What we offer
- Decide your work-life balance by letting us know how much and when you want to work.
- Enjoy the extra money with attractive agency pay rates
- Have confidence you’re being offered the best available shifts by working with a long-standing and well-established nursing agency
- Have the opportunity to further your career by training and working in specialised fields
- A strong support base with our friendly and experienced admin staff providing you with assistance
Provide nursing care to critically ill patients and patients with unstable health after injury, surgery or acute phases of the disease.
Duties
- Evaluate and monitor the patient’s condition
- Administer medication and treatments to patients.
- Provide support during recovery
- Perform diagnostic tests
- Identify, record and report sudden or subtle changes in patient’s condition
- Deliver regular updates to doctors, patients and their families
- Respond to medical emergencies and alert appropriate doctors
- Care for patient needs throughout their recovery in ICU
- Complete necessary paperwork
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Deliver an advanced level of nursing practice
- Provide direction, education and support to other nursing staff
- Promote professional standards of practice and conduct
- Ensure patient and staff safety
- Monitor, record and report symptoms or changes in patient’s conditions
- Observe for reactions or side effects
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for the patient
- Provide Education to families and patients
- Discharge and Admit Patients
- Supervise, coordinate and work in consultation with other health care members
- Minimum 1-year recent clinical experience
- Experience working as an Intensive Care Nurse in Australia
- Work rights in Australia
- Current AHPRA Registration
- Current Criminal Record Check (can easily be applied for)
- Current Working with Children Check (can easily be applied for)
- Full immunisation history
- Great communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work well independently or in a team
- Commitment to high-quality patient care
- Ability to work in a stressful and emotional environment
- Sound clinical decision making and problem-solving skills
- A resume to send with your application
Available Locations
- Melbourne
- Geelong
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