Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Townsville
Flight Nurse (Midwifery) Townsville
Want a Change ?? Diversify your Critical Care and Midwifery skills and take to the skies with RFDS (Queensland Section)!
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Part-time
Key points
- Join a proud and passionate team improving the health of the people of QLD
- Supportive team- Comprehensive orientation & ongoing training
- Part-time role- maintain your work-life balance with 9 shifts per month!
Description
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) are leaders in improving the health of people in remote, rural and regional Queensland. As we head toward our 100th year of providing services, we are focused on providing safe, high-quality clinical care.
RFDS Townsville Base has an opportunity for a Flight Nurse with Midwifery to join the team in a part-time role of 9 shifts per 28-day roster period (0.6 FTE) on a maximum term contract for 12 months. This role could potentially extend after the initial 12-month period.
RFDS Townsville Base provides aeromedical retrieval and inter-hospital transfers throughout all of Queensland. Your day could involve travel up to Thursday Island, across to Mt Isa, down to Brisbane, or any of the other many places throughout Queensland that we serve. There are many presentations and transfers, including intensive care, trauma, emergency, cardiac, neurology, paediatrics, and neonates. No day is ever the same in this dynamic base with new and exciting challenges that will require your extensive critical care skills and knowledge.
Who we are looking for?
- Skilled clinicians registered with AHPRA to practise Nursing and Midwifery
- 5 years post-graduate experience (full-time equivalent) (FTE).
- Minimum of 3 years experience 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
Desirable Skills (Can be obtained after starting employment)
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal resuscitation certification
Why join RFDS Townsville Base?
There are gorgeous beaches and rainforests in and around Townsville, the Outback and Great Barrier Reef are all nearby. The beautiful and very popular Magnetic Island is only a 20-minute ferry trip away. Townsville has a vibrant, dynamic lifestyle to be enjoyed with 320 days of sunshine a year! Those looking for a laid-back coastal lifestyle with the conveniences of big city living will find it in Townsville. It is a great community for individuals, couples, and families.
In addition, to an idyllic community to settle in you will be a specialist in our exceptional frontline team. You’ll use all the skills you’ve worked so hard to acquire, making a difference in people’s everyday lives and delivering vital care in emergency situations. By joining the RFDS (Queensland Section), you will have access to the following:
- Work with a supportive team of people who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution
- Generous base salary of 79K (0.6 FTE) + superannuation
- Access to generous not-for-profit tax-free benefits of up to $18,550
- Extensive orientation program
- Commitment to your professional development- with paid study leave!
- Additional company superannuation contribution program
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program including counselling, nutrition sessions, financial sessions, and legal advice
- Private health insurance discounts
- Novated leasing available
- Opportunity to be a part of the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service team
Interested?
If you would like any further information, please contact Talent Acquisition on recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au or call 07 3852 7553. Alternatively, please call our Nurse Manager– Aeromedical Elizabeth Ferrier on 0409 920 103.
Please ensure the following is 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 Police Checks and Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Testing. Candidates are required to hold a current, unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and obtain an ASIC Card. Before the 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 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 4th March 2022 however, shortlisting and screening processes may begin before this date.
