Acute Medical Unit provides inpatient care to patients with complex medical conditions and associated complications in a fast-paced and rewarding environment. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse Level 2 (RN2) with strong clinical leadership skills, extensive acute medical nursing experience, and a passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
Working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate evidence-based care, support positive patient outcomes, and help drive a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous improvement. This role offers the opportunity to lead and support nursing staff, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, influence clinical practice, and foster ongoing learning and professional development.
If you are a compassionate and adaptable nurse leader with excellent communication skills and a commitment to excellence, we encourage you to explore this exciting opportunity further.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Provide comprehensive client focused care to patients using evidence based practice.
• Provide leadership and promote a commitment to high quality customer service principles, practices and attributes.
• Maintain individual professional development activities through formal and informal training, sharing acquired knowledge, supporting the development of others and contributing to learning.
• Participate in nursing practice review, quality improvement, clinical research, policy development and review.
• Contribute to communication processes which demonstrate a commitment to effectively deal with challenging behaviours and the resolution of conflict.
• Practices in a way that acknowledges the dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights of individuals and/or groups. Promotes high quality customer service, adhering to relevant standards, policy and legislation.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

• Experienced Medical nurse.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to work within a team environment.
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and respond appropriately to meet clients’ needs.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in nursing.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• Minimum 4 years full time equivalent experience as a nurse.
• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, and all other related frameworks.

Desirable

• Prior experience in Acute Medicine Unit will be highly desirable.

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances.

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

All employees are required to:

• adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct
• act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.
• Be available for weekend and/or after-hours work.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Proven experience in utilising the nursing process to provide quality client focused care in Medical Patients integrating clinical expertise and evidence based research.
2. Effective leadership and the ability to work collaboratively and in consultation with the multidisciplinary team to achieve planned clinical outcomes. Including effective interpersonal skills including the capacity for clear and appropriate communication (oral, non-verbal and written) with key stakeholders in a diverse range of situations.
3. Proven commitment to an individual professional development plan; active contribution to and participation in education and training; facilitate competency based education for new and less experienced staff members.
4. Demonstrated commitment to participating in and development of policy and procedure, quality and improvement, unit education activities and research.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Frequently
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Frequently
Graphical/analytical based	Frequently
Sitting at a desk	Frequently
Standing for long periods	Frequently

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Occasionally
Frequent travel – driving	Occasionally

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Never

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Occasionally
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Occasionally

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Never
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Occasionally
Excessive noise	Occasionally
Low lighting	Occasionally
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Frequently
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Occasionally

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 – 9kg	Occasionally
Lifting 10 – 15kg	Occasionally
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Never
Running	Never
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Frequently
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Frequently
Bending/squatting	Frequently
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally