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Looking for more than just a nursing job?

Get paid to live in paradise and join the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team as a Registered Nurse.

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About us:

The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities.

Cairns

Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

The Cairns Intensive Care

Unit has a funded capacity of 10 ICU 1 beds and 6 ICU 2 beds, located on Level 1, C Block. The function of the ICU is to provide intensive therapy to critically ill paediatric and adult patients with single or multi organ failure. As a Level 6 ICU, Cairns ICU provides care for most clinical conditions were patients in ICU 1 are generally nursed at a 1:1 nurse: patient ratio, while ICU 2 is a 1:2 nurse: patient ratio.

About your role:

- Deliver comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring and interpretation of clinical data to support timely recognition of deterioration.
- Provide routine and complex patient care, including hygiene, pressure injury prevention, medication administration, and nutritional management.
- Manage advanced therapies and devices,



including invasive lines, artificial airways, High Flow Therapy (HFT), Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV), and Mechanical Ventilation (MV).
- Monitor and maintain fluid, electrolyte and haemodynamic stability, including arterial blood gas analysis and cardiac monitoring.
- Coordinate safe care of critically ill patients, including complex wound and drain management and intra-hospital patient transfers.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description and Role Overview

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace perks. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.

Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.

Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.

Visit our website to learn more about our hospitals and health centres.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

- CAH696306_Role Description_RN_ICU (PDF)

CAH696306_ Role Overview_RN_ICU (PDF)

CHHHS Application Kit (PDF)

CHHHS Information for applicants (PDF)

📌 Registered Nurse (Intensive Care Unit), Cairns Hospital
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Cairns