Registered Nurse (ICU)
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- Registered Nurse
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- REQ527633 Requisition #
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- 2 days ago Post Date
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time up to 38 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour
Application Close Date: 03/11/2024
Interview Date Range: 06/11/2024 – 13/11/2024
Contact Details: Michelle Dowd – 0467 706 395 | Michelle.Dowd1@health.nsw.gov.au
Liverpool Hospital is seeking driven, dedicated and passionate Registered Nurses to join and provide assistance in our ICU Department.
ICU is highly challenging yet highly rewarding and our district provides some of the best teaching and learning facilities in the country. Working in our Intensive Care Units you will be continually supported. You will be providing care for a wide variety of patients with conditions such as traumatic injuries, heart failure and post major surgeries.
Across the district, our ICU education teams collaborate and work together to ensure our nurses are highly skilled and well educated. Intensive Care utilises a variety of progressive medical technology including the Electronic ICU medical record system (eRIC) which will be installed throughout 2022, ventilation, dialysis and Heart & Lung bypass machines. You also will be part of rewarding experiences such as organ donations and retrievals and other important life changing processes.
Our Hospital has 24/7 access to management and educators available 7 days a week. There is also strong support from the entire Multidisciplinary team across these areas to assist patients, families and staff who are involved in the Critical Care space.
If you would like to grow your career in a Critical Care environment, click APPLY NOW or for more information contact Michelle Dowd on (02) 8738 3629.
Where You'll Be Working:
- Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
- The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
- Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
- Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the UNSW Sydney and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
- Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- How do you ensure that your nursing practice aligns with evidenced-based approaches and cultural sensitivity to achieve quality patient outcomes? Can you provide an example of a complex patient case where your collaborative approach within a multidisciplinary team was crucial to successful patient care?
- Describe a situation where you had to manage conflicting priorities while consistently maintaining patient-centered care. How did you navigate these challenges to ensure the needs of the patients and their families were met effectively?
- Describe a scenario where you had to make a critical clinical decision under pressure. How did you assess the situation, implement a plan, and evaluate the outcomes to ensure the best care for the patient?
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Additional Information
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To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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