Are you a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse? Join Darling Downs Health's Emergency Department at Toowoomba Hospital and make a real difference in patient care. With a dynamic clinical environment, extensive support, and opportunities for professional growth, this is the perfect place to advance your nursing career.

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Why Our Emergency Department is a Great Place to Work

Join a high-performing, dynamic Emergency Department where no two days are the same. Our ED sees 170–190 varied clinical presentations per day, including primary retrievals and RFDS transfers. You'll provide advanced clinical care across all age groups — from neonates to geriatric patients — in a state-of-the-art environment with 70 clinical spaces, including:

• Short Stay Unit (SSU)
• Acute Adult & Paediatric Cubes
• Adult & Paediatric Resuscitation Areas
• Triage
• Fast Track / Ambulatory Care
• Team Leader roles such as SSU, Cubes, Resus, and Flow Coordinator / TIN roles

We are proud of our well-supported, team-focused environment. Clinical Facilitators and Associate Nurse Unit Managers are rostered seven days a week to support staff on Early and Late shifts. You'll also benefit from our evidence-based Transition Support Program (TSP) – Emergency, designed to support Registered Nurses new to the ED with a structured pathway through four key modules:

1. Fundamentals of Adult Emergency Nursing Care
2. Paediatric Care in the Emergency Department
3. Care of the Older Person in Emergency
4. Management of the Critically Ill Patient in the Emergency Department

Plus, we offer multi-disciplinary learning through regular weekly simulation training, empowering you to build capability and confidence in a fast-paced, supportive clinical setting.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance                     
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

Find out more about us!

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Documents

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

• DD2504633132 Role Description (PDF, 280KB)
  Role Description
  
  Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Information Package for Applicants