Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

North West Hospital and Health Service; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Isolation bonus

Airfare benefits

Staff accommodation

Rental subsidy

Superannuation contribution

Salary sacrificing

Job summary

North West Hospital and Health Service – Mount Isa QLD offers an Emergency Department Registered Nurse role. The RN will provide frontline emergency care, working with a multidisciplinary team to meet urgent health needs in a fast-paced setting.

This role supports communities across rural and remote Queensland, with additional incentives including isolation bonuses, airfare provisions, and staff accommodation subsidies. A relevant nursing degree and current registration are required.

Qualifications

• Mandatory requirement: relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, compassionate, person-centred care in the Emergency Department.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.
• Support patients and communities across rural and remote Queensland.

Skills

Emergency nursing

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

North West Hospital and Health Service – Mount Isa QLD

Mount Isa Hospital's Emergency Department is the frontline of healthcare for the North West region, caring for patients with a broad range of urgent and emergency health needs.

As a Registered Nurse within our Emergency Department, you'll deliver safe, compassionate, person-centred care while working alongside a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced and rewarding environment.

This is an opportunity to further develop your emergency nursing capabilities, build clinical confidence, and play a vital role in supporting patients and communities across rural and remote Queensland.

Working with us

• For 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,714. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$11,140; and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,426 (pro rata for part time employees).
• In your downtime, we will provide 2 return airfares p.a. (full time employees) (inc. spouse/dependents) or 1 return airfare p.a. (part time employees) to the nearest east coast provincial city in conjunction with your recreation leave.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
• Plus 2 weeks p.a., travel as required and enrolment and conference costs for approved courses and conferences.
• We also offer staff accommodation (if eligible) or a private rental subsidy of AUD$82.50 per week for up to 17 months.

Requirements

• Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
• C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
• Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
• This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
• A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

• Friendly communities
• Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

Contact: Andrea Wallace on (07) 4744 7***.