Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Bundaberg
Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Bundaberg
Showcase your critical care skills and become a Flight Nurse & deliver essential services & 24-hr emergency care with our aeromedical team.
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Casual
Key points
- Comprehensive orientation & ongoing training with development opportunities
- Casual role- keep your work life balance & work for an iconic industry leader!
- Based in Bundaberg | Providing services to Wide Bay and Central Queensland
Description
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is looking for a dedicated, confident, experienced and passionate Registered Nurse and Midwife to be a part of our Bundaberg Flight Nurse team. RFDS Bundaberg Base is a busy emergency retrieval base, incorporating aeromedical retrieval and inter-hospital transfer services.
The Role;
- Casual role- both planned and unplanned shifts
- Located in Bundaberg
- Provide emergency retrieval services
- Provide regular transfers of patients
Essential Skills
- Registered Nurse and Midwife with AHPRA registration
- Demonstrated 5 years’ post graduate experience (full-time equivalent)
- Demonstrated 3 years’ experience in a critical care environment (in either a recognised tertiary hospital ED with 24 hour in-department medical coverage or a recognised ICU).
- Ability to spend considerable time working in the confined spaces of a small aircraft
Desirable Skills (Can be obtained after to starting employment)
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal resuscitation certification
Why join us?
- We provide extensive and supportive orientation programs prior to commencement
- We offer attractive Base Salary
- We offer additional Salary packaging - increasing your take home pay (casual staff have access to specific packaging benefits)
- We support professional development with access to paid study leave
- Work with people who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution
Interested?
For further information regarding this role please contact Robyn Langton, Nurse Manager – Aeromedical on 07 4131 3002 or email RLangton@rfdsqld.com.au or alternatively please email recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au and call or call 07 3852 7553.
Please ensure the following is clearly identified in your resume: job title, start date, end date, department, brief description, full-time, part-time or casual and the hours or FTE you complete/d.
This allows us to establish your FTE and experience.
Successful candidates will be subject to a Police Check and Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Testing. Candidates are required to hold a current, unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and obtain an ASIC Card. Prior to appointment you will be required to provide certified copies of qualifications/registrations and evidence of immunity or vaccination against VPD. You will also be required to successfully complete the RFDS credentialing process.
RFDS (Queensland Section) works with vulnerable patients in remote parts of Queensland and provides an essential service to many regional and remote communities. To ensure the health and safety of our staff, our patients and these communities, as well as to manage the risks involved in service delivery and COVID-19 transmission in these communities and our workplaces, our staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate the requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including maintaining any recommended booster requirements, will be a term of your employment, as will the requirement to provide proof of vaccination.
The RFDS is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.
Applications for this role will close on the 15th November 2021 however, shortlisting and screening processes may begin before this date.
