Registered Nurse - Graduate

Purpose of the role: The Graduate Registered Nurse will participate in the structured Graduate Program overseen by the Education Team. The program includes rotations throughout Echuca Regional Health to develop skills and knowledge and attendance at career development days. The Graduate Registered Nurse will provide quality patient care as a beginning Registered Nurse, conduct nursing duties professionally, and assume accountability and responsibility for actions. The Registered Nurse will work within their scope of clinical practice and is responsible for delivery of high-quality patient care in a variety of clinical settings.

Key accountabilities:

- Provide safe and effective evidence-based nursing care and evaluate clinical outcomes in consultation with the interdisciplinary team.
- Maintain core clinical competence specific to the area of practice.
- Conduct systematic nursing assessments and plan nursing care in consultation with patients, their significant others, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Assist in development and implementation of clinical policies and procedures.
- Act as a support and resource person for students, enrolled nurses and other graduate nurses.
- Act as a patient advocate.
- Ensure knowledge and skills remain current through attendance at education and training and reference to changes in policy, practice and guidelines.
- Actively participate in quality improvement activities, unit meetings and committees as appropriate.
- Participate in in-house education and training programs.
- Practice within a professional, ethical and evidence-based nursing framework.

Organisational responsibilities:

- Comply with Echuca Regional Health and Victorian Public Sector Code of Conduct.
- Comply with policies and procedures relevant to the position.




- Comply with registration bodies' mandatory continuing professional development requirements.
- Carry out work in alignment with CARE values.
- Comply with and promote relevant legislation, professional standards, the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and other industry standards.

CARE values:

- Collaboration: work with a team focus, cooperate with others and gain input and support to achieve shared goals.
- Accountability: monitor the impact of one's own behaviour, support a no-blame culture in reporting incidents and help resolve them.
- Respect: treat people fairly and openly, with dignity, consistency, tolerance and patience.
- Excellence: support and follow organisational policies and procedures and actively participate in identifying opportunities to improve.

Key relationships:

- Internal: NUM and ANUMs, Registered Nurses, Education Team, Medical Staff, Allied Health Staff, all other Echuca Regional Health employees.
- External: Peak bodies, AHPRA, NMBA.

Selection criteria — Essential:

Qualifications:

- Bachelor of Nursing
- Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse

Other requirements:

- Sound knowledge and skills related to nursing care and the clinical environment appropriate to the position.
- Commitment to ongoing learning and ability to accept constructive feedback and direction.
- Commitment to completing requirements of the enrolled nurse transition to practice program and continuing professional development.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to set goals and meet deadlines.
- Good working knowledge of current nursing issues and trends.
- Satisfactory evidence of National Police Check, Working with Children clearance and vaccination status in line with policy and procedure.

Terms and conditions of employment:

Terms and conditions are in accordance with the Letter of Offer and Contract of Employment.

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📌 Graduate Registered Nurse (Echuca)
🏢 Echuca Regional Health
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