Registered Nurse – Blacktown

Make a meaningful difference in emergency care at Blacktown Hospital. Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team focused on better patient outcomes. Grow your clinical expertise through ongoing learning and professional development. Put your emergency nursing skills into action, deliver safe, evidence-based care and make a difference for patients across Western Sydney.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time / Temporary Full Time (up to 12 months)

Position Classification: Registered Nurse

Remuneration: $81,748.16 - $114,771.98 per annum / $41.22 - $57.88 per hour

Hours Per Week: 38 (Job share may be considered for part time hours)

Location: Blacktown Hospital

Where you'll be working: Join the Emergency Department at Blacktown Hospital, part of Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), where your nursing skills and commitment to compassionate care will make a meaningful difference to patients, families and the wider community. Be part of a healthcare team dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a dynamic clinical environment. At WSLHD, you'll contribute to a culture built on collaboration, continuous learning and professional accountability.

• Collaborative care: Work alongside nurses, medical professionals and other healthcare practitioners to deliver coordinated patient care.
• Patient-centred practice: Help maintain a safe, respectful and supportive environment for patients, families, carers and colleagues.
• Professional growth: Build your clinical knowledge and maintain your nursing competencies through education, training and ongoing professional development.
• Quality and safety: Contribute to evidence-based nursing practice and uphold clinical standards, policies and professional requirements.
• Flexible career opportunities: Explore temporary employment opportunities for up to 12 months and gain valuable experience in a busy hospital emergency care setting.

What you'll be doing: As a Registered Nurse in the Blacktown Emergency Department, you'll deliver efficient, effective and high-quality nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team. You'll use your clinical judgement, communication skills and professional knowledge to support safe care, respond to changing patient needs and contribute to positive patient experiences.

• Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care in accordance with professional standards, your scope of practice and NSW Health policies and procedures.
• Prioritise and coordinate competing clinical demands, recognizing changes in patient needs and responding appropriately within a complex healthcare environment.
• Recognise and escalate clinical concerns to the nurse in charge and appropriate senior nursing or medical staff when additional expertise is required.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and uphold professional, legal and regulatory requirements to support continuity and quality of care.
• Champion teamwork and continuous improvement by contributing to a culture of learning, supporting colleagues and students, and treating patients, families and carers with dignity and respect.

Benefits of working for Western Sydney Local Health District:

• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave (For fulltime staff).
• Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)
• Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)

Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Selection Criteria:

• Demonstrated ability to create positive relationships with patients, carers and loved ones to achieve patient empowerment, information sharing and confidence in nursing staff.
• Demonstrated extensive and recent emergency nursing skills and experience.
• Proven ability to work independently with initiative, as well as collaboratively and respectfully within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven commitment to continuing professional development.
• Demonstrate critical thinking abilities, prioritisation and communication skills, whilst effectively following directions.

Applications Close: 12 November 2026. People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.

Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or a period not shorter than the duration of the advertised position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.