Clinical Nurses (Neonatal Intensive Care)
Neonatal Intensive Care are looking for several Clinical Nurses (Neonatal Intensive Care) to join the team
Summary about this job
Nursing - Midwifery, Neo-Natal, SCN & NICU
Company: Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service
Location: Gold Coast
Work type: Full Time
Salary: $87 796-$94 010 p.a, $44.27-$47.41 p.h
Phone: +61-3-5244-7094
Fax: +61-3-4487-3105
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Detail information about job Clinical Nurses (Neonatal Intensive Care). Terms and conditions vacancy
About the role
An opportunity has become available for several Neonatal Intensive Care Clinical Nurses to join Gold Coast Health where the focus of our 9000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to over 550,000 people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region.
You will take responsibility for
- Provide advanced level neonatal nursing expertise to support the nursing team to provide evidence based care within the Newborn Care unit
- Working with the multidisciplinary team across the service to plan care for impending neonatal admissions and provide care to inpatients
- Providing relevant, contemporary information and education to parents and their families to support learning and enable independence
- Fulfilling the roles of Team Leader operationally managing the shift and staff or Clinical Support Nurse responding to Code Blue calls and supporting staff clinically
Requirements of the role
- Recent level 6 neonatal intensive care experience
- Be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) and hepatitis B
- Be AHPRA registered
- Hold a Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent (mandatory)
- Minimum Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma within a relevant specialty area is highly desirable
We offer fabulous employee benefits including
- Career Development
- Flexible work policies
- Leave loading
- Mentoring
- Salary Packaging
- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
Salary information
- Permanent full time
- Permanent part time (several positions, variable - minimum 48 hours per fortnight)
- Base salary ranging from $87 796 - $94 010 per annum, $44.27 - 47.41 per hour
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% leave loading
About the unit
The Newborn and Children's Services at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) is part of Women's, Newborn and Children's Services (WNCS) and is comprised of the 9 cot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and 24 cot Special Care Nursery. The NICU admits babies fulfilling Level 6 Queensland Clinical Services Capability Framework criteria which includes but is not limited to:
- 24 weeks gestation
- Parenteral Nutrition
- Nitric Oxide therapy
- Exchange transfusions
- Therapeutic cooling
- Neonatal surgical procedures
- All forms of mechanical ventilation including High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
About Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
- More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Day and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
How to apply
Apply for this role by clicking on the “Apply” button and submitting a resume and covering letter addressing your suitability to the role by Friday, 10th August 2018.
Job Ad reference: GC279274
Please note: no third party applications will be accepted.