Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

North West Hospital and Health Service; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Isolation bonus

12.75% Superannuation contribution

Salary sacrificing options

Career development

Job summary

North West Hospital and Health Service in Mount Isa, QLD, is seeking a Registered Nurse to deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care to patients with complex and acute healthcare needs in a Level 4 ICU. The role offers opportunities to develop expertise, contribute to quality initiatives and make a meaningful difference across the North West community.

Join a team dedicated to professionalism and resilience, with in-house training, career development and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
• C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
• Pre-employment screening including Criminal History checks.
• Vaccination or immunity evidence may be required for Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and TB.
• A period of probation may apply.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, compassionate, evidence-based care to patients with complex and acute healthcare needs.
• Provide care across adult, paediatric and maternity patient populations in a Level 4 ICU/CCU/HD unit.

Job description

North West Hospital and Health Service – Mount Isa QLD

The Intensive Care Unit is a Level 4 CSCF, five-bed mixed ICU, Coronary Care and High Dependency Unit that provides critical care services to adult, paediatric and maternity patients.

As a Registered Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care to patients with complex and acute healthcare needs.

This role offers the opportunity to develop your expertise, contribute to quality improvement initiatives and make a meaningful difference in the lives of people across the North West community.

Working with us

• For 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,695. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$11,085; and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,390 (pro rata for part time employees).
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
• Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

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!