Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $36.39 - $51.09 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ587057
Applications Close: Sunday 13th July. 2025

Registered Nurse – Chronic Pelvic Pain Service - Royal Hospital for Women

The Royal Hospital for Women is a multi-faceted tertiary referral and teaching hospital offering women a wide range of comprehensive women's health services. It is one of the world's leading hospitals for mothers and babies and for women with benign gynaecological and gynae-oncology conditions. The hospital is committed to the provision of excellence in health care for women as well as continued research into how to best provide that care.

The Royal Hospital for Women is the only stand-alone Women's Hospital in New South Wales providing unique opportunities for innovative clinical practice initiatives. It is part of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and is co-located with other hospitals on the Randwick Hospitals Campus. The Campus offers one of the State's most comprehensive ranges of facilities and expertise in health care.

The Royal Hospital for Women is close to some of Sydney's best beaches, restaurants and sporting facilities and only fifteen (15) minutes from the Sydney Central Business District and harbour, adding a quality lifestyle to the satisfaction that comes from working within a committed and decided team. The Royal Hospital for Women is situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach.

What You'll Be Doing:
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality nursing care to Chronic Pelvic Pain Service and is responsible for the coordination, provision, and ongoing development of the chronic pelvic pain service to the patients of the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW). The Registered Nurse is responsible to the Nursing Unit Manager of Gynaecological Services with a professional reporting line to the Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services and functions within the Policies and Procedures of NSW Health, SESLHD, Royal Hospital for Women and the Nursing & Midwifery Divisions. The Registered Nurse works in close cooperation with the Medical Lead Consultant -Chronic Pelvic Pain Service, the Chronic Pelvic Pain Service Multidisciplinary Team including Allied Health; Physiotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Social Work, Pain Fellow, Nursing Unit Manager Gynaecology Outpatients, administration officers and other key hospital staff.

The Registered Nurse will be involved in developing a new ‘Pain of Women with Education Resilience (POWER) program – an outpatient medium intensity group program providing an innovative and sustainable treatment and education program that will empower women and the community to more effectively manage the impacts of pelvic pain. The Registered Nurse assists in the ongoing development of research and quality activities within the Chronic Pelvic Pain Service. The RN provides individual consultation regarding the management of referred patients, education on pain management issues to patients and staff members, collates clinical data and undertakes compliance auditing, liaises with medical and nursing colleagues and assists with the planning of relevant equipment and resource requirements for the Chronic Pelvic Pain Service.

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing. Applicants invited to attend an interview will need to complete to complete the SESLHD Pre-employment Health Declaration Form in addition to the recruitment documentation forms required as part of their application.

Benefits:

• Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.
• Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable.
• Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant

Selection Criteria:

1. Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
2. Demonstrated recent post registration experience in an outpatient and/or gynaecology setting (Optional).
3. Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
4. Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence.
5. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
6. Demonstrated effective communication and inter-personal skills across a variety of mediums and knowledge of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
7. Ability to apply clinical expertise in patient-centred consultancy with the ability to work independently.
8. Detailed knowledge and understanding of risk management, safety and quality principles and the role of the Registered Nurse in applying these principles.

Need More Information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Jackie Buddery on [email protected]

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Reasonable Adjustments:
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email [email protected] and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants:

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support ([email protected]) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website

SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support. Please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email [email protected] should you require support.