Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care Unit & Cardiac Ward

Make the move. Make a difference.

Sunshine outside. Support inside.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for you to join the Cardiac Services team as a Registered Nurse.

Make the move, Make a difference

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role:

• Responsibility for planning and delivery of service to an allocated patient load.
• Monitoring of telemetry including assessment of cardiac rhythms.
• Routine and complex medication administration including anti-arrhythmic infusions and insulin infusions.
• Pre and post procedural care for patients undergoing invasive treatment in our Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab).
• Administering/assisting with advanced life support during emergent events.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description and Role Overview

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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