Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is the major health provider in the Central Hume region with an extensive range of acute, sub-acute, aged care and community services.
If you have experience working in Community Nursing Programs or proven clinical skills in relation to assessment, care planning and care coordination in the acute sector please consider applying for this exciting role in our supportive and innovative team.
The primary role of the DNS / HITH Registered Nurse is to provide best practice nursing care in the home or other suitable environment to NHW clients. Primary clinical duties may include: wound management; medication monitoring, administration and education; diabetes education and management; stomal and catheter care; general health monitoring and education; health assessments, service advice and referral; hygiene assistance and assessment; advanced care planning; palliative care and acute admitted home based care (HITH). The Registered Nurse will possess a high level of clinical knowledge and skill and act as a clinical resource for junior staff and students. The role includes shift work, weekends and public holidays.
The Registered Nurse is expected to continuously update their skills and knowledge and work collaboratively with clients, colleagues and the multidisciplinary team across NHW and external service providers.
If you have any issues with submitting your application please call the Recruitment Team on (03) 5722 5353
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
