Nursing Education - Graduate Nurse Program
Nursing Education - Graduate Nurse Program - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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| The Peter Mac Graduate Nurse Program aims to facilitate both your personal and professional growth in high acuity clinical areas. We provide a supportive environment within the only specialist cancer care and research centre in the Southern Hemisphere. You will experience opportunities to consolidate your knowledge and gain clinical expertise in nursing practice in a centre of excellence. Be mentored by experienced nurses in an environment that really does put its patients and carers first Our well tested and proven program offers a strong foundation for future development with opportunities to progress into postgraduate studies in cancer and palliative nursing; peri-operative and anaesthetics nursing or critical care nursing. | ||||
| "The work is always challenging but the support and camaraderie offered by staff here is strong. So is the feeling of achieving something fundamentally important. Giving nursing care and support to patients and their families is a constant source of satisfaction." (Past Graduate Nurse). | ||||
| Positions available: | ||||
| 23 positions available in 2014 | ||||
| Intake Dates: | ||||
| January March | ||||
| Support Model: | ||||
| Graduate Support Team Practice Development Nurses Preceptor support The Graduate Support model used at Peter Mac is based on years of evaluations as well as the latest evidence. The support is tailored to the needs of each individual graduate nurse. | ||||
| Education Program: | ||||
| Two six-month rotations or allocation to one ward/unit for the duration of the program. | ||||
| Surgical Oncology Medical Oncology Haematology/Stem cell transplant Head, Neck & Lung Cancer Unit Operating suite incorporating Scrub and Scout, Anaesthetics and Recovery Intensive Care Unit Acute Assessment Area Chemotherapy Day Unit | ||||
| Orientation program | ||||
| 7 supernumerary days included in the clinical area first rotation | ||||
| 2 supernumerary days included in the clinical area second rotation | ||||
| Professional Portfolio | ||||
| Short Courses: | ||||
| Introduction to Cancer Radiotherapy Module 1 Chemotherapy Module 1 Cancer Surgery Epidural Management Cancer Care Emergencies Transfusion Management Pain Management | ||||
| Graduate Nurse Review meetings | ||||
| Competency Assessments | ||||
| A variety of Learning Packages | ||||
| Performance Appraisals | ||||
| More Benefits of the Peter Mac Graduate Nurse Program include; Opportunity to utilise salary packaging | ||||
| Availability of an Employee Assistance Program | ||||
| Requirements for application: | ||||
| Peter Mac uses a computer match service (for information regarding this service, please contact PMCV at www.pmcv.com.au | ||||
We offer a minimum of eight shifts per fortnight | ||||
| Letter of application | ||||
| CV with names of two referees (minimum of one Clinical Educator) | ||||
| Academic transcript with key (certified copy) | ||||
| Two recent clinical appraisals (from acute nursing placements) Passport photo Interview (personal) | ||||
| Interview Process | ||||
| Submit applications to Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator. Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator will send an email requesting you to phone to confirm a mutual time for interview (August-September) | ||||
| Attend a two panel interview which includes a member of the Graduate Support Team and a Nurse Unit Manager/ Practice Development Nurse/ Educator | ||||
| There will be an opportunity to meet a member of the Graduate Support Team to answer any further questions you have about the program or the clinical areas at interview. You will also discuss your rotation preference with them. 100 % of the 2012 Graduate Nurses were allocated their first or second preference. | ||||
| Graduate Nurse Program information evening | ||||
| Thursday June 13, 2013, 6.00 - 8.30pm | ||||
| For further details/ information: | ||||
| Contact Michelle Rutherford on 9656 1338/1001 or gradnurse@petermac.org | ||||
| Application submissions: Link to e-recruit will be available soon. |
