Registered Nurse Critical Care Casual Pool

Registered Nurse Critical Care Casual Pool

Employment Type:  Casual
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: 70049.73 - 98351.39 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ463575

Exciting opportunities exist to join the Critical Care Casual Pool team at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN) - Randwick campus, the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. Be one of our valued team members at the SCHN on the Critical Care Casual Pool. We offer a person centred care approach within a practice development framework and offer flexibility of shifts throughout the Emergency Department and our 17 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives. 

We are a tertiary referral Paediatric hospital managing over 40,000 children each year where the Critical CareRegistered Nurse works within a multi-disciplinary team as part of the SCHN and service. The Paediatric Nurse strives to maintain, improve and promote the optimal health and wellbeing of children and their families within the SCHN community. Sound clinical judgement and effective communication skills are utilised in caring for children and their families. The Paediatric Registered Nurse is considerate to individual and cultural values, and endeavours to empower families through a sensitive and flexible approach to service delivery.  If you possess  twelve (12) months recent acute paediatric Critical Care experience within the paediatric emergency department and / or paediatric intensive care unit and would like flexibility in your work patterns then this is the position for you. Apply today. 

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What you'll be doing
The Registered Nurse works within a multi-disciplinary team as part of the SCHN and service.  As a Registered Nurse you will provides safe, compassionate, person-centred care to patients and families of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, acting as a role model by demonstrating behaviour and interacting with patients, their families and employees in a way that promotes a culture and standards that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.  

You will generally be required to work casual hours in accordance with operational requirements. It may be necessary to change the hours of work and any shift times from time to time as required by the demands of the position.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

1. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
2. Are you a Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please provide your registration number.
3. Summarise your minimum of 12 months recent Paediatric Critical Care experience within the Paediatric Emergency Department and / or Paediatric Intensive Care Unit including clinical knowledge and experience as well as your ability to problem solve within the Paediatric Critical Care environment.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

Please refer to the Application Guide and NSW Policy Directive PD2022_030 Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases for vaccination requirements.

 All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian Website https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Health is committed to child safety in line with the Child Safe Standards

Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.

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For role related queries or questions contact Samantha Faithfull on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on ************@health.nsw.gov.au

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Applications Close: 30/05/2024