Registered Nurse - Intensive Care

Registered Nurse – Intensive Care | Grow Your Skills and Build Your Critical Care Career

Join our newly commissioned Level 4 ICU/HDU and develop your critical care expertise while making a meaningful difference to patients and their families

As a Registered Nurse in our Intensive Care Unit, you will deliver safe, compassionate and person-centred care to critically ill adult patients, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to achieve the best possible outcomes. You will:

• Provide comprehensive nursing care through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, applying critical thinking and sound clinical judgement.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a newly commissioned Level 4 ICU/HDU, caring for critically ill adults and supporting clinical care across the hospital through the 24/7 Clinical Outreach service.
• Contribute to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, clinical audits and initiatives that strengthen patient safety and service outcomes.
• Develop your clinical capability through lifelong learning, mentoring, education, reflective practice and exposure to intensive care patient management

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse who brings strong clinical capability, a commitment to learning and a genuine passion for delivering excellence in intensive care nursing.

• You are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a Registered Nurse and demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and competence in intensive care nursing practice.
• You deliver high-quality, person-centred care and can confidently assess, prioritise, implement and evaluate care in a complex clinical environment.
• You value collaboration and demonstrate empathy, integrity and respect when working with patients, families, carers and colleagues.
• You are committed to ongoing professional development, evidence-based practice and building your knowledge and skills in intensive care patient management.

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

The combined Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / High Dependency Unit (HDU) is a newly commissioned service that opened in late 2025 and is established under the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) as a level 4 ICU.  The ICU/HDU provides specialist clinical care to critically ill adult in-patients at Redlands Hospital and will also supports ICU Services in Metro South Health Service area. The Clinical Outreach team operates out of the ICU on a 24/7 basis and provide specialist clinical care and support for in-hospital resuscitation, patients experiencing clinical deterioration and provide support to staff within the general hospital precinct. 

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.