Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Rockhampton
Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Rockhampton
Provide the finest care in the furthest corner! Support emergency retrievals & inter-hospital transfers with the RFDS Rockhampton Flight Nurse team!
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Casual
Key points
- Casual role- maintain your work/life balance!
- Join our specialist front-line team & work for an iconic organisation
- Comprehensive orientation & ongoing training with development opportunities
Description
RFDS is currently looking for a Casual Flight Nurse (Midwifery) to be based in RFDS Rockhampton Base. You will work across Central QLD performing emergency aeromedical retrieval and inter hospital transfers, providing a bridge to essential healthcare for Australians in remote, rural and regional areas.
Who we are looking for?
- Registration with AHPRA to practise Nursing and Midwifery
- 5 years post graduate experience (full time equivalent) (FTE)
- Minimum of 3 years (FTE) in a critical care environment (24 hour in-department medical coverage/ tertiary hospital) within the last 7 years
- Ability to spend considerable time working in the confined spaces of a small aircraft
The casual Flight Nurse generally works several shifts per month, on a planned and unplanned basis.
Desirable Skills (Can be obtained after starting employment)
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal resuscitation certification
Why join us?
As a specialist in our exceptional frontline team, you’ll embrace a unique professional challenge. You’ll use all the skills you’ve worked so hard to acquire, making a difference to people’s everyday lives and delivering vital care in emergency situations. With a workplace spanning thousands of kilometres of regional and outback Queensland you’ll see work and life like never before. We also offer;
- Highly Attractive daily rate + Salary Packaging + Super
- We provide extensive and supportive orientation, training, and development programs
- Opportunity to be a part of the iconic RFDS team!!
- Work with people who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution
- Commitment to support your own professional development- paid study leave
- Employee Assistance Program; advice for staff and their families (support, nutrition & financial)
- Discounted private health insurance
About Us
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world. Using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology, we deliver extensive primary healthcare and 24-hour emergency service, from strategic bases, to those who live, work and travel throughout Queensland.
Interested?
If you would like any further information or a position description, please contact Talent Acquisition on recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au.
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 close on the 14th February 22 however, shortlisting and screening processes will begin before this date so please don't delay in applying.
