Registered Nurse (RN) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Casual Pool NSLHD

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.

Where you'll be workingNorthern Sydney Local Health District facilities are located on picturesque and tranquil settings where our world renowned hospitals and facilities are situated, located in Sydney's prestigious North Shore, Northern Suburbs and Northern Beaches districts. NSLHD Casual Pool offers our employees the choice of working across multiple sites, with exposure to a broad range of skill development opportunities.

These sites include:                                                                  

• Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) and Community Health Service is a 634 bed principal tertiary referral centre. It is close to the CBD and transport facilities, accommodation, recreational and childcare facilities are available. Specialities include: Surgery, Medicine, Women’s & Children’s Health, Critical Care Services - ED State Trauma Centre, Operating Theatres, ICU General, Neurology/Neuroscience and Cardiology. State referral for Burns/Plastics, Neonatal Intensive Care, Interventional Neuroradiology　and Acute Spinal Cord Injuries. RNSH has a commitment to person centred care, supporting our staff in developing their skills with Clinical Nurse Educators available in all units. RNSH ICU is funded for 39 beds, the number of state-wide services ensures an interesting patient mix.
• The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service (HKHS) incorporates a 295 bed, major metropolitan hospital providing a comprehensive range of secondary level services, outpatient services, six community health centres and ten early childhood centres. There are a large range of departments and services in both acute care and community settings. These include acute Medical & Surgical wards, large operating suite department, Medical Assessment Unit (MAU), Rehabilitation, Maternity and Paediatric wards, Emergency & Intensive care Departments
• Hornsby Intensive Care - Integrated Level 5 Intensive Care (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) up to 13 beds including eight ventilators. We offer a diverse working environment.
• Ryde Hospital is an acute hospital within metropolitan Sydney and forms part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District. Services provided include Emergency Department, High Dependency Unit, Cardiology, General Medicine, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Rehabilitation, Midwifery Group Practice and a number of ambulatory services. Ryde-Eastwood has an excellent transport network in close proximity to the Hospital. Opportunities exist for support with professional development. Each inpatient unit is supported by a Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) and additional CNE support across the organisation on most evening shifts during the week. Ryde nursing and midwifery services vision is to encourage and support staff to provide effective, compassionate and innovative health care.
• Ryde High Dependency Unit/ Coronary Care Our newly refurbished and dynamic Critical Care Unit　is at the forefront of delivering Patient Centred Care within a critical care framework. Motivated Registered Nurses are being offered an exciting opportunity to join the Critical Care UnitCasual Pool. This 14 bed fast paced and dynamic clinical area will provide a supportive learning environment enabling you to develop key nursing skills in the management of both High Dependency and Coronary Care Patients.　 

What you'll be doing

The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individual/s and the greater health care team to achieve quality patient care outcome.

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