About us: 

SACU is a 48-bed off site unit, classified as a ward of the hospital, in a residential like setting for adults and older persons. We promote rehabilitation, restorative care and recovery towards discharge home or to other discharge options.

We provide targeted multidisciplinary care aimed at providing optimisation of the patients functioning and quality of life, with a rehabilitation and gerontic focus. We also provide dedicated dementia and delirium care to patients with specialised needs.

About your role:

• Patient assessments and implementation of risk management and care plans.
• Routine and complex medication management and administration.
• Complex wound care.
• Phlebotomy, cannulation and IV / PICC management.
• Continence care including IDC insertion and management.

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

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

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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