Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) - Casual Nurse

About the Role
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is seeking a number of passionate and experienced critical care nurses to join the Nurse Workforce Unit’s Casual Nurse Bank team (Intensive Care Unit stream).

• Casual position
• Post Graduate or equivalent qualification in Critical Care Nursing
• Fitzroy location, close to Gertrude St and the CBD
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Intensive Care Unit
St Vincent’s ICU is an innovative, tertiary ICU in the heart of Melbourne and is next to the cafe-packed Gertrude St. The ICU is funded for 15 ICU equivalent patients which allows up to 19 patients to be admitted at any time, with the flexibility to provide a combination of 1:1 and 1:2 nursing care, depending on patient acuity. St Vincent’s ICU admits over 1700 patients per year of which 50% come from operating theatres, 20% from Emergency, 15% from wards and 15% from inter-hospital transfer. The unit is supported by medical and surgical services that include cardiac surgery (contributing roughly 25% of ICU admissions) and neurosurgery. Therapies provided to patients include invasive ventilation, cardiac support, haemofiltration and ECMO.

St Vincent’s ICU team strongly believe in continuous improvement, education, research, and optimisation of patient centred outcomes with the commitment to delivering exceptional care to patients and their families with kindness and compassion. We aim to deliver this service within a supportive and friendly environment for both ICU staff and our multi-disciplinary teams.

About the Position
Working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting, you will be required to use your exceptional clinical skills to efficiently and accurately plan, coordinate and evaluate care needs to ensure high quality care in a rapidly changing environment.

We are looking for postgraduate qualified critical care nurses for a casual role. The casual nature of employment allows for flexible rostering with 8, 10 or 12 hour day or night shifts available, depending on supplementary staffing demand.

As a new member to St Vincent’s ICU you will linked in with a mentor through our formal SinC Mentorship program to help your transition to the unit a positive one.

Classifications for the RN position will range from ZU3 - ZU11 ($67527.2 - $95,378.40 per annum) pro rata.

Your Contribution
As an experienced, motivated and passionate Critical Care Nurse you will bring demonstrated knowledge and commitment to a patient-centred care framework. Your excellent communication, time management and prioritisation skills will allow you to facilitate team outcomes in a multidisciplinary environment. You will be agile and have strong problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation abilities that will allow you to be adaptable in a fast-paced environment.

About You

• Current condition free registration with AHPRA
• Post Graduate or equivalent qualification in Critical Care Nursing
• Minimum of 12-months ICU hospital experience
• A passion for continuous quality improvement

What we Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• CBD Location, close to Public Transport and close to lots of car parks…on the border of Fitzroy’s Café precinct!
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• Culture of continuous improvement

Application

*Respectfully - No Agencies*

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
• Please address your application to Kaely Kalcic – Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Workforce Operations, and Rebecca Reilly – Nurse Unit Manager, Intensive Care Unit
• Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable number of applicants be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).