Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Northern Beaches Hospital is looking for experienced nurses to join the team. Offering 12 hour shifts, you will have an opportunity for balance.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $1566.70 - $2199.60 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ685293

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives. 

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.

Where you'll be working

 
Northern Beaches Intensive Care Unit is a 20 bed unit comprising of two 10 bedded pods. It is a general Intensive Care Unit catering for the needs of the area with key specialities including general surgery – upper and lower GI, urology, complex orthopaedic surgery as well complex medical cases. We also provide specialist care for patients admitted through the hospitals busy emergency department and play a key role in the hospital’s Clinical Emergency Response team. The ICU is dedicated to caring for patients with life-threatening illnesses and complications, and for monitoring potentially life-threatening conditions. It provides special expertise and facilities for the support of vital functions, using the skills of medical, nursing and allied teams. The ICU can support all medical and surgical services delivered within the hospital with a full range of intensive care equipment and the latest monitoring and ventilation systems.

What you'll be doing
You will be a pro-active team player, with demonstrated ability and desire to be part of a dynamic work force, mentor junior staff and participate in quality improvement. Although a rotational 24/7 roster is in place, we offer flexible self-rostering and 12 hour shifts. We are inclusive with diverse and friendly teams, with options for flexible shifts so you can achieve the life balance you desire.

The Unit offers a full range of intensive care services to all patients, including:
• invasive monitoring
• mechanical ventilation support
• renal replacement therapy (dialysis)
• advanced cardio-vascular support
• point-of-care coagulation testing
• procedural services
• tracheostomy insertion and management.

The experienced Intensive Care Medical team have a broad range of interests - such as echocardiography, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation, transplant medicine and retrieval medicine - and undertake weekly multi-disciplinary education sessions to ensure an advanced skill set. 

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply. 
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria: