About St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent's Health Australia and is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is driven by our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

About the Role
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is seeking a number of passionate and experienced chemotherapy competent registered nurses to join the Nurse Workforce Unit's Casual Nurse Bank team, to work within our chemotherapy day unit.

• Casual position
• Shifts are 0800-1630hrs
• Fitzroy location, close to Gertrude St and the CBD
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Chemotherapy Day Unit
St Vincent's is proud of its reputation for the delivery of cancer services.

The Cancer Centre provides multidisciplinary care for cancer patients in the one location, which include:
Consultation Clinics:

• Medical Oncology
• Clinical Haematology
• Sarcoma
• Clinical Palliative Care
• Psychosocial Cancer Care
• Chemotherapy Day Unit
• Cancer Centre Pharmacy

Clinical Trials Units:

• Oncology
• Haematology
• Cancer Services
• Cancer Nurse Coordinators

Classifications for the RN position will range from ZU3 - ZU11 ($67527.2 - $95,378.40 per annum) pro rata.

About You and Your Contribution
You will be a passionate, motivated chemotherapy trained (both IV and oral medications) nurse who enjoys variety in their work and are excited by the prospect of growing as a professional through developing your clinical skills and knowledge. Your strong interpersonal skills will see you work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. You understand and are interested in the complex and varied needs of our consumer population and driven to provide the best care possible.

• Current condition free nursing registration with AHPRA.
• Current National criminal history check or willingness to obtain
• Current NDIS check or willingness to obtain
• Demonstrated ADAC certified chemotherapy administration qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in oncology/haematology nursing preferred but not essential.
• Experience utilising the electronic MOSAIQ system preferred but not essential.

What we Offer
We passionately believe in a recovery approach, based on people's personal strengths. We believe that people have the capacity to recover, reclaim and transform their lives and we nurture and develop our staff with great opportunities for training and career progression.

• Salary Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Work life balance through flexible rostering
• Great location, with easy access to public transport and to the city of Melbourne with trams, buses and trains on the doorstop of the hospital and a vibrant, active social scene close by

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

For any enquiries about the position please contact the Nurse Unit Manager of Nurse Workforce Operations, Kaely Kalcic at [email protected]