This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start!
We are seeking experienced critical care nurses who are willing to join a dynamic and expanding work force. As part of a multidisciplinary team you will provide comprehensive evidence-based nursing care to patients as well as facilitate and promote patient safety and quality of care.
VISA sponsorship is available to eligible experienced critical care nurses wishing to relocate and join the team at Fiona Stanley Hospital – Intensive Care Unit.
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH), as part of the South Metropolitan Health Service, (SMHS) is a 783-bed tertiary hospital offering a range of health services including the State Rehabilitation Service, a comprehensive Cancer Centre, purpose-built Mental Health Unit, Maternity, Paediatric and Neonatal services, and the State Adult Burns Service. FSH also delivers specialised services such as heart and lung transplantations and hyperbaric medicine.
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Fiona Stanley Hospital provides a split ICU and High Dependency Unit (HDU) model. The unit provides tertiary level 6 planned services for the management of adults requiring post-operative intensive care, as well as emergency services for adults with life-threatening illnesses, injuries or complications. The 40-bed unit is divided into 4 pods each with 10 beds. Each pod has a delegated cohort of patients and nursing staff are supported across their learning continuum to work across all areas and specialties. Staff are supported by senior critical care nurses in each pod and provided a structured and robust education and support model recognizing everyone’s prior learning.
The FSH ICU supports acute medical and surgical services including but not limited to the:
- State-Wide Adult Burns Service
- Metropolitan Trauma Service
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Service (Including Cardio-Pulmonary Transplant)
- Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service (AHFCTS)
- Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD's) including Impella & IABP devices
- Advanced Lung Disease Service (ALDS).
- Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- State Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
- Transport & Retrieval Services
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Monica Ticharwa, Nurse Manager on +61 8 6152 1344 or email Monica.Ticharwa@health.wa.gov.au
If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:
As part of the application process, applicants are requested to answer all applicant questions and provide:
- a cover letter
- a Curriculum Vitae (CV) that clearly shows your experience relevant to this role; and
- the names and contact details of two (2) professional referees. It is preferable for your referee to be a current supervisor or manager.
These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.
Employee Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):
- Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flexible leave arrangements
- Other profesisonal and location-based allowances
- For further information click here.
Eligibility
Are you eligible? To be eligible for a permanent appointment to the Western Australian public sector is essential that you are an Australian citizen or have permanent residency status in Australia. To be eligible for a fixed term appointment you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
All WA health system employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including the booster vaccination when they are eligible) in order to access health care facilities, pursuant to the Health Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (HWD) (or its replacement), COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination and Vaccination Program Policy, and the Booster Vaccination (Restriction on Access) Directions (no 2) (or its replacement) (BVD), unless the employee is exempt pursuant to the HWD and/or BVD.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
This is a recruitment pool for permanent full time, permanent part time, fixed term full time, and fixed term part time appointments, with the possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency.
Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 31/10/2023.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.