Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth
Charlies Nurses...Passion for Knowledge, Compassion for Life
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is a fully accredited teaching hospital with a progressive and caring approach to empowerment and education of rses.
Located just minutes from Perth's CBD, near the magnificent Kings Park in Nedlands Western Australia, SCGH is a 28 hectare medical campus which provides a supportive learning environment to nurses at all stages of their professional development.
SCGH provides a full range of services in emergency medicine, cardiovascular medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, neurosciences, general surgery, general medicine, urology, renal dialysis, rehabilitation and aged care and psychiatry.
These innovative and dynamic departments provide nurses with unlimited opportunities for professional advancement.
NURSING AT SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL
Charlies is strongly committed to the continual support of our nursing staff. Nursing at Charlies offers a wide variety of opportunities for nurses to begin and further their careers in a range of specialties.
At every level of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital we encourage leadership and teamwork in tune with nurses and nursing issues. With a strong emphasis on research and the application of quality measures for nursing care, we thrive on input from clinical and academic experts, and encourage nurses to ask questions, influence patient outcomes and enhance their nursing skills in everyday practice.
Since that time, The Alfred has been recognised as a pacesetter in the national medical arena and has consistently been linked to progressive developments in acute care, medical research and health care teaching.
OUR VALUES
Our values emphasise patient focused care, individual accountability, respect, compassion, trust, teamwork and a culture of learning, as we deliver the best possible care to our patients.
Our aim at Charlies is to promote the well-being and interests of our nurses as valued members or our health care teams, and nurture our students and new graduates through dynamic and stimulating programs.
SUPPORT FOR NURSES
Charlies is strongly committed to the continual support of our nursing staff. This is displayed in many ways, most notably by our guarantee that all areas are staffed to the "Nursing Hours Per Patient Day" recommendations.We also provide strong leadership at ward level through the presence of Clinical Nurse Specialists or Clinical Nurse Managers in all wards and clinical areas. We support the ongoing education and professional development of nurses with staff development nurses in all wards.
Corporate Nursing Services provides ongoing hospital wide support for all nursing staff via:
- Centre for Nursing Education
- Centre for Nursing Research
- Recruitment
- Clinical Nurse Consultants
- Patient Equipment Store
CANCER SERVICES CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
As the leading adult cancer centre in Western Australian; we can provide nurses with extensive learning opportunities in a nationally recognised centre. A nurse will gain experience in cancer management from the diagnostic stage through all forms of treatment that may include high dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Nursing staff care for the acutely ill haematology oncology patient as well as the surgical oncology patient. They will have the ability to care for patients during their inpatient stay, and in some cases during ongoing treatment in the outpatient clinics.
Cancer services offers experience in:
- 50 inpatient beds
- Breast assessment centre
- Oncology Clinic
- Haematology Clinic
- Palliative Care
CENTRAL SERVICES CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
This clinical service unit provides a service utilised by all other units within the hospital, providing care for both elective and trauma admissions. The services they provide range from Outpatients to the Intensive Care Department and almost everything in-between. Central is unique in the services they provide the patients and the hospital, from the patients perspective they can see the same nurse on their pre-admission visit and meet them again in the Day of Surgery Unit or the DO23 Unit. Nurses working in these areas have the opportunity to manage patients in the three stages of their admission.
If its something a little more high tech you're after, Central runs an 18-bed state of the art Intensive Care Unit, as well a suite of 13 operating theatres all equipped with the latest equipment that technology has to offer. To complete the service Central provides the hospital with a Radiology Department that last year undertook 93,000 examinations.
Central services offers experience in:
- Intensive Care Nursing
- Theatre
- Outpatients Department
- Radiology
- Pre-admission & Day of Surgery Admission
- 23-hour Surgical Unit
EMERGENCY, ACUTE MEDICAL & SKELETAL (EAMS) CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
An initiative within this clinical unit includes the establishment of an Acute Assessment Unit. This is a short stay unit for general medical patients. All patients are assessed and a plan of care using a multi-disciplinary approach is commenced on admission. Patients are then either discharged home within 72 hours or transferred to more appropriate units for continuing care.
Nursing staff also have the ability to combine post-graduate study in Orthopaedic and Emergency Nursing, while employed in the departments, as courses are run in collaboration with local Universities and the Centre for Nursing Education.
Emergency, Acute medical and Musculoskeletal service offers experience in:
- Orthopaedic - trauma, elective & spinal injury
- General Medical
- Emergency Nursing
- Community Nursing through Hospital in the Home
GASTRO-RENAL CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
The services offered by the Gastro-Renal clinical service unit centres around five core clinical areas that are managed within a range of outpatient, day facility and in-patient beds. This unit covers several specialities allowing all staff within the area to develop a broad range of skills in both medical and surgical nursing.
As the state referral centre for Liver Surgery and Transplantation, nursing staff have the opportunity to work with some of Australia's leading surgeons in this field of expertise.
Gastro-Renal offers experience in:
- Haemodialysis, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
- Surgical Experience - Upper GI, Colo-rectal, Urology and General Surgery
- Medical experience - Renal, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Day procedures in - Gastroscopies, Colonoscopies and Cystoscopies
- Renal and Liver Transplantation
HEART-LUNG CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
This specialty provides tertiary level acute services in a wide range of cardiopulmonary specialities, with the opportunity for nursing staff to develop skills in areas from ambulatory care to high dependency units.
This clinical service unit supports three high dependency areas to ensure their patients remain in the department and receive the best quality care from specialist nurses.
Heart-Lung offers experience in:
- Respiratory Medicine
- Respiratory High Dependency Unit
- Cardio-thoracic surgery
- Cardio-thoracic High Dependency
- Cardio-vascular medicine
- Vascular Surgery
- Coronary Care Nursing
- Cardiac Catheter Laboratory
NEUROSCIENCES CLINICAL SERVICE UNIT
This clinical service unit has 79 beds, located in three separate wards. The experience you gain in this specialty will help establish your career as a critical care nurse. As the state referral centre for Neurosurgery you will have the opportunity to work in one of Australia's premier Neurosurgical Units.
The experience you will gain is not limited to neurosurgery, with a mix of specialities that include neurology, major head and neck surgery as well as plastic reconstructive surgery.
Neurosciences offers experience in:
- Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery High Dependency Unit (fully monitored)
- Neurology
- Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
- ENT & Ophthalmology
THE CENTRE FOR NURSING RESEARCH (CNR)
Charlies believes that research is fundamental to the future of nursing. As a result of this core belief, the CNR was developed in conjunction with Edith Cowen University to advance nursing practice through practical research programs, aimed at improving outcomes for patients and their families across all clinical areas of the hospital.
This partnership gives our nurses the opportunity to work with experienced University researchers.
The National Nursing Research Institute (NNRI) was established at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in December 2005, the NNRI will be led by Dirctor of Nursing for the Sir Charles Gairdner Group , Adjunct Professor Di Twigg and Edith Cowen University Professor and S.C.G.H. Centre for Nursing Research, Director Professor Linda Kristajanson. The NNRI will provide vital research projects for Nurses across Australia.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
REGISTERED NURSE GRADUATE PROGRAM (12 months)
The RN graduate program provides opportunities for recently graduated Registered Nurses (General or Comprehensive) to strengthen and consolidate their nursing knowledge and skills.COMPREHENSIVE REGISTERED NURSE GRADUATE PROGRAM (18 months)
This joint program is offered to recently registered Comprehensive nurses by Sir Charles Gairdner and Graylands Hospital campus. With ongoing supervision, mentoring and support, this program provides great opportunities for Comprehensive Registered nurses to build on their medical, surgical and mental health nursing knowledge and clinical skills in a supportive setting.ENROLLED NURSE (EN) GRADUATE PROGRAM (12 month)
This program provides an opportunity for recently graduated Enrolled Nurses to consolidate their nursing knowledge and clinical skills, and develop their experience in the acute care setting.All Graduate programs offer:
- Ongoing supervision and preceptorship, as well as continuous performance development.
- Two clinical rotations in the 12-month programs (medical and surgical) and three rotations in the 18-month Comprehensive Program (medical, surgical and mental health)
- Generous supernumerary time at the commencement of each clinical rotation
- Two professional development days each rotation
- Monthly seminars for peer support, clinical and professional development at Charlies
- Bimonthly seminars for peer support, clinical and professional development at Graylands
- Competency based assessment
- Part time options on negotiation
POST GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
RN ACUTE CARE CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The Acute Care Clinical Development program aims to assist nurses to establish pathways of ongoing clinical and professional development. This innovative program provides 2nd and 3rd year registered nurses with the opportunity to develop clinical skills in a wide range of critical care areas and specialties.GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF CRITICAL CARE
The graduate certificate of critical care nursing is a 12-month program (February to February). The program specifically focuses on the development of specialist critical care nursing knowledge and application to practice.GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EMERGENCY NURSING
The Graduate Certificate of Emergency Nursing is a 12-month program coordinated by the Centre for Nursing Education. The program specifically focuses on the development of specialist emergency care nursing knowledge and application to practice.GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF NEPHROLOGY
This program focuses on the development of advanced theoretical and clinical competencies, within nephrology nursing. The two-semester program has flexible options, which allow a timeframe of up to two years to complete the course. Participants may elect to complete the required practical component at any approved health care centre, which provides a full nephrology service.GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF INFECTION CONTROL
This 3-unit program is coordinated and presented by recognised experts in the clinical fields of infection control, microbiology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health and occupational safety and health. The course is a collaboration between Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Hands-On Infection Control and provides theoretical and practical methods to develop participants' skills in infection prevention and control.POSTGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM
This program provides theory and practice development consistent with contemporary nursing in the Neuroscience areas of Neurology and Neurosurgery, with an elective in Neuro-Intensive Care of Neuro-Rehabilitation. Participants may elect to complete the required practical component at any approved health care centre, which provides a full neuroscience health service.The program offers two options:
- Certificate of Neuroscience Nursing
- Graduate Certificate of Neuroscience Nursing
CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES
The centre for nursing education facilitates several short vocationally oriented continuing education courses aiming to enable the nursing workforce to maintain current clinical skills and knowledge and foster professional development and clinical expertise.FOR VACANCIES CLICK HERE