Registered Nurses Intensive Care Unit

About the Role

Limelight People are seeking an experienced and dedicated Registered Nurse to join a dynamic Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team within a well-established private acute hospital in Sydney.
In this role, you will provide advanced, high-quality care to critically ill patients requiring intensive monitoring and life support. You will work collaboratively with intensivists, critical care specialists, and a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred outcomes. This position requires strong clinical judgement, resilience, and a commitment to excellence in critical care nursing.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level nursing care to critically ill ICU patients
• Monitor and manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation and organ support
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and respond to clinical deterioration
• Administer and titrate critical care medications in line with protocols
• Collaborate with intensivists, doctors, and allied health professionals
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and care planning
• Respond effectively to emergency and life-threatening situations
• Ensure adherence to infection control and ICU safety standards
• Support and mentor junior ICU staff and nursing students
• Participate in ongoing professional development and critical care education
• Contribute to quality improvement and patient safety initiatives

Benefits & Perks

• Permanent position in a leading private ICU environment
• Supportive and highly skilled critical care team
• Ongoing education and professional development opportunities
• Exposure to a wide range of complex and high-acuity cases
• Strong career progression within critical care nursing

Requirements

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
• Experience in ICU, HDU, or critical care nursing
• Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively in high-pressure environments
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Commitment to delivering safe, high-quality patient care
• Competency in advanced monitoring and ICU equipment

Additional Requirements

• Compliance with staff health screening and immunisation policies (including required vaccinations)
• Commitment to workplace safety, professional conduct, and organisational policies

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in Critical Care Nursing
• Experience with ventilated and haemodynamically unstable patients
• Experience in private hospital ICU settings
• Experience mentoring or preceptoring junior staff
• Participation in ICU education or quality improvement programs

Apply Now

This permanent ICU opportunity offers the chance to work in a highly specialised environment, supporting critically ill patients through advanced life-saving care.

Submit your application directly to Beca, Permanent Recruitment Specialist at Limelight People: bh@limelightpeople.com.au

Consultant

Beca Hartson

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Permanent Nursing and Midwifery

0492 264 872
bh@limelightpeople.com.au

Reference number: 4023293
Profession:Healthcare & MedicalNursing - Midwifery/Neo Natal

Company: Limelight People
Date posted: 31st Aug, 2026