Registered Nurse Critical Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

At Epworth Geelong in Waurn Ponds you can choose to work full-time or part-time in the ICU providing evidence-based nursing care for a complex patient cohort.  You will care for patients across cardiovascular neurosurgery bariatric complex surgical and medical cases.  Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager you will be part of a respectful and supportive ICU team that enjoys challenges and has high levels of job satisfaction.

You will make an impact by:

• Evaluating and monitoring your patients progress
• Identifying sudden or subtle changes in your patients medical condition
• Caring for patients needs throughout their recovery in the ICU
• Creating and implementing effective care plans
• Being the information conduit between doctors patients and patients families

To be successful in this role:

You enjoy collaborating with team members and patients to create an exceptional patient experience. Focused on positive patient outcomes you are professional compassionate and empathetic in your personal conduct. Holding confidence in your own abilities and a willingness to learn you can work autonomously and show initiative to identify tested or innovative patient-centric solutions.

Position Description           Inherent Requirements

You will have:

• Minimum 4 years ICU Nursing experience  
• Current nursing registration with AHPRA
• Postgraduate qualification in Critical Care Nursing
• Solid understanding of health information structures and technology
• Availability to work day and night shifts including on-call participation

About Epworth Geelong

Epworth Geelong located adjacent to Deakin Universitys Medical School in Waurn Ponds is developing an environment of world-class health care and education to meet the needs of the expanding population of Geelong and South West Victoria. Providing exciting career opportunities to doctors nurses allied health professionals and support staff. It features contemporary design cutting-edge medical technology and best practice patient care whilst offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical surgical and rehabilitation services.

Qualifications :

Postgraduate qualification in Critical Care Nursing

Additional Information :

Why Join Epworth

At Epworth its a community.

Its the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient addition to this you will have access to:

• Salary package up to $15900 pre-tax annually leading to greater take home pay
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth
• Relocation assistance is available for approved candidates

At Epworth we care.

We care about our patients and we care about our people.  We care about keeping everyone safe.  We care about valuing and empowering our people and growing careers.  And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive and contribute to our communities.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. This includes First Nations peoples people with disability mature-age and young job seekers members of the LGBTIQA community and individuals from all cultural backgrounds. We are committed to providing an equitable inclusive and barrier-free recruitment experience for everyone.

If you need support during the application process or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments we encourage you to let us know what you need to participate fully and confidently. We understand that sharing your needs can feel daunting so please know that any information you provide will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and respect.

The annual salary range for full time Registered Nurses AUD $82236 - $103280 super entitlements depending on registration type year level and position (prorated for part-time).

Enquire/ Apply

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It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare subject to reasonable exemptions that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination where this is required under Epworth policy.

As a child safe organisation all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all across race ability ethnicity gender age sexuality cultures and beliefs that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth we care.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time