Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Berwick Hospital has a total of 202 beds, eight operating theatres, a cardiac/vascular laboratory and six birthing suites. The hospital provides a wide range of services caring for inpatients, outpatients and day patients across a range of specialties including cardiology, maternity, medical and surgical, offering state of the art equipment and facilities to our rapidly growing community. The hospital has a 16 bed Critical Care Unit with 6 Intensive Care beds and 10 Cardiac/HDU beds. Our aim is to deliver the very best in health care at our Berwick Hospital.

Your Position at St John of God Berwick Hospital
You will be an integral multi-disciplinary team member providing a high standard of care for patients in the areas of patient care, patient transport and support of the nursing care team as directed.

A duty statement supports this position description. Both documents shall be considered at the time of appraisal or in any review.
This opportunity will primarily be to cover night shift, please indicate your availability in your cover letter - the ideal candidate will have flexibility with their availability.

The Position

• All direct patient care is carried out under the direction and supervision of Registered Nurse/Midwife/Enrolled Nurses.
  
• Transfer patients using all forms of patient transport to all areas of the Hospital.
  
• All duties are carried out in accordance with the duty list.
  
• Perform manual handling of patients under supervision of Registered Nurse/Midwife/Enrolled Nurses.
  
• Assist Nursing Caregivers with the care of patients.
  
• Ensure privacy of patients is maintained.
  
• Understand role in an emergency and follow direction of the Coordinator.
  
• Maintain safe environment for patient contributing to patient comfort needs.
  
• Contribute to an efficient and timely patient admission, transfer and discharge process.
  
• Assist Registered Nurse/Midwife/Enrolled Nurses in care of deceased patients.
  
• Provide focused supervision of a particular patient(s) as directed by Registered/Enrolled Nurse to eliminate risk to particular patient(s) eg provide companion support.
  

You will have Certificate III in Health Service Assistant (Client/Patient Services) or similar; or currently studying in a health-related field at a tertiary level or demonstrated experience providing support services. Ideally you will possess a minimum of 12 months experience within a healthcare setting.

To succeed you will have ability to work with minimal supervision and ability to identify work priorities, plan to meet them and demonstrate effectiveness in working in a team environment.

Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

The Benefits

• Novated leasing
  
• work related expenses
  
• self-education and
  
• additional superannuation
  

• Salary: $33.10 to $36.20 per hour - dependant on qualification/certificate (casual loading included), plus 11.5% superannuation
  
• Casual role available
  
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
  
  
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
  
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
  
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  
• Innovative Professional Development opportunities
  

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

For enquiries contact Vanessa Sach - Workforce Nursing Coordinator on (03) 8784 5259
Application closes on 27th March 2025