Registered Nurse - ICU

Healthscope Hospitals; Newcastle City Council; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility to work across hospitals

Discounted health insurance

Ongoing professional development

Job summary

Newcastle Private Hospital, part of Healthscope Hospitals, invites experienced ICU/HDU Registered Nurses to join our expert team. We offer full-time, part-time and casual opportunities in a 15-bed ICU within a large private hospital co-located on the John Hunter Campus, Rankin Park.

Our ICU supports cardiac, maternity, rehab and oncology services with a wide specialist network. You will monitor, assess and evaluate patient care, work within a multi-disciplinary team, and maintain high

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration and Australian working rights.
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in an acute ICU or HDU setting.
• Post Graduate Certificate in ICU/HDU/CCU desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
• Adhere to professional standards, ethics and Healthscope policies.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to deliver high quality patient care.
• Maintain constructive relationships with VMO partners and external stakeholders.
• Deliver evidence-based, patient-centered care in an ICU/HDU environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical decision making

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

AHPRA registration

Job description

• Work to suit you! Full-time, Part-time and Casual roles available
• Supportive management and collaborative team culture
• Take the next step in your career! Access mentoring and ongoing professional developmentin this exciting opportunity

Are you an experienced ICU or HDU trained Registered Nurse looking for your next challenge?

Newcastle Private Hospital is seeking experienced Registered Nurse’s to join our ICU team, we have a variety of roles available with work on a full-time, Part-time and casual basis.

Newcastle Private Hospital,Where doing what you love means more:
Come and join our expert team of surgeons, specialist doctors, dedicated nurses and allied health professionals at Newcastle Private Hospital. We are a 189 bed, acute, private hospital facility co-located on the John Hunter Campus at Rankin Park with11 theatres including a hybrid theatre and a 15 bed Intensive Care Unit.

Our Cardiac, Maternity, Rehab and Oncology services also provide exceptional specialty care for individuals and their families/carers across the Newcastle region and beyond.

As a Registered Nurse – ICU, your responsibilities will include:

• Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of excellent standard of evidence based, person centred patient care
• Demonstrate professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope's polices and processes
• Act as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices
• Collaborate with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care across the health care continuum
• Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes
• Current Registration with AHPRA & Working rights in Australia
• Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in an acute acute ICU, or HDU setting
• A degree of exposure and experience in a HDU or ICU setting
• Commitment to Quality Patient Care
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
• Sound clinical decision making and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Post Graduate Certificate in ICU, HDU, or CCU (or working towards) is desirable

Why Healthscope? Come and be the difference in our patient's life.
When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families.

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

As a healthscope employee you benefit from:

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance for full-time and part-time employees
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.
If you are successful in the role, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant registered nursing experience against the current Healthscope and NSWNMA/ANMF - NSW Nurses and Midwives' - Enterprise Agreement 2026, a salary ranging from $40 - $56 per hour.