Graduate Registered Nurse - Application Kit 2008

Thank you for expressing interest in the Ramsay Health Care, North West Private Hospital Graduate Nurse Program 2008.

A nursing career with Ramsay Health Care offers you greater choice and flexibility than you may find with many other hospitals. Ramsay Health Care has been operating for more than 40 years and is now Australia’s largest private hospital group with over 70 health care facilities in metropolitan and regional Australia. Ramsay Health Care offers opportunities for nurses at all levels, from graduates through to senior management across a range of clinical specialties. With an absolute focus on delivering the best possible patient care and exceptional working conditions, Ramsay Health Care promises you an exciting and dynamic career.

North West Private Hospital was opened on 4 May 1984 and currently has 92 beds plus a 10 bed Day Surgery Unit, 5 chair day Dermatology Unit and 5 chair day Oncology Unit. We provide acute general medical (Adult and Paediatrics); many surgical specialities including orthopaedics, women’s health, colorectal and general surgery; oncology, maternity, theatre, day surgery and Urodynamics. Further expansion began in 2007.

We pride ourselves on the quality care and attention we give our patients and their families.

Our vision is:

To be recognised by our community for our commitment to providing outstanding and consistent quality patient services

“We Can because we Care”

The North West Way is to Value:

• Integrity
• Quality of Care
• Positive Relationships with Doctors, patients, families and between each other
• Honesty
• Respect
• Positive Communication

Benefits of a Graduate Nurse Program 2008 at North West Private Hospital

North West Private Hospital’s goal is to offer you a supportive Graduate Nurse Program built around your specific learning needs. The aim is to assist in your development to becoming a competent and confident Registered Nurse.

The program endorses the principles of adult education and problem based learning. We strive to create a learning environment, where your prior experiences are a valuable resource for further learning and construction of new knowledge.

The program will offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical skills by rotating you through a variety of patient care settings including the wards and peri-operative areas. You will find that our supportive preceptors and other nursing staff will assist you to further develop your confidence. You will have access to a specifically tailored clinical competency program. Advancement through this program in your graduate year gives you the knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet the challenges of Medical, Surgical and Perioperative nursing.

The following are just some of the things that will be offered to you at North West Private Hospital as a part of your Graduate Nurse Program:

• Structured paid orientation
• A choice of a medical, surgical department graduate nurse program or the perioperative environment
• The opportunity to spend 6 months in the maternity unit as part of your graduate program.
• Ward Rotations to areas that support your clinical goals:
  • Medical / Paediatrics
  • Orthopaedics
  • Women’s Health
  • Colorectal / Urology/ General surgery
• Perioperative Rotations to areas that support your clinical goals:
  • Scout / Scrub
  • Anaesthetics
  • Recovery Room
  • Day Surgery Unit/Endoscopy Unit
  • CSSD
• Preceptorship throughout your graduate year including frequent attendance to a goal planner
• Foundation Lectures relevant to each rotation
• Ward, Perioperative & Maternity Educators to assist you in your Graduate Year
• Supernumerary periods at the beginning of each new clinical rotation
• Copies of available Learning tools. These include foundation theoretical notes on the various specialty areas
• Ongoing group learning activities, in services and self - directed learning programs. This will assist you to develop analytical and critical skills and integrate your knowledge within the context of the real practice setting
• Free electronic library service providing you access to an extensive collection of books and videos, journals, a document delivery and research service and access to popular databases such as CINAHL and MEDLINE

These are just the beginning of the advantages that working with Ramsay Health Care and North West Private Hospital could offer you.

What do you need to send?

• A brief covering letter of interest to accompany your application
• A copy of your CV
• A copy of your university results transcript to date
• 2 of your most recent clinical performance appraisals from the acute care clinical setting
• Outline of any Perioperative practical experience you have during your training if interested in the Perioperative area
• A brief statement as to why you would like to work in either the Medical Surgical or Perioperative environment.
• Please fill out the “application for employment” form. Click here to download.
• Include two referees (they must be a clinical preceptor or facilitator from your clinical experience – within the last 6 months)
• Please return “application acknowledgment” form and include a self addressed and stamped envelope and return it with your application if you want confirmation that we have received your package
• Photo ID

No folder required
A4 presentations would be helpful

Please return your application kit to:

Kym Woods
Executive Assistant
North West Private Hospital
PO Box 443
EVERTON PARK QLD 4053

For further information contact:

Helen Bennett (Nurse Unit Manager)
Telephone: 07 3246 3104
Email: bennetth@ramsayhealth.com.au

Monday – Friday
8:00am – 3:00pm