Registered Nurse - Newborn Intensive Care Unit

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Registered Nurse (Grade 2) – Newborn Intensive Care

 

Multiple Positions Available

• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Flexible work options available
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital 

 

About the Role

These permanent positions are available Full Time or Part Time within the Newborn Intensive Care Unit – Butterfly Ward. We are looking for Registered Nurses with neonatal nursing knowledge and skills to support our Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). 

You will be responsible for working as an expert clinical practitioner, providing high quality nursing care to infants and their families. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to facilitate continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice.

As a Registered Nurse in NICU you will ensure that clinical practice and delivery of care is consistent with RCH and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council standards, by providing comprehensive, safe, evidence-based practice to facilitate optimal health outcomes.

There are multiple career opportunities available, and we welcome applications from all levels of nursing experience. 

Classification for this position will range from YP4 – YP9 (Grade 2 Year 3 to Grade 2 Year 8) (FTE base salary $86,684 to $104,379.6 per annum, plus superannuation)

 

What you’ll achieve:

• Use critical thinking and analysis to plan, evaluate and implement nursing care and undertake interventions that result in positive healthcare outcomes for the patient and their families.
• Collaborate and consult with the nursing team and other multidisciplinary tram members to achieve desired health outcomes for patients and their families.
• Promote patient and family education and involvement in decision-making related to their healthcare.

 

Your skills and experience

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered though the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA)
  
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidenced in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio (PPP)
• Recent experience working within a neonatal setting (preferred)
• Recent paediatric or adult critical care nursing experience (if no neonatal experience)
• Holds Post Graduate Certificate in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (desirable)

 

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

 

About the Department

The Butterfly Ward at the Royal C