Critical Care Registered Nurse - ICU

• Full Time and Part Time opportunities available
• Rotating roster of 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts - enjoy flexibility to suit your lifestyle
• Salary range 71,300 - $95,400 (pro rata) depending on experience

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) ICU has 42 physical bed spaces and currently admits over 2000 patients every year. We are equipped to provide physiological monitoring and life supporting therapies, accepting both high dependency and intensive care patients. The range of life supporting therapies provided include haemofiltration, IABP, ECMO, invasive neurological monitoring, invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, invasive haemodynamic monitoring, temporary cardiac pacing, administration of inotropic and vasopressor agents, and other high level supportive therapies.

The RMH ICU provides services to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre partners, the Peter MacCallum Hospital and the Women’s hospital across the Parkville precinct.

We are looking for postgraduate qualified ICU nurses to join our welcoming and collaborative team.

Why work with The Royal Melbourne Hospital?

• Work in an exciting learning environment with accessible mentoring and educational support.
• Great opportunities for career diversity and professional development, including training and research opportunities, as well as access to mentorship and leadership programs.
• Enjoy an expanding employee benefits program, with comprehensive Health & Wellbeing programs to support work life balance, including onsite staff gym and staff vaccination program.
• Ongoing reward and recognition programs including monthly ‘You Made a Difference’ awards celebrating staff and teams across the organisation.
• Up to $12,000 tax free earnings with salary packaging options, monthly paid day off for full time staff, five weeks annual leave per year (pro rata).
• Central Parkville location – onsite car parking options, easily accessible via public transport.

Your new role:

• Join our supportive ICU team and practice collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Promote optimal health outcomes through evidence-based nursing practice and participation in continuing education and professional development.
• Contribute to an exciting and positive learning environment by supporting the development of all staff.

About you:

• You have ICU experience in an acute hospital and have completed a post graduate qualification in critical care nursing (ICU).
• You provide high quality patient centred care through your well-developed assessment, clinical reasoning, problem-solving and prioritisation skills.
• You have great communication and interpersonal skills, and work well both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity and inclusion for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested? Apply today!

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below – we would love to hear from you! If you need any support with your application, please reach out to the hiring manager via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.