Enrolled Nurse (Various- Surgical

Make the move. Make a difference.

Help people get back to what matters.

Experience everything Cairns has to offer while working as an Enrolled Nurse with Surgical North Ward, Surgical South Ward, Orthopaedic Ward or Surgical Outpatients Department at Cairns Hospital.

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.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

Cairns Hospital provides a range of specialist outpatient, inpatient, and emergency services from its CBD site on the Cairns Esplanade and has over 500 inpatient beds.

Surgical South Ward is an acute 32 bed ward providing surgical care to elective and emergency surgical inpatients as a 24 hour, seven days a week service.

Surgical North Ward provides care to primarily Vascular, ENT, gynaecology, general surgical and ophthalmology patients, and extends to other surgical subspecialties such as urology, plastics, colorectal, orthopaedic.

Orthopaedic Ward: main elective surgeries include TKR, THR and spinal surgery. Trauma is a large component of our activity and include #NOFs, Spinal and pelvic trauma and long bone fractures. We utilise an MDT approach to providing care inclusive of AH team, Ortho geriatric model and Acute Pain Services.

Surgical Outpatients Department delivers multidisciplinary care across a range of specialities, including General Surgery, Vascular, Ophthalmology, Plastics, ENT, Orthopaedics, Fracture Clinic, Neurosurgery, Urology, and Breast Surgery. We run dedicated clinics for each specialty, supported by high-volume dressing clinics and several nurse-led models of care.

About your role:

Your main tasks may include (but are not limited to):

• Direct patient cares – ADLs.
• Complex wound care.
• Patient education.
• Surgical drains/stomas/tracheostomy management.
• Liaise with allied health professionals and other departments to facilitate coordinated care.

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

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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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