Join our team at Icon Cancer Centre Toowoomba, where we’re looking for a casual Registered Nurse to support our Radiation Oncology patients. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in Radiation Oncology with an innovative, research-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care.
- Career Development: Expand your skills in Radiation Oncology with a rapidly growing company that values professional development.
- Supportive Team Environment: Work within a collaborative team that includes nurses, radiation therapists, doctors, administrators, allied health professionals, and support staff.
- Flexible Schedule: Weekdays, occasional weekend work required
- Competitive Hourly Rate: Enjoy a great rate with a focus on work-life balance.
We welcome Registered Nurses with experience in Radiation or Medical Oncology, as well as those with backgrounds in high-acuity settings, immunocompromised patient care, wound management, or palliative care. If you’re a team player who values working in a multi-disciplinary setting, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Role
As a Registered Nurse at Icon Cancer Centre, you’ll provide nursing care to patients receiving radiotherapy, working closely with the Nurse Manager. You’ll assess, review, and implement personalized care plans, providing a high level of autonomy while still being part of a supportive team. This role allows you to build meaningful connections with patients as you support them through treatment.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver patient-centred care to patients and their families, with empathy and attention to their needs.
- Monitor and treat side effects such as lymphoedema or other treatment-related symptoms.
- Uphold best practice protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Apply your expertise in oncology nursing, maintaining current professional standards.
- Assist the Nurse Manager with day-to-day operations.
- Contribute to the implementation of new therapies, systems, and clinical trials.
- Experience in Radiation Oncology Nursing is highly desirable.
- A genuine interest in cancer care and a commitment to professional growth in this area.
- Proven ability to support nursing within a multidisciplinary, patient-focused environment.
- Current AHPRA Nursing registration.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, both with patients and colleagues.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced setting while maintaining positive working relationships.
- Experience documenting patient care and effectively communicating with doctors and nurse managers.
- Willingness to learn and use various clinical administration systems.
- Dedication to ongoing professional development and learning.
About our Toowoomba Centre:
Located within St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital, Icon Toowoomba proudly provides radiation oncology services for residents of the Darling Downs and the greater Southwest Region, complementing the existing medical oncology service provided within St Andrew’s Cancer Care. It is a well-integrated, dynamic service with a strong focus on high quality, patient-centric care.
Icon Toowoomba has been part of the community for more than 17 years and is a highly regarded source of pride within the community.
Icon Toowoomba cares for a broad mix of patients and presentations and proudly offers the latest radiotherapy techniques and equipment to local patients, including VMAT, DIBH, IGRT, SGRT and stereotactic capabilities.
Learn more about our Toowoomba Centre: https://iconcancercentre.com.au/centre/toowoomba/
Icon Group
Icon Group is Australia's largest integrated provider of cancer care with a growing reach in New Zealand, Asia and the United Kingdom.
Icon is built on a strong but simple mission - to deliver the best care possible to as many people as possible, as close to home as possible. The group brings together all aspects of quality cancer care including medical oncology, haematology, radiation oncology, research, theranostics, pharmacy and compounding to deliver a truly integrated, end-to-end seamless service for cancer patients. With more than 3500 team members, a network of more than 350 doctors, over 50 cancer centres, six compounding facilities and operational support of 70 plus pharmacies, Icon is delivering world-leading care and helping address the global cancer burden.
For more information visit http://www.icongroup.global and follow Icon Group on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/icon-group
Here’s why our people choose us:
Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.
Impact, at Scale: We’re Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.
Connection, at Heart: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.
Opportunity, at Hand: We’re constantly innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.
We’re excited for you to join us!
At Icon, build relationships that matter. Apply Now because At Icon, You Can.
Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.
Pre-employment Health Requirement
Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.