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Help deliver outcomes that matter most to our Illawarra Shoalhaven community.

Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision of person centred; evidence- based nursing care that promotes positive health outcomes. The Registered nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.

The Registered Nurse will work in therapeutic and professional relationships with individuals, as well as families, groups and communities. The Registered Nurse will assist in the provision of supervision and support for less experienced clinicians and will maintain their professional accountability and development in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia's Standards of Practice.

All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.

This position has been created to support outpatient Aged Care Clinics in Wollongong Hospital. The position will be part of a rotating roster and the successful applicant will be expected to rotate through aged care environments and wards at Wollongong Hospital.

A little about us.

Wollongong Hospital is the Illawarra Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has a bed-base count of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.

Wollongong is located an hour’s drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Wollongong here.

Benefits of working with ISLHD.

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

• Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
• Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
• Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
• Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
• Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities

• Provision of person centred; evidence- based nursing care that promotes positive health outcomes.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Work in therapeutic and professional relationships with individuals, as well as families, groups and communities.
• Assist in the provision of supervision and support for less experienced clinicians.
• Maintain professional accountability and development in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia's Standards of Practice.
• Act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
• Support outpatient Aged Care Clinics in Wollongong Hospital.
• Rotate through aged care environments and wards at Wollongong Hospital.

• Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
• Current AHPRA Registration
• A minimum of one (1) year full-time postgraduate employment (or 1982 hours part time/casual) within Australia.