Make the move, Make a difference

About us: We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role:
Continually monitors and actively patrols the designated clinical areas and proactively engages patients, visitors and staff to develop a positive safety culture.
Create opportunities to enhance the user experience by making connections with those in the area and, where possible, alleviating some of the stresses and anxiety through respectful interpersonal interactions.
Uses supportive verbal de-escalation and engages staff resources to identify appropriate strategies aimed at the de-escalation of potentially violent behaviour.
Develops relationships and maintains rapport with clinical and operational stakeholder groups (i.e. Nursing, Medical, Social Work, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Security and volunteers) to effective communication and contribute to the development of appropriate support and/or intervention strategies.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

Generous superannuation
Salary packaging
Annual incremental increases
Career training and development
Flexible work arrangements
Wellness programs

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

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

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterlandThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.