Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife Special Care Nursery

• Employment Term: Permanent Part-Time Position Available
• Location: Buderim Private Hospital, Sunshine Coast, QLD
• Remuneration: $40.45 - $52 p/h + 11% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with Buderim Private Hospital

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team at Buderim Private Hospital as a Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife Special Care Nursery , you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

What makes a difference for you?

With a deep connection to the Sunshine Coast that’s 40 years in the making, Buderim Private Hospital partners with our patients to deliver personalised one-on-one care from the heart.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

• Free On-Site Parking 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference 

Your part in Buderim Private Hospital

• Buderim Private Hospital is seeking motivated, innovative and passionate dual Registered Nurses (RN) and Registered Midwife (RM) to be part of our Special Care Nursery / Women’s Health Team.

  Contemporary knowledge of best practice in newborn nursing care is required and extensive neonatal clinical experience preferred with a minimum 2 years experience in a similar level special care nursery. Appropriate post graduate qualifications not essential, but highly regarded.

  Buderim Private Special Care Nursery (SCN) is a level 4 Nursery and provides care for babies greater than 32 weeks and 1500 grams. SCN supports maternity services at Buderim Private and patient transfers from tertiary health centres. In this role, you will be responsible for the clinical management and delivery of care in a 7 cot special care nursery. Staffing levels will be dependent on patient occupancy and acuity. Therefore, the ability to work autonomously and independently is essential for low occupancy/acuity shifts.  SCN is supported by the Clinical Nurse Manager, Maternity/Women’s Health Ward Team and 24/7 available VMP.

What makes a difference for us?

To be successful in the role you will possess current unrestricted midwifery and nursing registration with AHPRA and have recent experience and proficiency in the following advanced skill set:

• CPAP and High Flow nasal oxygen
• Assisting and preparing for stabilisation and retrieval including initiating ventilator care
• PIVC and UVC Therapy (Including IV medications)
• Phototherapy management
• Ability to work autonomously within the SCN
• Willingness to work outside of SCN in the Maternity postnatal/ antenatal and Women’s Health ward environment as per staffing and patient needs
• Ensuring patient flow is managed whilst providing high standards of patient care

Buderim Private Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.

As one of the Sunshine Coast’s largest hospitals, we provide a comprehensive range of surgical and medical services using the latest technology. This includes emergency, maternity, intensive care, cardiovascular, obstetric and gynaecology, urology, cancer care, general medicine, renal and respiratory services, orthopaedic and mental health care, among many others.