Registered Nurse and Midwife
Registered Nurse and Midwife
Take your career to new heights as a Flight Nurse! Provide aeromedical retrieval and inter-hospital transfers throughout Queensland.
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Full-time
Key points
- Comprehensive orientation & ongoing training with development opportunities
- RFDS Rockhampton Base
- Full-time and Part-time roles available ( 12-15 Shifts per month)
Description
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is looking for capable, intelligent, and confident Registered Nurses with Midwifery to join our team to provide invaluable service to regional and remote patients.
You have strong values around care, service and personal development and have a great ability to build trust-based relationships with those around you. You also have advanced people and communication skills, maturity, a sense of humour, extraordinary patience, and a deep-seated need to serve people.
You would describe yourself as honest, smart, fun, reliable, consistent, and hardworking. You are tech-savvy and confident in clinical documentation. In addition, you will meet the following specific criteria;
- Registration 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
Join RFDS Rockhampton Base!
We have a maximum term, full-time position joining us for an initial 2-year contract. Full-time Flight Nurses work 15 shifts per 28-day roster period. We are open to discussing alternate rostering arrangements so please feel free to get in touch with our team for further discussion.
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 Rockhampton Base provide aeromedical retrieval and inter-hospital transfers throughout Queensland. There are a variety of presentations and transfers at both busy bases, including intensive care, trauma, emergency, cardiac, neurology, pediatrics, and neonates. No day is ever the same in these dynamic roles with new and exciting challenges that require your extensive critical care skills and knowledge.
Why join RFDS (Queensland Section)?
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 emergencies. 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 133K (FTE) + superannuation
- Additional pay points for post-graduation qualifications
- 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!
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program including counselling, nutrition sessions, financial sessions, and legal advice
- Private health insurance discounts
- Novated leasing available
Interested?
If you would like any further information, please contact Talent Acquisition at recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au or call 07 3852 7553.
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 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. 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 a 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 Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland) is passionate about fostering equality within the workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and people of culturally diverse backgrounds.
Applications for this role close on the 22nd of May 2023 however, shortlisting and screening processes may begin before this date.
