Enrolled Nurse (EN) 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.

Northern Sydney Local Health District facilities are located on picturesque and tranquil settings, 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. Each facility within the NSLHD has a dedicated NUM to support the casual workforce in training education and performance development. We support our staff in developing their knowledge and skills with access to Clinical Nurse Educators in all units. 

Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a principal tertiary referral centre as well as a NSW trauma centre and major public teaching hospital. RNSH is situated in close proximity to the vibrant suburbs of Crows Nest and Chatswood, with excellent public transport links and rapid access to the CBD. The state-wide services provided by RNSH are:

• Severe burns injury
• Neonatal intensive care
• Spinal cord injury
• Interventional neuroradiology

The Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Health Service 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, these include general medical – Coronary Care Unit, general and dementia/delirium and surgical wards- general surgical and orthopaedic , two rehabilitation wards, Emergency, Medical Assessment Unit (MAU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU),  paediatric ward and maternity inpatient unit with four birthing suites and a special care nursery and eight operating theatres including endoscopy suite. The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service stretches from the Hawkesbury River to Lindfield, east to St Ives and west to Pennant Hills, Cherrybrook and Epping. There is a great opportunity to work in a vibrant teaching hospital with orientation included.  

Medical Imaging covers many modalities and there are departments located across NSLHD including RNSH, Hornsby, Ryde and Mona Vale Hospitals. A comprehensive orientation and training will be provided.

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.

Mona Vale Hospital, located on the Pittwater Peninsula between Manly and Palm Beach, continues to have a vital role in providing healthcare services to the Northern Beaches community. The hospital is currently in a transitional phase where it is being transformed with new services and infrastructure. Mona Vale Hospital delivers inpatient rehabilitation and a Urgent Care Centre which operates 24/7 to treat minor injuries and illnesses. It also consists of the newly built AYAH (Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice) located at Manly with the beautiful tranquil surrounds of North Head and the ocean.

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.

The purpose of this role is to provide safe and effective nursing care to patients using an individualised holistic approach related to the goals of care determined by the Primary Nurse (Registered Nurse) and within professional role limits and Enrolled Nurse Scope of Practice. In the delivery of nursing care the Enrolled Nurse will work under both the direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse.    

The Enrolled Nurse will consult with the registered nurse to ensure delegation is commensurate with own level of competence and within Local Health District (LHD) and Service policy, particularly in relation to the administration of medications.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria: