Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, 28 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $ $51.08 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ605025
Application Close Date: 28/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 01/10/2025 – 08/10/2025
Contact Details: Jumana Shurush – |
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
About the Opportunity
Join CB5A, a busy acute aged care ward where compassion meets clinical excellence. We care for some of the most vulnerable members of our community elderly patients experiencing acute delirium, cognitive decline, and complex comorbidities. Our team is committed to delivering safe, culturally responsive care that supports dignity, recovery, and quality of life.
As a Registered Nurse in CB5A, you'll be part of a collaborative, positive culture where nursing staƯ and the wider multidisciplinary team work seamlessly together. You'll play a vital role in managing patients at high risk of deterioration and readmission, applying critical thinking and evidence-based practice to support complex care needs.
What You'll Bring:
* Minimum 1-year recent experience in a medical acute ward (hospital setting)
* Demonstrated ability to deliver safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive care
* Strong communication skills to engage patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team
* Professionalism and emotional intelligence in managing interpersonal dynamics and conflict
* Proven critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills
* Commitment to risk management, WHS, and continuous quality improvement
What We Offer:
* Supportive, inclusive team culture
* Opportunities for professional growth and development
* A workplace that values your voice, your expertise, and your impact
Ready to join a team where your skills truly matter? Apply now and help us shape the future of aged care one patient, one moment, one shift at a time.
Where You'll Be Working
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the UNSW Sydney and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
* Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
* Why does working in the Acute Aged Care Ward appeal to you, and how does this align with your professional goals or values?
* Tell us about a situation where you identified early signs of deterioration in a patient with multiple comorbidities. 4. How do you ensure your nursing care remains compassionate and culturally responsive, especially when working with elderly patients.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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