Registered Nurse/Midwife - SCN

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife (Dual Qualified) – Special Care Nursery | Buderim Hospital

• Employment Term: Permanent Part Time or Casual Opportunity Available

• Location: Buderim Private Hospital, Sunshine Coast, QLD

• Remuneration: $42.50 - $54.62 phr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

• Qualifications: Dual Qualified – Registered Nurse/Midwife

• Relocation: Relocation Assistance may be available by negotiation

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with Buderim Private Hospital

As one of the Sunshine Coast’s largest hospitals, we provide a comprehensive range of surgical and medical services using the latest technology. This includes emergency, maternity, intensive care, cardiovascular, obstetric and gynaecology, urology, cancer care, general medicine, renal and respiratory services, orthopaedic and mental health care, among many others. With a deep connection to the Sunshine Coast that’s 40 years in the making, Buderim Private Hospital partners with our patients to deliver personalised one-on-one care from the heart and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

An integral part of our team, as a Registered Nurse/Midwife, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our Buderim Hospital team

Buderim Private Hospital is seeking motivated, innovative and passionate dual Registered Nurses (RN) and Registered Midwife (RM) to be part of our Special Care Nursery / Women’s Health Team.

Contemporary knowledge of best practice in newborn nursing care is and extensive neonatal clinical experience preferred with a minimum 2 years experience in a similar level special care nursery. Appropriate post graduate qualifications not essential, but highly regarded.

Buderim Private Special Care Nursery (SCN) is a level 4 Nursery and provides care for babies greater than 32 weeks and 1500 grams. SCN supports maternity services at Buderim Private and patient transfers from tertiary health centres. In this role, you will be responsible for the clinical management and delivery of care in a 7 cot special care nursery. Staffing levels will be dependent on patient occupancy and acuity. Therefore, the ability to work autonomously and independently is essential for low occupancy/acuity shifts. SCN is supported by the Clinical Nurse Manager, Maternity/Women’s Health Ward Team and 24/7 available VMP.

What makes a difference for us?

• Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery degrees with current unrestricted AHPRA registration

• Recent experience in Special Care Nursery

• CPAP and High Flow nasal oxygen

• Assisting and preparing for stabilisation and retrieval including initiating ventilator care

• PIVC and UVC Therapy (Including IV medications)

• Phototherapy management

• Ability to work autonomously within the SCN

• Willingness to work outside of SCN in the Maternity postnatal/ antenatal and Women’s Health ward environment as per staffing and patient needs

• Ensuring patient flow is managed whilst providing high standards of patient care

• Available to work across all shifts, AM/PM/Nights

• Full Australian Working Rights (please note, we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time)

• Willingness to obtain required vaccinations in line with hospitals infection control requirements, as well as undergo national criminal history check and functional assessment

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.