Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit Transition to Practice
📍 St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, Chermside
💰 Competitive rates! $43.59 – 56.021p/h + 3.5% increase in July
⌚ Maximum term contract 24 months (part time 32 hours per week)
About the role:
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse (at least two years’ experience) looking at transitioning your career in a fast-paced Intensive Care Unit?
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our 24-month (0.8 FTE) Transition to Critical Care Program and affiliated with the Australian Catholic University (ACU).
Successful completion awards the participant two subjects towards a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing (Intensive Care) at ACU. Permanent positions will be available within our Intensive Care Team.
This program involves a combination of self-directed study, practical sessions, and lectures in a well-supported practical environment. The focus of this program is to help participants develop a problem-solving approach to decision making in critical care. The program encourages critical thinking and reflective practice to link theory to practice. Through this course you will have a chance to further develop your depth of knowledge in acute deterioration, the management of advanced technology and pharmacology support of critical care patients whilst working with highly skilled Education, Nursing, Medical and Allied Health staff.
About our hospital:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside (SVPHN) is located in Chermside approximately 10km’s north from the Brisbane CBD. Our ICU is one of the largest Private ICU’s in Queensland, admitting over 1450 patients per annum and managing a significant a cardio-thoracic caseload (over 50%), cardiology, endovascular, abdominal, orthopaedic and renal surgery.
SVPHN is co-located with The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) a renowned as the Cardio-thoracic Centre of Excellence in Australia. SVPHN partners in this complex surgical speciality to undertake 650 private cardiothoracic surgical procedures each year and our department is at the forefront of cutting edge of technology and in advanced interventional and surgical procedures.
Things that work for you:
Financial Wellbeing Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
Health and Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
Things that work for us:
Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
At least 2 years’ post graduate Registered Nurse experience in an acute hospital setting
Advanced clinical practice consistent with the mission of the hospital
Demonstrated advanced clinical skills, knowledge, and experience.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to work autonomously and effectively within a team
A commitment to continuous quality improvement and the person-centred care model
Mission and Values:
As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.
Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation
Pre-Employment Checks:
Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks. St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence will be required for proof of immunity.
Respectfully, no agencies please. Apply NOW!
9 June 2026 11:59pm
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
