Registered Nurse Critical Care

Why Work with Healthcare Australia?

  • Competitive agency rates paid weekly up to $145/hr 
  • Quick Pay available for fast shift payments
  • Flexible shifts – choose when and where you work
  • Access to a wide variety of public and private critical care units
  • Rewards, incentives & simple compliance via the eHCA app
  • Shifts across metro, regional & rural QLD

 What We’re Looking For

  • Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
  • Minimum 12 months recent experience in ICU, HDU, CCU or Emergency
  • Advanced clinical assessment & critical decision-making skills
  • Competency in managing complex, unstable, or rapidly deteriorating patients
  • Ability to work confidently in high-pressure environments
  • Current National Police Check
  • Full Australian working rights

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Delivering high-level, evidence‑based care to critically ill patients
  • Responding rapidly to clinical deterioration and emergencies
  • Managing ventilated and high-dependency patients (where applicable)
  • Conducting assessments, monitoring vital trends & interpreting clinical data
  • Administering critical medications, infusions & interventions
  • Collaborating closely within multidisciplinary acute care teams
  • Ensuring accurate documentation and adherence to safety protocols

Who This Suits

  • Critical Care Registered Nurse seeking flexibility around lifestyle, family, or study
  • Nurses wanting exposure across ICU, HDU, CCU, and A&E settings
  • Clinicians eager to diversify experience or supplement permanent income  or maintain a flexible full time role
  • Confident Registered Nurses ready to jump into shifts and provide excellent care

If you’re a capable and experienced Critical Care Registered Nurse who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves the freedom of agency work we want to hear from you.

Sounds like the role for you?

We'd love to hear from you, apply now and take the next step in your career!

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