Registered Nurse (RN) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Casual Pool NSLHD
An exciting opportunity exists to join the Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Casual Pool and become a valued member of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) casual pool. NSLHD has a person centred care approach within a practice development framework. The LHD casual pool offers flexibility of shifts.
Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ472030
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 working
- 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. Neonatal Nursing at RNSH is a very rewarding long term career choice. The Family centred care philosophy provides a unique nursing experience that focuses on the baby and family as one unit. This empowers parents to be actively involved in their infant’s care and all aspects of decision making. A Leader in the philosophy of family integrated developmental care. Dynamic Multidisciplinary team: Medical, Nursing, Allied health. Nursing Team includes: nurse educator, clinical educators, clinical nurse consultant, Clinical NUM1, lactation specialist, discharge planners. Excellence in Professional Development and robust involvement in research and commitment to Clinical Practice Improvement. Progressive and supportive, Inclusive culture. High nursing to patient ratio.
- Intensive Care (ICU): 12 built beds. Provision of Respiratory support via: CPAP, Ventilation, High frequency ventilation, Cooling for encephalopathy, brainz monitoring, management of congenital abnormalities. Education of parents and families on all aspects of family cantered care. High Dependency (HDU): 9 Beds. Ongoing management of neonates following the acute phase. Accommodates 3 swing beds for ICU overflow. Continued education of family centred care.
- Low Dependency (LDU). 8 Beds. Step down from HDU. Final stage of preparing families for home. Rooming in facility for parents.
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:
- 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 most recent Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) clinical knowledge and experience including your ability to problem solve within the NICU 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
