Registered Nurse (RN) Casual Pool NSLHD
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ472026
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 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) 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 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.
MedicaI 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. Currently in the early stages of a total redevelopment. 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 an 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 doingAssess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individual/s and the greater health care team to achieve quality patient care outcome. Registered Nurses must ensure the provision of safe, evidence-based, person -centred nursing care in line with the policies, procedures and standards of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other statutory authorities.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- 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.
- Are you a Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please provide your AHPRA registration number.
- Summarise your current clinical knowledge and experience as a Registered Nurse including your ability to problem solve within the current clinical environment.
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For role related queries or questions contact Samantha McCarthy on NSLHD-NMDCasualPoolAgency@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 26 May 2024
Once application completed candidates may be contacted prior to closing date
