Under the new streamlined system, graduates submit one application online which goes to a few DHBs, which they rank in order of preference.
The DHBs receiving the applications rank the graduates in order of preference and ACE matches the graduates and the DHBs’ preferences.
Ministry of Health chief nurse Jane O’Malley labelled the new system “very important”.
“In the past applicants and employers spent more time �nding graduates and the recruitment process took longer,” she said.
“We have also had to rely on incomplete data that was collected from various data sources and is out of date the day after we collate it.
“This data base will be real time and very accurate which will guide other actions to help improve efforts to better match training with employment.”
Dr O’Malley said the idea for the new system was largely a sector effort.
“The idea developed over time following a number of conversations involving senior nursing leaders in the sector and has been embraced by the sector particularly the directors of nursing.
“The set-up has been funded by Health Workforce New Zealand and on-going maintenance of the system will be a combined funding from the DHBs.”
Dr O’Malley said New Zealand was expecting about 1200 graduates in November and while DHBs were still to determine how many positions they would offer, a November 2011 survey showed 85 per cent of graduates found nursing jobs.
“We are working closely with the DHBs to place as many as possible,” she said.
“Some folks will later decline job offers for various reasons…and then there will be a second match based with the people who remain in the talent pool.
“DHBs will be able to place from this pool.
“Those that don’t get jobs in the �rst and second match will have the option of remaining on the data base to be placed as jobs come up.”
Applications open on August 6 and close on September 16 with offers sent out on November 9.
ACE new system for New Zealand nurse graduatesby Karen Keast
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Manager Healthy Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1 A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead
an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to
0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery
or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health
Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy StartCommunity Midwife – full or part timeChild & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping WellCNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health AssessmentsPrimary Health NurseQualified Aboriginal Health Workers
Primary Mental Health, Alcohol & Other Drugs WorkerRegistered Psychologist or Social Worker
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email [email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy
Southern Health provides health care across South Eastern Melbourne uniquely integrating in one organisation all primary, secondary and tertiary health services as well as world renowned research and teaching facilities.
Our services are delivered at over 40 sites, including Monash Medical Centre Clayton and Moorabbin, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre and extensive Community Health facilities throughout the region.
A truly exceptional opportunity is available for a highly qualified and accomplished Nurse to provide the strategic leadership to the Southern Health Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy Service. While supporting the developmental needs of nurses and midwives you will integrate nursing research, education and practice and improve clinical care for our patients.
To be successful in this role you must be a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a Masters Degree or higher in Education, Management or Clinical Nursing Practice and fulfil the requirements of a senior academic position at Associate Professor Level or higher.
To obtain more information about this influential and rewarding role please contact Ms Cheyne Chalmers, Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery on +61 3 9594 2762.
Visit the ‘Careers’ link on our website www.southernhealth.org.au to apply.
Director
78852
CQUniversity has launched a course helping nurses wanting to return to the workforce, which is the �rst of its kind in Queensland.
The Registered Nurse Re-Entry Course is designed for nurses who have either let their registration lapse or who have not practised for at least �ve years.
The program’s �rst intake includes 19 students from across Australia, ranging from Melbourne to Cooktown.
CQU Queensland Centre for Professional Health Education director Deb Austen said there was strong demand for the course.
“We have had a strong interest from nurses in a wide range of different areas across the entire health industry,” she said.
“This program is very important because there are a signi�cant number of nurses seeking re-entry to the workforce, and they are able to be acknowledged for their previous experience while upgrading their knowledge of contemporary practice through a recognised course.”
The course includes an online theoretical component of 10 modules, to be completed over 10 weeks, a three-day face-to-face clinical skills workshop at the university’s new Noosa campus and 160 hours of clinical placement.
Ms Austen said the program was designed to inject experienced nurses back into the profession, armed with the required knowledge and skills.
“Students also gain the necessary knowledge and skills to re-enter the nursing profession as a safe and competent beginning level
nurse in line with the ANMC Competency Standards for Registered Nurses,” she said.
The course is scheduled to run three times a year. Nurses can also apply to the Royal College of Nursing Australia for a $6000 course scholarship. The next round of scholarships closes July 23.
New course helps nurses return to the workforceby Karen Keast
Posi on Ref No: 88462Employment Type: Full TimeSalary: Public Health System Nurses’ & Midwives’ (State) Award 2011Closing Date: Friday, 27 July 2012 Selec on Criteria• Eligible for registra on with the Nurses and
Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).• Extensive experience in clinical prac ce.• Relevant ter ary quali ca ons in educa on or
equivalent.• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate,
deliver and evaluate educa on and training programs.
• Demonstrated e ec ve leadership skills including ability to communicate, nego ate and problem solve e ec vely.
• Demonstrated evidence of the provision of relevant educa on courses or programs that incorporate the use of adult learning principles.
• Evidence of being professionally ac ve and self -mo vated.
• Computer literacy and understanding of relevant informa on systems.
This role is the key educa onal resource at NETS and the Nurse Educator will work with the organisa ons leaders in determining the strategic direc on and educa on ini a ves for the nursing service.
The posi on has an overall responsibility for implemen ng evidenced based nursing prac ce through clinical research, systema c reviews and educa onal strategies at a state level.
The Nurse Educator will be responsible for developing educa onal ini a ves to maximise nursing sta poten al to achieve desired levels of knowledge and skill.
NURSE EDUCATOR – Grade 1
NETS (Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service - NSW) is a state-wide emergency retrieval service for the transfer of cri cally ill newborns, infants and children up to 16 years of age.
The service provides expert clinical advice, clinical co-ordina on, emergency treatment and stabilisa on and inter hospital transport for cri cally ill babies and children, in over 200 hospitals across NSW and the ACT, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each year NETS coordinates over 3600 calls and performs over 1800 retrievals of babies and children u lising a range of transport modes including our dedicated road ambulances, the Telstra Child Flight helicopter or an air ambulance xed wing aircra .
Apply on line at h p://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au or contact: Paul Gallagher Nurse Manager p: +61 2 9633 8724 m: +61 438 403 835 e: [email protected]
A Challenging Career!
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy
Southern Health provides health care across South Eastern Melbourne uniquely integrating in one organisation all primary, secondary and tertiary health services as well as world renowned research and teaching facilities.
Our services are delivered at over 40 sites, including Monash Medical Centre Clayton and Moorabbin, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre and extensive Community Health facilities throughout the region.
A truly exceptional opportunity is available for a highly qualified and accomplished Nurse to provide the strategic leadership to the Southern Health Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy Service. While supporting the developmental needs of nurses and midwives you will integrate nursing research, education and practice and improve clinical care for our patients.
To be successful in this role you must be a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a Masters Degree or higher in Education, Management or Clinical Nursing Practice and fulfil the requirements of a senior academic position at Associate Professor Level or higher.
To obtain more information about this influential and rewarding role please contact Ms Cheyne Chalmers, Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery on +61 3 9594 2762.
Visit the ‘Careers’ link on our website www.southernhealth.org.au to apply.
Director78
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CQUniversity has launched a course helping nurses wanting to return to the workforce, which is the �rst of its kind in Queensland.
The Registered Nurse Re-Entry Course is designed for nurses who have either let their registration lapse or who have not practised for at least �ve years.
The program’s �rst intake includes 19 students from across Australia, ranging from Melbourne to Cooktown.
CQU Queensland Centre for Professional Health Education director Deb Austen said there was strong demand for the course.
“We have had a strong interest from nurses in a wide range of different areas across the entire health industry,” she said.
“This program is very important because there are a signi�cant number of nurses seeking re-entry to the workforce, and they are able to be acknowledged for their previous experience while upgrading their knowledge of contemporary practice through a recognised course.”
The course includes an online theoretical component of 10 modules, to be completed over 10 weeks, a three-day face-to-face clinical skills workshop at the university’s new Noosa campus and 160 hours of clinical placement.
Ms Austen said the program was designed to inject experienced nurses back into the profession, armed with the required knowledge and skills.
“Students also gain the necessary knowledge and skills to re-enter the nursing profession as a safe and competent beginning level
nurse in line with the ANMC Competency Standards for Registered Nurses,” she said.
The course is scheduled to run three times a year. Nurses can also apply to the Royal College of Nursing Australia for a $6000 course scholarship. The next round of scholarships closes July 23.
New course helps nurses return to the workforceby Karen Keast
Posi on Ref No: 88462Employment Type: Full TimeSalary: Public Health System Nurses’ & Midwives’ (State) Award 2011Closing Date: Friday, 27 July 2012 Selec on Criteria• Eligible for registra on with the Nurses and
Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).• Extensive experience in clinical prac ce.• Relevant ter ary quali ca ons in educa on or
equivalent.• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate,
deliver and evaluate educa on and training programs.
• Demonstrated e ec ve leadership skills including ability to communicate, nego ate and problem solve e ec vely.
• Demonstrated evidence of the provision of relevant educa on courses or programs that incorporate the use of adult learning principles.
• Evidence of being professionally ac ve and self -mo vated.
• Computer literacy and understanding of relevant informa on systems.
This role is the key educa onal resource at NETS and the Nurse Educator will work with the organisa ons leaders in determining the strategic direc on and educa on ini a ves for the nursing service.
The posi on has an overall responsibility for implemen ng evidenced based nursing prac ce through clinical research, systema c reviews and educa onal strategies at a state level.
The Nurse Educator will be responsible for developing educa onal ini a ves to maximise nursing sta poten al to achieve desired levels of knowledge and skill.
NURSE EDUCATOR – Grade 1
NETS (Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service - NSW) is a state-wide emergency retrieval service for the transfer of cri cally ill newborns, infants and children up to 16 years of age.
The service provides expert clinical advice, clinical co-ordina on, emergency treatment and stabilisa on and inter hospital transport for cri cally ill babies and children, in over 200 hospitals across NSW and the ACT, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each year NETS coordinates over 3600 calls and performs over 1800 retrievals of babies and children u lising a range of transport modes including our dedicated road ambulances, the Telstra Child Flight helicopter or an air ambulance xed wing aircra .
Apply on line at h p://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au or contact: Paul Gallagher Nurse Manager p: +61 2 9633 8724 m: +61 438 403 835 e: [email protected]
A Challenging Career!
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Applications will open in August for about 1200 nurse graduates applying for positions under an innovative new system at New Zealand’s district health boards.
The new Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) online recruitment process has been created to match graduates with their work preferences.
ACE replaces the previous system where nurse graduates submitted multiple applications and DHBs often processed applications for the same graduate.
Under the new streamlined system, graduates submit one application online which goes to a few DHBs, which they rank in order of preference.
The DHBs receiving the applications rank the graduates in order of preference and ACE matches the graduates and the DHBs’ preferences.
Ministry of Health chief nurse Jane O’Malley labelled the new system “very important”.
“In the past applicants and employers spent more time �nding graduates and the recruitment process took longer,” she said.
“We have also had to rely on incomplete data that was collected from various data sources and is out of date the day after we collate it.
“This data base will be real time and very accurate which will guide other actions to help improve efforts to better match training with employment.”
Dr O’Malley said the idea for the new system was largely a sector effort.
“The idea developed over time following a number of conversations involving senior nursing leaders in the sector and has been embraced by the sector particularly the directors of nursing.
“The set-up has been funded by Health Workforce New Zealand and on-going maintenance of the system will be a combined funding from the DHBs.”
Dr O’Malley said New Zealand was expecting about 1200 graduates in November and while DHBs were still to determine how many positions they would offer, a November 2011 survey showed 85 per cent of graduates found nursing jobs.
“We are working closely with the DHBs to place as many as possible,” she said.
“Some folks will later decline job offers for various reasons…and then there will be a second match based with the people who remain in the talent pool.
“DHBs will be able to place from this pool.
“Those that don’t get jobs in the �rst and second match will have the option of remaining on the data base to be placed as jobs come up.”
Applications open on August 6 and close on September 16 with offers sent out on November 9.
ACE new system for New Zealand nurse graduatesby Karen Keast
ZO250790
Manager Healthy Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1 A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead
an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to
0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery
or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health
Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy StartCommunity Midwife – full or part timeChild & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping WellCNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health AssessmentsPrimary Health NurseQualified Aboriginal Health Workers
Primary Mental Health, Alcohol & Other Drugs WorkerRegistered Psychologist or Social Worker
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email [email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Applications will open in August for about 1200 nurse graduates applying for positions under an innovative new system at New Zealand’s district health boards.
The new Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) online recruitment process has been created to match graduates with their work preferences.
ACE replaces the previous system where nurse graduates submitted multiple applications and DHBs often processed applications for the same graduate.
Under the new streamlined system, graduates submit one application online which goes to a few DHBs, which they rank in order of preference.
The DHBs receiving the applications rank the graduates in order of preference and ACE matches the graduates and the DHBs’ preferences.
Ministry of Health chief nurse Jane O’Malley labelled the new system “very important”.
“In the past applicants and employers spent more time �nding graduates and the recruitment process took longer,” she said.
“We have also had to rely on incomplete data that was collected from various data sources and is out of date the day after we collate it.
“This data base will be real time and very accurate which will guide other actions to help improve efforts to better match training with employment.”
Dr O’Malley said the idea for the new system was largely a sector effort.
“The idea developed over time following a number of conversations involving senior nursing leaders in the sector and has been embraced by the sector particularly the directors of nursing.
“The set-up has been funded by Health Workforce New Zealand and on-going maintenance of the system will be a combined funding from the DHBs.”
Dr O’Malley said New Zealand was expecting about 1200 graduates in November and while DHBs were still to determine how many positions they would offer, a November 2011 survey showed 85 per cent of graduates found nursing jobs.
“We are working closely with the DHBs to place as many as possible,” she said.
“Some folks will later decline job offers for various reasons…and then there will be a second match based with the people who remain in the talent pool.
“DHBs will be able to place from this pool.
“Those that don’t get jobs in the �rst and second match will have the option of remaining on the data base to be placed as jobs come up.”
Applications open on August 6 and close on September 16 with offers sent out on November 9.
ACE new system for New Zealand nurse graduatesby Karen Keast
ZO250790
Manager Healthy Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1 A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead
an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to
0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery
or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health
Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy StartCommunity Midwife – full or part timeChild & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping WellCNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health AssessmentsPrimary Health NurseQualified Aboriginal Health Workers
Primary Mental Health, Alcohol & Other Drugs WorkerRegistered Psychologist or Social Worker
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email [email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy
Southern Health provides health care across South Eastern Melbourne uniquely integrating in one organisation all primary, secondary and tertiary health services as well as world renowned research and teaching facilities.
Our services are delivered at over 40 sites, including Monash Medical Centre Clayton and Moorabbin, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre and extensive Community Health facilities throughout the region.
A truly exceptional opportunity is available for a highly qualified and accomplished Nurse to provide the strategic leadership to the Southern Health Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy Service. While supporting the developmental needs of nurses and midwives you will integrate nursing research, education and practice and improve clinical care for our patients.
To be successful in this role you must be a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a Masters Degree or higher in Education, Management or Clinical Nursing Practice and fulfil the requirements of a senior academic position at Associate Professor Level or higher.
To obtain more information about this influential and rewarding role please contact Ms Cheyne Chalmers, Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery on +61 3 9594 2762.
Visit the ‘Careers’ link on our website www.southernhealth.org.au to apply.
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CQUniversity has launched a course helping nurses wanting to return to the workforce, which is the �rst of its kind in Queensland.
The Registered Nurse Re-Entry Course is designed for nurses who have either let their registration lapse or who have not practised for at least �ve years.
The program’s �rst intake includes 19 students from across Australia, ranging from Melbourne to Cooktown.
CQU Queensland Centre for Professional Health Education director Deb Austen said there was strong demand for the course.
“We have had a strong interest from nurses in a wide range of different areas across the entire health industry,” she said.
“This program is very important because there are a signi�cant number of nurses seeking re-entry to the workforce, and they are able to be acknowledged for their previous experience while upgrading their knowledge of contemporary practice through a recognised course.”
The course includes an online theoretical component of 10 modules, to be completed over 10 weeks, a three-day face-to-face clinical skills workshop at the university’s new Noosa campus and 160 hours of clinical placement.
Ms Austen said the program was designed to inject experienced nurses back into the profession, armed with the required knowledge and skills.
“Students also gain the necessary knowledge and skills to re-enter the nursing profession as a safe and competent beginning level
nurse in line with the ANMC Competency Standards for Registered Nurses,” she said.
The course is scheduled to run three times a year. Nurses can also apply to the Royal College of Nursing Australia for a $6000 course scholarship. The next round of scholarships closes July 23.
New course helps nurses return to the workforceby Karen Keast
Posi on Ref No: 88462Employment Type: Full TimeSalary: Public Health System Nurses’ & Midwives’ (State) Award 2011Closing Date: Friday, 27 July 2012 Selec on Criteria• Eligible for registra on with the Nurses and
Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).• Extensive experience in clinical prac ce.• Relevant ter ary quali ca ons in educa on or
equivalent.• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate,
deliver and evaluate educa on and training programs.
• Demonstrated e ec ve leadership skills including ability to communicate, nego ate and problem solve e ec vely.
• Demonstrated evidence of the provision of relevant educa on courses or programs that incorporate the use of adult learning principles.
• Evidence of being professionally ac ve and self -mo vated.
• Computer literacy and understanding of relevant informa on systems.
This role is the key educa onal resource at NETS and the Nurse Educator will work with the organisa ons leaders in determining the strategic direc on and educa on ini a ves for the nursing service.
The posi on has an overall responsibility for implemen ng evidenced based nursing prac ce through clinical research, systema c reviews and educa onal strategies at a state level.
The Nurse Educator will be responsible for developing educa onal ini a ves to maximise nursing sta poten al to achieve desired levels of knowledge and skill.
NURSE EDUCATOR – Grade 1
NETS (Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service - NSW) is a state-wide emergency retrieval service for the transfer of cri cally ill newborns, infants and children up to 16 years of age.
The service provides expert clinical advice, clinical co-ordina on, emergency treatment and stabilisa on and inter hospital transport for cri cally ill babies and children, in over 200 hospitals across NSW and the ACT, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each year NETS coordinates over 3600 calls and performs over 1800 retrievals of babies and children u lising a range of transport modes including our dedicated road ambulances, the Telstra Child Flight helicopter or an air ambulance xed wing aircra .
Apply on line at h p://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au or contact: Paul Gallagher Nurse Manager p: +61 2 9633 8724 m: +61 438 403 835 e: [email protected]
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Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy
Southern Health provides health care across South Eastern Melbourne uniquely integrating in one organisation all primary, secondary and tertiary health services as well as world renowned research and teaching facilities.
Our services are delivered at over 40 sites, including Monash Medical Centre Clayton and Moorabbin, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre and extensive Community Health facilities throughout the region.
A truly exceptional opportunity is available for a highly qualified and accomplished Nurse to provide the strategic leadership to the Southern Health Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy Service. While supporting the developmental needs of nurses and midwives you will integrate nursing research, education and practice and improve clinical care for our patients.
To be successful in this role you must be a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a Masters Degree or higher in Education, Management or Clinical Nursing Practice and fulfil the requirements of a senior academic position at Associate Professor Level or higher.
To obtain more information about this influential and rewarding role please contact Ms Cheyne Chalmers, Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery on +61 3 9594 2762.
Visit the ‘Careers’ link on our website www.southernhealth.org.au to apply.
Director
78852
CQUniversity has launched a course helping nurses wanting to return to the workforce, which is the �rst of its kind in Queensland.
The Registered Nurse Re-Entry Course is designed for nurses who have either let their registration lapse or who have not practised for at least �ve years.
The program’s �rst intake includes 19 students from across Australia, ranging from Melbourne to Cooktown.
CQU Queensland Centre for Professional Health Education director Deb Austen said there was strong demand for the course.
“We have had a strong interest from nurses in a wide range of different areas across the entire health industry,” she said.
“This program is very important because there are a signi�cant number of nurses seeking re-entry to the workforce, and they are able to be acknowledged for their previous experience while upgrading their knowledge of contemporary practice through a recognised course.”
The course includes an online theoretical component of 10 modules, to be completed over 10 weeks, a three-day face-to-face clinical skills workshop at the university’s new Noosa campus and 160 hours of clinical placement.
Ms Austen said the program was designed to inject experienced nurses back into the profession, armed with the required knowledge and skills.
“Students also gain the necessary knowledge and skills to re-enter the nursing profession as a safe and competent beginning level
nurse in line with the ANMC Competency Standards for Registered Nurses,” she said.
The course is scheduled to run three times a year. Nurses can also apply to the Royal College of Nursing Australia for a $6000 course scholarship. The next round of scholarships closes July 23.
New course helps nurses return to the workforceby Karen Keast
Posi on Ref No: 88462Employment Type: Full TimeSalary: Public Health System Nurses’ & Midwives’ (State) Award 2011Closing Date: Friday, 27 July 2012 Selec on Criteria• Eligible for registra on with the Nurses and
Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).• Extensive experience in clinical prac ce.• Relevant ter ary quali ca ons in educa on or
equivalent.• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate,
deliver and evaluate educa on and training programs.
• Demonstrated e ec ve leadership skills including ability to communicate, nego ate and problem solve e ec vely.
• Demonstrated evidence of the provision of relevant educa on courses or programs that incorporate the use of adult learning principles.
• Evidence of being professionally ac ve and self -mo vated.
• Computer literacy and understanding of relevant informa on systems.
This role is the key educa onal resource at NETS and the Nurse Educator will work with the organisa ons leaders in determining the strategic direc on and educa on ini a ves for the nursing service.
The posi on has an overall responsibility for implemen ng evidenced based nursing prac ce through clinical research, systema c reviews and educa onal strategies at a state level.
The Nurse Educator will be responsible for developing educa onal ini a ves to maximise nursing sta poten al to achieve desired levels of knowledge and skill.
NURSE EDUCATOR – Grade 1
NETS (Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service - NSW) is a state-wide emergency retrieval service for the transfer of cri cally ill newborns, infants and children up to 16 years of age.
The service provides expert clinical advice, clinical co-ordina on, emergency treatment and stabilisa on and inter hospital transport for cri cally ill babies and children, in over 200 hospitals across NSW and the ACT, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each year NETS coordinates over 3600 calls and performs over 1800 retrievals of babies and children u lising a range of transport modes including our dedicated road ambulances, the Telstra Child Flight helicopter or an air ambulance xed wing aircra .
Apply on line at h p://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au or contact: Paul Gallagher Nurse Manager p: +61 2 9633 8724 m: +61 438 403 835 e: [email protected]
A Challenging Career!
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Applications will open in August for about 1200 nurse graduates applying for positions under an innovative new system at New Zealand’s district health boards.
The new Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) online recruitment process has been created to match graduates with their work preferences.
ACE replaces the previous system where nurse graduates submitted multiple applications and DHBs often processed applications for the same graduate.
Under the new streamlined system, graduates submit one application online which goes to a few DHBs, which they rank in order of preference.
The DHBs receiving the applications rank the graduates in order of preference and ACE matches the graduates and the DHBs’ preferences.
Ministry of Health chief nurse Jane O’Malley labelled the new system “very important”.
“In the past applicants and employers spent more time �nding graduates and the recruitment process took longer,” she said.
“We have also had to rely on incomplete data that was collected from various data sources and is out of date the day after we collate it.
“This data base will be real time and very accurate which will guide other actions to help improve efforts to better match training with employment.”
Dr O’Malley said the idea for the new system was largely a sector effort.
“The idea developed over time following a number of conversations involving senior nursing leaders in the sector and has been embraced by the sector particularly the directors of nursing.
“The set-up has been funded by Health Workforce New Zealand and on-going maintenance of the system will be a combined funding from the DHBs.”
Dr O’Malley said New Zealand was expecting about 1200 graduates in November and while DHBs were still to determine how many positions they would offer, a November 2011 survey showed 85 per cent of graduates found nursing jobs.
“We are working closely with the DHBs to place as many as possible,” she said.
“Some folks will later decline job offers for various reasons…and then there will be a second match based with the people who remain in the talent pool.
“DHBs will be able to place from this pool.
“Those that don’t get jobs in the �rst and second match will have the option of remaining on the data base to be placed as jobs come up.”
Applications open on August 6 and close on September 16 with offers sent out on November 9.
ACE new system for New Zealand nurse graduatesby Karen Keast
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Manager Healthy Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1 A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead
an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to
0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery
or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health
Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy StartCommunity Midwife – full or part timeChild & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping WellCNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health AssessmentsPrimary Health NurseQualified Aboriginal Health Workers
Primary Mental Health, Alcohol & Other Drugs WorkerRegistered Psychologist or Social Worker
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email [email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd August 2012
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
Manager Health Start Program Nurse Manager Grade 1
A great opportunity for a Child & Family Health Nurse or Midwife to lead an innovative and comprehensive child health program, from antenatal to 0-5 child development, within a whole of life Chronic Disease Strategy.
You will need effective leadership skills, advanced expertise in midwifery or child & family nursing and commitment to developing Aboriginal Health Workers and partnerships with other service providers.
We are seeking a group of health professionals to expand our services:
Healthy Start Community Midwife – full or part time Child & Family Nurse (Maternal Health Nurse)
Keeping Well Registered Psychologist or Social Worker CNS or Registered Nurse to focus on Closing the Gap Health Assessments Primary Health Nurse Qualified Aboriginal Health Workers
TO APPLY: Application packages are available from Renae Roach email
[email protected] or telephone 08 8082 9818.
To talk about the roles please contact Lesley Woolf mobile 0400 481 534 or email [email protected]
Applications close Thursday 2nd
August 2012
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal CorporationImproving Aboriginal Health and closing the gap
Regional Primary Health Service428 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Further information about Maari Ma is available on our website www.maarima.com.au Select ‘Publications’ to view or download our Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and other documents.
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!If you want to change lives,it’s time to change yours.
acap.edu.au1800 061 199
Visit our website to register for our next Information Session
Allied Health Subacute Manager • Senior management role• Shepparton based• Attractive salary package
You can obtain further details from our website at:
www.hrsa.com.auInterested applicants should contact Mr John Bowman on: 0407 835 747
PO Box 83 Ocean Grove 3226
www.hrsa.com.au
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Applications are invited from suitably qualified/experienced Registered Nurses for the Nurse Unit Manager role in the Intensive Care/Critical Care Unit at our Warrnambool Base Hospital site. This 165 bed hospital has recently completed a $115m redevelopment which included a state of the art, 6 bed (with room for expansion) Intensive/Critical Care Unit
The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the human, physical and financial resources within the Unit. The NUM actively leads the ICU/CCU team in a consultative and participative manner ensuring well planned and coordinated services to clients and their families and providing clinical leadership to foster patient focused and outcome directed nursing care.
Further information is available from Sue Morrison (Director of Nursing) on telephone 03 5563 1435 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website under careers and need to include: full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the names of two (2) referees by Tuesday 31 July 2012.
NURSE UNIT MANAGER INTENSIVE CARE/CRITICAL CARE UNIT
1214-040 1 PG FULL COLOUR CMYK (rpt)
SUNRISE HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATIONPandanus Plaza, 25 First Street, PO Box 1696, Katherine NT 0850
Ph: 08 89711 120 Fax: 08 89 712 511 Providing primary health care services to remote communities East of Katherine - Bulman, Jilkminggan,
Manyallaluk, Mataranka, Minyerri, Ngukurr, Weemol, Wugularr, Urapunga
Sunrise Health Service is seeking applications for the position of HEALTH CARE MANAGER in remote indigenous communities.
This is an amazing opportunity:
l Great salary - $90K approx
l 18% leave loading
l 6 weeks annual leave
l FREE accommodation and electricity
l Relocation allowance
l Mobile phone and generous allowance
l Leave fares allowance
l Professional development opportunities
For a full position description and more information, please contact Daniel Horwood – [email protected], or Ph: 08 8971 9513Sunrise Health Service is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a strong no smoking
policy. Indigenous people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Nurses! Do you have remote a rea
experience?
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Hurstville Private – Clinical Nurse Educator
Part time with opportunity for full time hours
Hurstville Private is a 73 bed acute surgical hospital with a total 4 operating suites. The hospital redeveloped commences late 2012 & includes increasing our theatre capacity from 4 to 6 operating suites. The major works project includes a brand new theatre complex, PACU & DSU & inpatient accommodation.
Our theatre complex is seeking a motivated and innovative Clinical Nurse Educator with excellent clinical skills and a passion for best practice educational outcomes. The Clinical Educator will work closely with the Operating Suite Manager & our Speciality Team Leaders & will be instrumental in clinically supporting our current & new employees.
This role would suit an enthusiastic CNE/CNS who delights in supporting an educational program in the clinical setting.
The successful applicant will be responsible for facilitating staff development within the peri-op. areas and fostering a culture of learning including assisting staff with competencies & support an educational program in the clinical setting.
REQUIREMENTS
To confidentially discuss this role please contact Carly Salakas (Operating Suite Manager) or Louise Dodd (CEO) on:
T (02) 9579 7780
W www.hurstvilleprivate.com.au
Applications close 19 August 2012
Australia’s nursing profession is in danger of burning itself out with 51 per cent of nurses planning to exit the sector in the next decade, according to a new survey.
Overwhelming demand for healthcare services coupled with a critical skills shortage is leaving nurses stressed and dissatis�ed with their jobs, prompting 17 per cent to concede they will leave the profession in the next �ve years.
While retirement was the biggest factor for leaving the workforce, at 67 per cent, 33 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads, with more than a quarter revealing they care for more than 30 patients a day, on top of in�exible working hours and low salaries.
The February survey of 200 senior and junior nurses, from public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals and aged healthcare centres across Australia, found 46 per cent of nurses suffered from work-related stress, job dissatisfaction, burn-out and injury in the past 12 months.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the survey, said the results were a wake-up call for the sector to embrace a range of solutions, such as better work-life balance opportunities for nurses with more �exible schedules including shorter shift options and school-friendly hours.
Kronos Australia vice president Peter Harte said the survey warned the sector was a ticking time bomb unless changes were made.
“Management need to look at how they can help Australian nurses through better workforce planning and management to alleviate the stresses currently being experienced,” he said.
“They need to listen to the voice of the nurse and look for ways to work together so that the projections of 2020 don’t become a reality.”
The survey also found 56 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads as the main barrier to their workplace productivity while 20 per cent cited lack of and ability to use technology.
Ninety-eight per cent of nurses said being surrounded by collaborative and friendly colleagues would boost their productivity, along with a manageable workload, at 97 per cent, and access to technology and the skills to use it, at 95 per cent.
Mr Harte said hospitals have been slow to embrace new technology to help better manage their workplaces.
“Traditionally a paper-based environment, there’s a lot to be gained from looking at how technology can better manage nurses in their day-to-day role,” he said.
Aussie nurses are burning outby Karen Keast
lot of unhappy people who have been in the same job for years on end and often think that this sort of variety could perhaps suit them better,” Ley says.
She has been on the books with Healthcare Australia for many years. The agency has operations across the country and launched 30 years ago to provide a practical solution to the growing nurses and medical skills shortage.
Healthcare Australia encompasses recruitment and training for temporary and permanent healthcare positions including nurses, aged care workers, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Ley says agency nurses need the ability to adapt to different workplace situations and need to be able to think on their feet.
“You’ve got to be �exible and walk in to a place and pick up the ropes immediately. You’ve got to know how to get to the particular place you’re working at, know where to park and how to get to the theatre in time for your shift. I think I’m absolutely suited to an agency role.”
Ley has built up a strong reputation over the years – so much so that these days theatres will request her by name when they require her expertise.
“I know that many nurses want to know where they’re going each day and want to be in a particular place for their shift, but that just doesn’t suit me. I like a clean start each day. And I know I’m of value to the places I work for.”
Ley believes that agency nurses aren’t well understood by the wider healthcare fraternity.
Agency nursing offers endless varietyby Nina Hendy
Registered nurse Sharon Ley is a well-recognised face in the operating theatres of South Australia. As an agency nurse with Healthcare Australia, she is rostered for duty at more than 25 different health institutions. She tells Nina Hendy why she loves agency work and why more should consider it.
Sharon Ley is a nomadic theatre nurse. On any given day, she could be working alongside full-time staff employed at one of the 25 theatres dotted across South Australia that require her services.
As a registered nurse working with healthcare recruiter Healthcare Australia, not only her hours vary, but so does her place of work.
With countless colleagues and huge variety in her role as a registered theatre nurse, Ley relishes the variety that being an agency nurse gives her.
“I can’t understand why more nurses don’t voluntarily opt for this sort of work. I see a
“I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,” she says.
The role of an agency nurse shouldn’t be underestimated, she says. “I’ve seen one Adelaide hospital staffed by 26 agency nurses in one day. The truth is that agency nurses are the bricks in the walls - they hold those places together.”
Ley wasn’t always a nurse. After a stint in retail and working at a local kindergarten, she
trained as a nurse and began working at what is now Adelaide’s Women and Children’s Hospital. A taste of theatre nursing suited her and she accepted a role at Adelaide’s St Andrew’s Private Hospital. After two years she had her �rst baby, then her second, returning to work at St Andrew’s.
She was enticed to a new role offered at a day surgery that specialised in ophthalmology, where she stayed for 12 years, before leaving for agency work.
The best part about agency work is that she’s able to dictate the days and hours she would like to work and the type of work she wants, with theatre work her preference.
Healthcare Australia organises her required training in areas like CPR, manual handling and drug calculations and new product launches, ensuring she’s always up to date.
“By being �exible, I get more work, although the agency knows the sort of work I prefer now and looks after me.”
Ley aims for at least 35 hours of work a week, but could work up to 50 hours a week. While she doesn’t get paid holiday pay or sick leave, she does earn more than hospital nurses. “Anything above 35 hours of work I tuck away each week, which funds my holidays and any days off that I need.
“Over the years, I’ve seen gunshot wounds, car crash victims, incredible reconstructive operations and everything else in between. Theatre work offers huge variety, which is what I love.”
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I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,
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Hurstville Private – Clinical Nurse Educator
Part time with opportunity for full time hours
Hurstville Private is a 73 bed acute surgical hospital with a total 4 operating suites. The hospital redeveloped commences late 2012 & includes increasing our theatre capacity from 4 to 6 operating suites. The major works project includes a brand new theatre complex, PACU & DSU & inpatient accommodation.
Our theatre complex is seeking a motivated and innovative Clinical Nurse Educator with excellent clinical skills and a passion for best practice educational outcomes. The Clinical Educator will work closely with the Operating Suite Manager & our Speciality Team Leaders & will be instrumental in clinically supporting our current & new employees.
This role would suit an enthusiastic CNE/CNS who delights in supporting an educational program in the clinical setting.
The successful applicant will be responsible for facilitating staff development within the peri-op. areas and fostering a culture of learning including assisting staff with competencies & support an educational program in the clinical setting.
REQUIREMENTS
To confidentially discuss this role please contact Carly Salakas (Operating Suite Manager) or Louise Dodd (CEO) on:
T (02) 9579 7780
W www.hurstvilleprivate.com.au
Applications close 19 August 2012
Australia’s nursing profession is in danger of burning itself out with 51 per cent of nurses planning to exit the sector in the next decade, according to a new survey.
Overwhelming demand for healthcare services coupled with a critical skills shortage is leaving nurses stressed and dissatis�ed with their jobs, prompting 17 per cent to concede they will leave the profession in the next �ve years.
While retirement was the biggest factor for leaving the workforce, at 67 per cent, 33 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads, with more than a quarter revealing they care for more than 30 patients a day, on top of in�exible working hours and low salaries.
The February survey of 200 senior and junior nurses, from public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals and aged healthcare centres across Australia, found 46 per cent of nurses suffered from work-related stress, job dissatisfaction, burn-out and injury in the past 12 months.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the survey, said the results were a wake-up call for the sector to embrace a range of solutions, such as better work-life balance opportunities for nurses with more �exible schedules including shorter shift options and school-friendly hours.
Kronos Australia vice president Peter Harte said the survey warned the sector was a ticking time bomb unless changes were made.
“Management need to look at how they can help Australian nurses through better workforce planning and management to alleviate the stresses currently being experienced,” he said.
“They need to listen to the voice of the nurse and look for ways to work together so that the projections of 2020 don’t become a reality.”
The survey also found 56 per cent of nurses blamed excessive workloads as the main barrier to their workplace productivity while 20 per cent cited lack of and ability to use technology.
Ninety-eight per cent of nurses said being surrounded by collaborative and friendly colleagues would boost their productivity, along with a manageable workload, at 97 per cent, and access to technology and the skills to use it, at 95 per cent.
Mr Harte said hospitals have been slow to embrace new technology to help better manage their workplaces.
“Traditionally a paper-based environment, there’s a lot to be gained from looking at how technology can better manage nurses in their day-to-day role,” he said.
Aussie nurses are burning outby Karen Keast
lot of unhappy people who have been in the same job for years on end and often think that this sort of variety could perhaps suit them better,” Ley says.
She has been on the books with Healthcare Australia for many years. The agency has operations across the country and launched 30 years ago to provide a practical solution to the growing nurses and medical skills shortage.
Healthcare Australia encompasses recruitment and training for temporary and permanent healthcare positions including nurses, aged care workers, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Ley says agency nurses need the ability to adapt to different workplace situations and need to be able to think on their feet.
“You’ve got to be �exible and walk in to a place and pick up the ropes immediately. You’ve got to know how to get to the particular place you’re working at, know where to park and how to get to the theatre in time for your shift. I think I’m absolutely suited to an agency role.”
Ley has built up a strong reputation over the years – so much so that these days theatres will request her by name when they require her expertise.
“I know that many nurses want to know where they’re going each day and want to be in a particular place for their shift, but that just doesn’t suit me. I like a clean start each day. And I know I’m of value to the places I work for.”
Ley believes that agency nurses aren’t well understood by the wider healthcare fraternity.
Agency nursing offers endless varietyby Nina Hendy
Registered nurse Sharon Ley is a well-recognised face in the operating theatres of South Australia. As an agency nurse with Healthcare Australia, she is rostered for duty at more than 25 different health institutions. She tells Nina Hendy why she loves agency work and why more should consider it.
Sharon Ley is a nomadic theatre nurse. On any given day, she could be working alongside full-time staff employed at one of the 25 theatres dotted across South Australia that require her services.
As a registered nurse working with healthcare recruiter Healthcare Australia, not only her hours vary, but so does her place of work.
With countless colleagues and huge variety in her role as a registered theatre nurse, Ley relishes the variety that being an agency nurse gives her.
“I can’t understand why more nurses don’t voluntarily opt for this sort of work. I see a
“I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,” she says.
The role of an agency nurse shouldn’t be underestimated, she says. “I’ve seen one Adelaide hospital staffed by 26 agency nurses in one day. The truth is that agency nurses are the bricks in the walls - they hold those places together.”
Ley wasn’t always a nurse. After a stint in retail and working at a local kindergarten, she
trained as a nurse and began working at what is now Adelaide’s Women and Children’s Hospital. A taste of theatre nursing suited her and she accepted a role at Adelaide’s St Andrew’s Private Hospital. After two years she had her �rst baby, then her second, returning to work at St Andrew’s.
She was enticed to a new role offered at a day surgery that specialised in ophthalmology, where she stayed for 12 years, before leaving for agency work.
The best part about agency work is that she’s able to dictate the days and hours she would like to work and the type of work she wants, with theatre work her preference.
Healthcare Australia organises her required training in areas like CPR, manual handling and drug calculations and new product launches, ensuring she’s always up to date.
“By being �exible, I get more work, although the agency knows the sort of work I prefer now and looks after me.”
Ley aims for at least 35 hours of work a week, but could work up to 50 hours a week. While she doesn’t get paid holiday pay or sick leave, she does earn more than hospital nurses. “Anything above 35 hours of work I tuck away each week, which funds my holidays and any days off that I need.
“Over the years, I’ve seen gunshot wounds, car crash victims, incredible reconstructive operations and everything else in between. Theatre work offers huge variety, which is what I love.”
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I also used to think that agency nurses were the ones that couldn’t get a job, but that’s so not true. Agency work suits people who love diversity and don’t want to turn up to the same place every day,
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified/experienced Registered Nurses for the Nurse Unit Manager role in the Intensive Care/Critical Care Unit at our Warrnambool Base Hospital site. This 165 bed hospital has recently completed a $115m redevelopment which included a state of the art, 6 bed (with room for expansion) Intensive/Critical Care Unit
The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the human, physical and financial resources within the Unit. The NUM actively leads the ICU/CCU team in a consultative and participative manner ensuring well planned and coordinated services to clients and their families and providing clinical leadership to foster patient focused and outcome directed nursing care.
Further information is available from Sue Morrison (Director of Nursing) on telephone 03 5563 1435 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website under careers and need to include: full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the names of two (2) referees by Tuesday 31 July 2012.
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For a full position description and more information, please contact Daniel Horwood – [email protected], or Ph: 08 8971 9513Sunrise Health Service is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a strong no smoking
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There’s been a staggering rise in the number of Australian nurses and midwives venturing overseas for work, up almost 400 per cent in �ve years.
The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show there were 2047 nurses working abroad in 2007 and that �gure last year jumped to 10,166 – an increase of 396.6 per cent.
The Nursing and Midwifery Workforce 2011 report provides an insight into the demographic and employment characteristics of nurses and midwives who were registered in Australia last year.
The report shows the workforce is on the rise, up 6.8 per cent on 2007 �gures, with 326,669 registered nurses and midwives in 2011, comprising 268,018 registered nurses and 58,651 enrolled nurses.
But the Institute has warned while the workforce is growing it’s not keeping pace with Australia’s population.
The report also reveals there were 36,074 midwives in 2011, while nine out of 10 nurses and midwives are female, at 90.1 per cent, and almost two in �ve of all employed nurses and midwives are aged 50 or more.
Nurses and midwives also work an average of 32.8 hours a week while 7708 people completed registered nurse undergraduate training in 2010, with another 3938 completing enrolled nurse vocational courses.
The statistics show there were 2212 nurses or midwives identi�ed as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, representing 0.8 per cent of all employed nurses and midwives.
Other statistics include:
average age is 41.6, 9.3 per cent are male and the average weekly hours are 33.1
cent are clinical nurses
and work an average of 31.8 hours a week
average age is 48.5 and 53.9 per cent are aged 50 or more
47.2 per cent are aged 50 and over and the average age is 47.7 per cent
where 14.7 per cent are male
health, where the average age is 48.5, 50.6 per cent are aged 50 and over, and just 1.1 per cent are male
average weekly hours are 28.8
per cent are male and work an average of 36.5 hours a week
of their job, where the average age is 45.4
average age is 39 and 4.7 per cent are male
More Aussies are nursing abroadby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Flight Nurse Air Ambulance Base Sydney Domestic Airport, Mascot Permanent Full Time
My name is Mark and every day I am able to bring my sense of adventure to work to make a
difference to the lives of people in rural and remote NSW locations. Every day is different so there is
definitely no chance to get bored. My job as a Flight Nurse is clinically challenging and stimulating,
utilizing all of my extensive nursing experience as I move from midwife one minute to palliative care
nurse the next. You gain unsurpassed autonomy and can make a real difference in people’s lives,
never knowing who you are going to meet and care for next. There are some interesting and resilient
characters around and that is just the rural and remote paramedic staff. The aircraft is an extension of an emergency department, hospital ward, intensive care or any
speciality unit. A diverse range of broad based medical categories and diagnostic groups are
transferred ranging from cardiac, high risk obstetrics, surgical, neonatal, trauma to aged care and
palliative patients. We attend to over 5,000 cases a year which is why the Ambulance Service has
access to state of the art technology and equipment, and strongly supports an environment that
encourages Continuing Professional Development and research projects.
Come and join our dedicated and experienced team of flight nurses and help us to deliver excellence
in care for rural and regional communities. You will need to be a Registered Nurse with an additional
qualification as a Registered Midwife along with qualifications and/or extensive experience in Aviation
Nursing or adult critical care fields limited to Emergency, Cardiac or Cardiothoracic or Intensive Care
Nursing. For more detailed information pick up the phone or email our Senior Flight Nurse, Margaret
Tabone to take to the skies. For more information and application packs go to:http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Employment/Become-a-Flight-Nurse.html
Margaret Tabone, Senior Flight Nurse Phone: 02 9669 1708 Email: [email protected].
Forget the four white walls and lack of natural light that surrounds you in the hospital, take this unique opportunity to spread your wings and take to the skies as an Ambulance Service NSW Flight Nurse. Every day is your own personal mystery flight from the vast dry dusty plains, pristine coastal communities through to the snow topped mountains.
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A Victorian health care service has embraced workforce management technology to support its nurses.
Melbourne-based Catholic health care service Cabrini Health, which has six campuses and a workforce of almost 1600 nurses, has introduced a roster solution and a single sign-on system to drive ef�ciency and boost overall performance.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the Nursing Pulse Check survey revealing that a majority of Australian nurses are burnt out and dissatis�ed with their jobs, introduced the technology.
The new systems have already delivered bene�ts, including bolstering nurses’ ef�ciency and work satisfaction alongside cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
The rostering solution has delivered more �exible hours, offering longer and shorter shift options, enabling nurses to either maximise their hours in fewer days or opt for school-friendly hours.
In the survey’s report, Cabrini Health program director Peter Bennett said the service had also optimised its nursing workforce around occupancy peaks and troughs.
“For example, identifying where our busy periods are and matching the workforce to the demand,” he said.
“The solution has led to improved satisfaction levels from nurses who are now better able to control their schedules.
“We’re gaining a greater understanding of what the system can do for us, which has increased managers’ enthusiasm for using the system.”
Cabrini chief �nancial of�cer Judith Day said nurses completed training sessions and were taught to prepare their own ward rosters, while nurses are also being trained in the introduction of a single sign-on system.
“Further computer training is going to be provided with the introduction of e-prescribing which will have a signi�cant impact on the work�ow of nursing staff,” she said.
“The changes have created greater ef�ciencies across the organisation, provided not only better access to information but consistent interpretation of information which assists management decisions.
“It has reduced manual data handling and therefore reduced errors, especially for payroll,” she said.
Cabrini nurses tap into new technologyby Karen Keast
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After more than 25 years in the ambulance service, paramedic Norm Rees still loves his profession.
And it appears he’s not the only one.
Australians have given the thumbs up to paramedics, voting them the most trusted profession in the Australian Reader’s Digest annual survey for the eighth year in a row.
“It’s really nice to be held up there for that long,” Norm said.
“We go into situations as neutral, whether it be a trauma scene or into a residence to treat a medical.
“We have no other agenda but to treat patients.”
Norm, who worked at Wollongong Hospital for 13 years before joining the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, is now the duty operations manager at Wollongong Station.
The NSW service is the third largest ambulance service in the world, employing more than 4000 people and responding to more than 1,149,000 emergency and non-emergency calls in 2010-2011.
Paramedics were not the only health profession to score a top 10 position in the poll.
Nurses came in at number four, doctors made sixth position and pharmacists ranked in seventh place.
For Norm, being a paramedic is not only working in the most trusted profession - it’s also working in the best job.
“I love the variety and the people I work with. Every job is completely different,” he said.
“You get to go to a whole heap of different
places and meet a lot of nice people and interesting people.
“It’s just a very rewarding job. I don’t think you could get better – that’s after 25 years I can still say that.”
Norm’s daughter Vanessa shares her father’s passion for the ambulance service.
Vanessa joined the service about two years ago and is now a paramedic intern at Picton and Campbelltown.
“My daughter is �nding out exactly the same thing – she absolutely loves it,” he said.
“She said to me ‘Dad it’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle’. It most certainly is.
“We commonly share jobs and talk about how you can do it better and different ways of doing things.
“I am very proud of her.”
Australian Reader’s Digest trust poll 2012 professions
1. Paramedics
2. Fire�ghters
3. Rescue volunteers
4. Nurses
5. Pilots
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Veterinarians
9. Armed Forces personnel
10. Farmers
11. Police
12. Scientists
13. Teachers
Paramedics top list of Australia’s most trustedby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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REGISTERED MIDWIFEKerang, Victoria Are you an experienced Registered Midwife
looking for a new and challenging role in a progressive rural
health service? Kerang District Health is a 54 bed public health
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GP Obstetrician and Visiting Specialist Obstetrician.
NURSE UNIT MANAGEROPERATING SUITEHamilton, VictoriaWestern District Health Service is a public health service which
incorporates 96 acute beds, 170 high and low level extended
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community health and youth services. To be successful in this
role, you will need to demonstrate and possess current AHPRA
registration and at least 5 years post-graduate nursing experience
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After more than 25 years in the ambulance service, paramedic Norm Rees still loves his profession.
And it appears he’s not the only one.
Australians have given the thumbs up to paramedics, voting them the most trusted profession in the Australian Reader’s Digest annual survey for the eighth year in a row.
“It’s really nice to be held up there for that long,” Norm said.
“We go into situations as neutral, whether it be a trauma scene or into a residence to treat a medical.
“We have no other agenda but to treat patients.”
Norm, who worked at Wollongong Hospital for 13 years before joining the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, is now the duty operations manager at Wollongong Station.
The NSW service is the third largest ambulance service in the world, employing more than 4000 people and responding to more than 1,149,000 emergency and non-emergency calls in 2010-2011.
Paramedics were not the only health profession to score a top 10 position in the poll.
Nurses came in at number four, doctors made sixth position and pharmacists ranked in seventh place.
For Norm, being a paramedic is not only working in the most trusted profession - it’s also working in the best job.
“I love the variety and the people I work with. Every job is completely different,” he said.
“You get to go to a whole heap of different
places and meet a lot of nice people and interesting people.
“It’s just a very rewarding job. I don’t think you could get better – that’s after 25 years I can still say that.”
Norm’s daughter Vanessa shares her father’s passion for the ambulance service.
Vanessa joined the service about two years ago and is now a paramedic intern at Picton and Campbelltown.
“My daughter is �nding out exactly the same thing – she absolutely loves it,” he said.
“She said to me ‘Dad it’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle’. It most certainly is.
“We commonly share jobs and talk about how you can do it better and different ways of doing things.
“I am very proud of her.”
Australian Reader’s Digest trust poll 2012 professions
1. Paramedics
2. Fire�ghters
3. Rescue volunteers
4. Nurses
5. Pilots
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Veterinarians
9. Armed Forces personnel
10. Farmers
11. Police
12. Scientists
13. Teachers
Paramedics top list of Australia’s most trustedby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
*Terms and Conditions Apply. ABN 76 104 030 793. A National Credit Act compliant company. A member of the National Financial Services Federation Inc. A member of Credit Ombudsman Service Limited (www.cosl.com.au). 1: A motor vehicle which is paid off, registered in your name and not encumbered (i.e. not currently used as security on any loan with another financial institution). Australian Credit Licence 388145
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1 vehicle as security, you can
enjoy a discounted installment on your loan.
HOW SOON CAN I RECEIVE THE FUNDS?
Within 48-72 hours from the moment we receive your completed application form and supporting documents*. How’s that for service! Our turnaround time is second to none and we pride ourselves on our quick and easy approval process, with funds deposited directly into your bank account.
WHAT CAN I USE THE LOAN FOR?
Anything you want! Guilt-free shopping; gift purchases; a holiday of a lifetime; home renovations; car repairs or new tyres; new furniture; upgrade to a new plasma TV or home cinema… in fact, it’s your loan – so use the funds however you choose!
FEES & EARLY SETTLEMENT?
Unlike other companies, Quick and Easy Finance DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEES OR PENALTIES if you choose to settle your loan early. So you are free to pay out your loan whenever you want.
There is simply no better way to solve all your cash flow needs than a short-term personal loan from Quick and Easy Finance – it’s your cash on demand, the Quick & Easy way.™
Need money QUICKLY?Funds on demand, the ‘Quick & Easy’ way
™
Live life your way and be paid what you’re worth
Placements in rural, remote, coastal and city locations
Your needs, interests and skills matched to placements
Team rewards and CPD programs
RNS NURSES ROCK!
call 1300 761 351email [email protected] www.rnsnursing.com.au
Get an application from www.rcna.org.au
NURSING & MIDWIFERYSCHOLARSHIPS
W: www.ahnr.com.au E: [email protected] T: 1300 981 509www.ahnr.com.au
For full details of this and other nursing and allied health vacancies visit our web site at:
REGISTERED MIDWIFEKerang, Victoria Are you an experienced Registered Midwife
looking for a new and challenging role in a progressive rural
health service? Kerang District Health is a 54 bed public health
service close to the Murray River in Northern Victoria. The health
service currently provides midwifery services to a population of
around 8,000 via a shared model of care that includes antenatal
and post natal care and is delivered with the support of a local
GP Obstetrician and Visiting Specialist Obstetrician.
NURSE UNIT MANAGEROPERATING SUITEHamilton, VictoriaWestern District Health Service is a public health service which
incorporates 96 acute beds, 170 high and low level extended
care and residential aged care beds, 35 Independent Living Units,
community health and youth services. To be successful in this
role, you will need to demonstrate and possess current AHPRA
registration and at least 5 years post-graduate nursing experience
and demonstrated management skills.
1214-005 1PG FULL COLOUR CMYK (repeat)
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There’s been a staggering rise in the number of Australian nurses and midwives venturing overseas for work, up almost 400 per cent in �ve years.
The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show there were 2047 nurses working abroad in 2007 and that �gure last year jumped to 10,166 – an increase of 396.6 per cent.
The Nursing and Midwifery Workforce 2011 report provides an insight into the demographic and employment characteristics of nurses and midwives who were registered in Australia last year.
The report shows the workforce is on the rise, up 6.8 per cent on 2007 �gures, with 326,669 registered nurses and midwives in 2011, comprising 268,018 registered nurses and 58,651 enrolled nurses.
But the Institute has warned while the workforce is growing it’s not keeping pace with Australia’s population.
The report also reveals there were 36,074 midwives in 2011, while nine out of 10 nurses and midwives are female, at 90.1 per cent, and almost two in �ve of all employed nurses and midwives are aged 50 or more.
Nurses and midwives also work an average of 32.8 hours a week while 7708 people completed registered nurse undergraduate training in 2010, with another 3938 completing enrolled nurse vocational courses.
The statistics show there were 2212 nurses or midwives identi�ed as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, representing 0.8 per cent of all employed nurses and midwives.
Other statistics include:
average age is 41.6, 9.3 per cent are male and the average weekly hours are 33.1
cent are clinical nurses
and work an average of 31.8 hours a week
average age is 48.5 and 53.9 per cent are aged 50 or more
47.2 per cent are aged 50 and over and the average age is 47.7 per cent
where 14.7 per cent are male
health, where the average age is 48.5, 50.6 per cent are aged 50 and over, and just 1.1 per cent are male
average weekly hours are 28.8
per cent are male and work an average of 36.5 hours a week
of their job, where the average age is 45.4
average age is 39 and 4.7 per cent are male
More Aussies are nursing abroadby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Flight Nurse Air Ambulance Base Sydney Domestic Airport, Mascot Permanent Full Time
My name is Mark and every day I am able to bring my sense of adventure to work to make a
difference to the lives of people in rural and remote NSW locations. Every day is different so there is
definitely no chance to get bored. My job as a Flight Nurse is clinically challenging and stimulating,
utilizing all of my extensive nursing experience as I move from midwife one minute to palliative care
nurse the next. You gain unsurpassed autonomy and can make a real difference in people’s lives,
never knowing who you are going to meet and care for next. There are some interesting and resilient
characters around and that is just the rural and remote paramedic staff. The aircraft is an extension of an emergency department, hospital ward, intensive care or any
speciality unit. A diverse range of broad based medical categories and diagnostic groups are
transferred ranging from cardiac, high risk obstetrics, surgical, neonatal, trauma to aged care and
palliative patients. We attend to over 5,000 cases a year which is why the Ambulance Service has
access to state of the art technology and equipment, and strongly supports an environment that
encourages Continuing Professional Development and research projects.
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A Victorian health care service has embraced workforce management technology to support its nurses.
Melbourne-based Catholic health care service Cabrini Health, which has six campuses and a workforce of almost 1600 nurses, has introduced a roster solution and a single sign-on system to drive ef�ciency and boost overall performance.
Workforce management solutions company Kronos Australia, which commissioned the Nursing Pulse Check survey revealing that a majority of Australian nurses are burnt out and dissatis�ed with their jobs, introduced the technology.
The new systems have already delivered bene�ts, including bolstering nurses’ ef�ciency and work satisfaction alongside cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
The rostering solution has delivered more �exible hours, offering longer and shorter shift options, enabling nurses to either maximise their hours in fewer days or opt for school-friendly hours.
In the survey’s report, Cabrini Health program director Peter Bennett said the service had also optimised its nursing workforce around occupancy peaks and troughs.
“For example, identifying where our busy periods are and matching the workforce to the demand,” he said.
“The solution has led to improved satisfaction levels from nurses who are now better able to control their schedules.
“We’re gaining a greater understanding of what the system can do for us, which has increased managers’ enthusiasm for using the system.”
Cabrini chief �nancial of�cer Judith Day said nurses completed training sessions and were taught to prepare their own ward rosters, while nurses are also being trained in the introduction of a single sign-on system.
“Further computer training is going to be provided with the introduction of e-prescribing which will have a signi�cant impact on the work�ow of nursing staff,” she said.
“The changes have created greater ef�ciencies across the organisation, provided not only better access to information but consistent interpretation of information which assists management decisions.
“It has reduced manual data handling and therefore reduced errors, especially for payroll,” she said.
Cabrini nurses tap into new technologyby Karen Keast
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Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected]
Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected]
For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital
email: [email protected]
WANTED Registered Midwives
Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Gloria Tzannes has never contemplated working with adults.
The senior speech pathologist prefers working with little patients – from newborn babies through to toddlers, children and teenagers.
“I’ve always wanted to work with children and what better way than to help them to talk and eat,” she said.
Gloria has been working at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, since she graduated 15 years ago.
Her work involves non-clinical and clinical caseloads, including assisting and managing babies and children with eating and drinking problems with patients who have syndromes such as Down syndrome or conditions such as cleft palate, Pierre Robin sequence or cerebral palsy.
“I love everything about it,” she said.
“Seeing the actual patients and liaising with their local services.”
The mum of two is the clinical educator in the department for �nal year speech pathology students and is also involved in developing policy and guideline resources, including the clinical practice guidelines for children with tracheostomy, now being �nalised.
Gloria also represents her department and the profession on various committees, including the NSW Ministry of Health speech pathology discipline network’s modi�ed diet and thickened �uids sub-committee and the food and nutrition committee.
Gloria said for anyone considering the profession, speech pathology was extremely rewarding.
“I think it’s a great career with a lot of variety in the career paths that speech pathologists can go into,” she said.
“We work with paediatrics, with adults, and we can work in the public or private sector or in the corporate sector.
“They need to be a caring person and have empathy and good communication skills themselves and be able to work in teams and have good self-awareness of their own skills and areas to work on.
“If that’s them - that’s the career for them.”
Gloria plans on continuing her work with children and hopes to have a long, ful�lling career at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
“The members of my department and the teams within the hospital are like a second family,” she said.
“I have found the best of myself professionally here, and those around me here have helped me do this.”
Communicating a passion for speech pathologyby Karen Keast
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More than 800 Royal District Nursing Service nurses have suspended walk-outs in their battle for better pay and entitlements to enable conciliation talks before the industrial umpire.
Nurses held their �rst four-hour stop work meeting and community rally outside RDNS’ St Kilda headquarters on July 5, where they voted to shelve their second stage of industrial action.
The suspended action includes rolling four-hour work stoppages, and bans on call-outs and one in three admissions and referrals, except in cases of palliative care, oncology, children and genuine emergencies.
Negotiations between RDNS and Australian Nursing Federation Victorian branch representatives began at Fair Work Australia on July 6.
As the talks continue, RDNS nurses have reverted to stage one protected industrial action, including bans on clerical and administrative work linked to funding, non-critical assessments and refusing deployment between RDNS centres.
The conciliation talks before Fair Work Australia could bring an end to 11 months of negotiations, which have so far failed to secure a new agreement.
RDNS nurses are demanding pay parity with public sector hospital nurses’ and midwives’ wages, along with fair workloads and better conditions.
Nurses want a 2.5 per cent per annum pay rise over the proposed four-year agreement, back-paid to March, and a $1000 professional development allowance in the �rst year with $900 for each of the following years.
RDNS nurses suspend stoppagesby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
You are invited to join us at the 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium in Adelaide, when we will explore National and State initiatives and programs that address peoples’ needs, now and in the future. The program will include a diverse range of presenters including some of Australia’s leading academics and clinicians. You will experience a broad range of presenters who will report how their programs are “Putting People First” and what their research indicates for the future.
www.anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/[email protected]
Call for Abstracts Now Open. Visit the Symposium website for full details.
19th – 21st November 2012 | Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley, Adelaide
Vivienne Williams loves helping kids reach their potential.
An occupational therapist for the past 14 years, Vivienne has her own private practice, Kids Matters OT in Brisbane, which is dedicated to working with children with special needs, ranging from sensory processing disorders to autism, behavioural and emotional problems, and motor coordination issues.
“Since graduating and specialising in working with children, I have been inspired and encouraged by the uniqueness and specialness of each child and family that I work with,” she said.
“(I) love walking the journey with the children and their families to help them reach their potential and be all they can be.
“There is so much to learn and so many skills to develop and it is all about making other people’s lives better.”
Occupational therapists are one of four health professions to recently join Australia’s national registration and accreditation scheme, which is supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
From July 1, OTs, Chinese medical practitioners, medical radiation practitioners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners join 530,000 health practitioners spanning 10 professions already listed under the scheme, including chiropractic, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
Vivienne said while Queensland has required
registration since she �rst began practising
and there was no actual change for her day-
to-day practice, the move was an exciting
one for the occupational therapy profession.
“It has placed occupational therapists
alongside the other AHPRA professionals
including doctors, nurses, dentists,
optometrists, physios and psychologists
among others,” she said.
“This means that we are also consulted on
issues that are relevant to the health and
occupational well-being of Australians.”
For the love of occupational therapyby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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Neonatal Emergency Transport Service
NSW Hunter New England Health
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Royal College of Nursing Australia
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Health
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If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at [email protected]
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Publication Date: Monday 30 July 2012
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4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
You are invited to join us at the 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium in Adelaide, when we will explore National and State initiatives and programs that address peoples’ needs, now and in the future. The program will include a diverse range of presenters including some of Australia’s leading academics and clinicians. You will experience a broad range of presenters who will report how their programs are “Putting People First” and what their research indicates for the future.
www.anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/[email protected]
Call for Abstracts Now Open. Visit the Symposium website for full details.
19th – 21st November 2012 | Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley, Adelaide
Vivienne Williams loves helping kids reach their potential.
An occupational therapist for the past 14 years, Vivienne has her own private practice, Kids Matters OT in Brisbane, which is dedicated to working with children with special needs, ranging from sensory processing disorders to autism, behavioural and emotional problems, and motor coordination issues.
“Since graduating and specialising in working with children, I have been inspired and encouraged by the uniqueness and specialness of each child and family that I work with,” she said.
“(I) love walking the journey with the children and their families to help them reach their potential and be all they can be.
“There is so much to learn and so many skills to develop and it is all about making other people’s lives better.”
Occupational therapists are one of four health professions to recently join Australia’s national registration and accreditation scheme, which is supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
From July 1, OTs, Chinese medical practitioners, medical radiation practitioners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners join 530,000 health practitioners spanning 10 professions already listed under the scheme, including chiropractic, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
Vivienne said while Queensland has required
registration since she �rst began practising
and there was no actual change for her day-
to-day practice, the move was an exciting
one for the occupational therapy profession.
“It has placed occupational therapists
alongside the other AHPRA professionals
including doctors, nurses, dentists,
optometrists, physios and psychologists
among others,” she said.
“This means that we are also consulted on
issues that are relevant to the health and
occupational well-being of Australians.”
For the love of occupational therapyby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Advertiser List
AHN Recruitment
Ambulance Service of NSW
Australian College of Applied Psychology
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Health Recruitment Specialists
Hurstville Private Hospital
Koala Nursing
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Neonatal Emergency Transport Service
NSW Hunter New England Health
Oceania University of Medicine
Quick and Easy Financing
Regional Nursing Solutions
Royal College of Nursing Australia
Smart Salary
South West Healthcare Warrnambool
Southern Health
Sunrise Katherine Regional Aboriginal
Health
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Unified Health Care Group
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 14, 2012.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at [email protected]
“FACT, NOT FICTION”
The NCAH Magazine distribution is independently audited by the Circulations Audit Board.
Total Audited Print and Digital Distribution: 28,090
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
Next Publication: Regional and Remote Health Feature
Publication Date: Monday 30 July 2012
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 23 July 2012
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 25 July 2012
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email [email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au
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Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected]
Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected]
For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital
email: [email protected]
WANTED Registered Midwives
Wanted Registered Midwives Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW. Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours’ drive you can reach the world renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive, interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact Suzanne Kuter Midwife Manager Postnatal Services [email protected] Jane Crosbie Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services [email protected] For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital email: [email protected]
Gloria Tzannes has never contemplated working with adults.
The senior speech pathologist prefers working with little patients – from newborn babies through to toddlers, children and teenagers.
“I’ve always wanted to work with children and what better way than to help them to talk and eat,” she said.
Gloria has been working at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, since she graduated 15 years ago.
Her work involves non-clinical and clinical caseloads, including assisting and managing babies and children with eating and drinking problems with patients who have syndromes such as Down syndrome or conditions such as cleft palate, Pierre Robin sequence or cerebral palsy.
“I love everything about it,” she said.
“Seeing the actual patients and liaising with their local services.”
The mum of two is the clinical educator in the department for �nal year speech pathology students and is also involved in developing policy and guideline resources, including the clinical practice guidelines for children with tracheostomy, now being �nalised.
Gloria also represents her department and the profession on various committees, including the NSW Ministry of Health speech pathology discipline network’s modi�ed diet and thickened �uids sub-committee and the food and nutrition committee.
Gloria said for anyone considering the profession, speech pathology was extremely rewarding.
“I think it’s a great career with a lot of variety in the career paths that speech pathologists can go into,” she said.
“We work with paediatrics, with adults, and we can work in the public or private sector or in the corporate sector.
“They need to be a caring person and have empathy and good communication skills themselves and be able to work in teams and have good self-awareness of their own skills and areas to work on.
“If that’s them - that’s the career for them.”
Gloria plans on continuing her work with children and hopes to have a long, ful�lling career at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
“The members of my department and the teams within the hospital are like a second family,” she said.
“I have found the best of myself professionally here, and those around me here have helped me do this.”
Communicating a passion for speech pathologyby Karen Keast
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More than 800 Royal District Nursing Service nurses have suspended walk-outs in their battle for better pay and entitlements to enable conciliation talks before the industrial umpire.
Nurses held their �rst four-hour stop work meeting and community rally outside RDNS’ St Kilda headquarters on July 5, where they voted to shelve their second stage of industrial action.
The suspended action includes rolling four-hour work stoppages, and bans on call-outs and one in three admissions and referrals, except in cases of palliative care, oncology, children and genuine emergencies.
Negotiations between RDNS and Australian Nursing Federation Victorian branch representatives began at Fair Work Australia on July 6.
As the talks continue, RDNS nurses have reverted to stage one protected industrial action, including bans on clerical and administrative work linked to funding, non-critical assessments and refusing deployment between RDNS centres.
The conciliation talks before Fair Work Australia could bring an end to 11 months of negotiations, which have so far failed to secure a new agreement.
RDNS nurses are demanding pay parity with public sector hospital nurses’ and midwives’ wages, along with fair workloads and better conditions.
Nurses want a 2.5 per cent per annum pay rise over the proposed four-year agreement, back-paid to March, and a $1000 professional development allowance in the �rst year with $900 for each of the following years.
RDNS nurses suspend stoppagesby Karen Keast
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
1208-004 1/2PG FULL COLOUR (corrected copy)
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Plus, there are other items you can salary package to help you save – like laptops, novated car leases and superannuation.
*Salary packaging of living expenses with Smartsalary is only available to employees of the Department of Health in WA and VIC. Savings are based on an income between $37,001 - $80,000, paying 30% income tax and salary packaging the full $9,095 tax-free cap. Actual savings may vary. An administration fee is paid tax-free from your salary.
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On average, our customers save $3,000 a year* just by salary packaging everyday living expenses such as bills, clothes and groceries.
Plus, there are other items you can salary package to help you save – like laptops, novated car leases and superannuation.
*Salary packaging of living expenses with Smartsalary is only available to employees of the Department of Health in WA and VIC. Savings are based on an income between $37,001 - $80,000, paying 30% income tax and salary packaging the full $9,095 tax-free cap. Actual savings may vary. An administration fee is paid tax-free from your salary.
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Health Screening Consultants- Sub-Contractors
Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics and Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector that allows freedom of choice are now available.
Essential Requirements:
Interested to learn more?www.uhg.com.auwww.healthscreening.com.au
Delivering tailored healthcare solutions
Thinking about a new job opportunity? Perhaps a change of scenery or a step-up to a leadership role?
Post your target job details and your resume on theNCAH.com.au website. You can enter your:
Target job title.Your desired salary.The locations in which you’re interested in working.Your �eld of specialisation.How soon you’re interested in taking on a new job.
Recruiters will use the NCAHwebsite to �nd & then contact you.
Your �rst step is to visit NCAH.com.au and click the ‘Upload Your CV Now!’ button on the home page.
What job do you want?