Casual Day Surgery Nurse
- Provide patient admission, screening, and pre-operative preparation.
- Assist doctors in the procedure room and provide recovery care to patients.
- Manage specimens, medications, and patient discharge instructions.
Company Description
We are Genea and we are Australia’s leading IVF clinic.
We are innovators, baby makers, movers and shakers - and together, we transform the lives of many. We want you to be part of the family, and you can be if you’re an experienced Day Surgery Nurse. We would love for you to consider joining our Canberra team on a casual basis.
Job Description
As a Genea Day Surgery Nurse, your duties will include;
- Patient admission, screening and pre-operative preparation
- Assist Doctors with treatment in the procedure room competently
- Provide safe and effective recovery care to patients, escalating for clinical review as indicated
- Patient discharge - assessment of readiness and issue of post-operative instructions and medications
- Safe handling and management of specimens, medications, antibiotics and blood products (where applicable)
- Assist in the day to day activities of the day surgery as required
Qualifications
This role is perfect for an experienced Day Surgery Nurse looking for some casual hours. You will bring your strong clinical experience to this role, and also an exceptional committment to patient care.
Your previous experience and qualifications will ideally include;
- Have scrub and scout experience
- Be focused on customer service and patient care, both directly face to face and in a supporting role (telephone, email, etc).
- Be a registered Nurse/Midwife with AHPRA (mandatory)
- Have a working with Children's Check (mandatory)
- Experience in a variety of nursing areas such as midwifery, reproductive and female health, and/or infertility (preferable)
Additional Information
Working for Genea
Our staff enjoy working at Genea for several key reasons; the people we work with, flexibility, development opportunities, fulfilment of working somewhere that truly makes a difference to people's lives.
Why work in Genea's Day Surgery?
- Work in a state of the art facility with a focus on patient care
- No night shift!
- Enjoy our staff benefits - Social club, wellbeing program and a very supportive workplace
- Join a certified Family Friendly workplace
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