Enrolled Nurse Transition Program - NSW St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Job Description:

Position Title: Enrolled Nurse Transition Program
Employment Type: Maximum Term, Full Time (12 months)

Employment Period: 09 September 2024 to 07 September 2025
Hours per week: 38 hours
Position Grade: Enrolled Nurse (Year 1)
Salary: $63,130.85 base per annum
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2017
Department Name: Nurse Education and Development Centre

About us:

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

About the Program:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic newly graduated Enrolled Nurse looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic inner-city public hospital? If so, this could be the opportunity for you. This position offers professional development growth within a supportive and inclusive 12 months full-time transition program.

As an Enrolled Nurse and part of the Enrolled Nurse Transition Program (ENTP), you will be allocated two clinical rotations (2 x six months) across a variety of services within St Vincent’s Hospital and Sacred Heart Health Service, working on a 24/7 rotating roster including morning, afternoon and night shifts. Please refer to our website for the additional details about our ENTP program at Enrolled Nurse Transition Program - St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (svhs.org.au)

Enrolled Nurse Transition Program offers:

• A comprehensive hospital, nursing and transition program orientation program

• Ward orientation and clinical supernumerary time

• Weekly Professional Development Sessions

• Monthly peer support session with the Transition Program Nurse Educator

• Minimum of three full day study days (paid), with opportunity for more

• Streamlined recruitment post program offering high retention rates

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:

To have you application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

All applicants must:

• Have completed or be due to complete the TAFE NSW (or equivalent) HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) between June 2023 and July 2024

• Have current registration with AHPRA, or be registered by the start date of the program – we cannot offer positions to those without registration

• Upload a CV, cover letter, responses to the selection criteria and Diploma transcript in their application

• Provide details for two referees in their cover letter

• Meet and clearly address the selection criteria, and upload selection criteria responses with their application.

 

Applicants that do not address the selection criteria will have their application automatically rejected.

Shortlisting will occur immediately, as applications may close early if the maximum number of suitable applicants are sourced.

 

Interviews are planned between 04 July 2024 - 10 July 2024. The outcome of the interview will be notified by the beginning of August, 2024.  

 

St Vincent’s Transition Program Information Evening will be held at 16:00-18:00 hours on the 11 June, 2024.
Please register your interest via https://forms.office.com/r/zRSZM8aefh

Selection Criteria:

1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.

2. Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Enrolled Nurse (Division 2)

3. Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality patient care within a multidisciplinary health care team

4. Demonstrated commitment to personal and professional development

5. Demonstrated computer literacy with email and an electronic patient record system

6. Demonstrated effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

7.Demonstrated effective time management skills and ability to prioritise competing workloads within a complex environment

8. Demonstrated customer service and patient centred approach to care  

Applications Close on: 16 June 2024

If you have any difficulties accessing the Position Description and Job Demands Checklist for this role, please contact the Talent Team at TalentHealthNSW@svha.org.au who will gladly forward you a copy.

Contact Person: Fan Yang

Phone Number: (02) 8382 2602

Email: SVHS.TransitionPrograms@svha.org.au

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Contact Details:

Fan Yang; Nurse Educator, SVHS.TransitionPrograms@svha.org.au, 02 8382 2602

Alternate Contact:

Closing Date:

16 June 2024 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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