Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, Part-time and Casual Opportunities available
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $41.22 - $57.88 per hour + 12% Superannuation + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ687520
Location: Manning Base Hospital
Closing Day: Monday 7th September 2026
Take your nursing career into Critical Care and be part of a team caring for patients when they need it most.
You’ll work closely with experienced ICU doctors and a multidisciplinary team, delivering attentive, face-to-face care to patients who require close monitoring and support. The unit is also supported by a dedicated full-time educator, ensuring you have access to guidance, ongoing learning opportunities, and professional development.
Why Critical Care?
Critical Care nursing is where strong clinical judgement, rapid assessment and evidence-based practice make a real difference.
In this role, you will be working with patients whose clinical condition can change quickly, requiring you to recognise deterioration, respond effectively to emergencies and prioritise care in a complex environment. You will have the opportunity to further develop your assessment, clinical decision-making and emergency response skills while working collaboratively with medical, nursing and allied health professionals.
What you'll bring
We are looking for Registered Nurses who can demonstrate:
Demonstrated Critical Care or ICU nursing experience
Experience with cardiac monitoring and the ability to recognise and respond to cardiac changes
Strong clinical knowledge, critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, with the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to patient care.
The ability to recognise and respond to changes in a patient's clinical condition and emergency situations.
The ability to apply evidence-based practice and use clinical judgement to support safe, high-quality care.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills when working with patients, families, carers and the broader multidisciplinary team.
Strong time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing clinical demands within a complex and fast-paced environment.
A commitment to ongoing professional development and maintaining contemporary clinical practice.
ICU training, critical care and Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT), or a strong willingness to develop this skill experience is highly desirable.
Essential requirements:
This is a role where strong clinical judgement, attention to detail and the ability to recognise subtle changes in a patient's condition are essential.
What you'll be doing
As a Critical Care Registered Nurse, you will:
Provide safe, compassionate and person-centred care to patients with complex and changing clinical needs.
Monitoring and managing patients experiencing haemodynamic instability
Cardiac monitoring and recognising and responding to changes in cardiac status
Mange non-invasive and invasive ventilation management
Comprehensive patient assessment and ongoing clinical monitoring
Responding effectively to clinical deterioration and emergency situations
Managing complex patients with rapidly changing clinical needs
Working collaboratively with ICU medical staff and the multidisciplinary team
Respond promptly and effectively to clinical deterioration and emergency situations.
Use critical thinking, clinical assessment and evidence-based practice to guide nursing care.
Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve safe and effective patient outcomes.
Advocate for patients and support patients, families and carers to understand their care and make informed decisions.
Manage competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of patient care.
Grow your Critical Care career
Whether you're looking to build your experience in Critical Care or take the next step in your clinical nursing career, you'll be supported to continue developing your knowledge and skills.
You'll join a team where collaboration, professional development and high-quality patient care are central to the way we work.
If you're a clinically focused Registered Nurse who thrives in complex environments and wants to make a real difference in Critical Care, we want to hear from you.
The Perks
Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
6 weeks annual leave (for eligible full-time nurses)
4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) – supporting genuine work-life balance
Salary packaging options – up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
Fitness Passport – discounted gym options for you and your family
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact
[email protected] for confidential support.
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive
PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
