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 role at St John of God Berwick Hospital
You will provide optimal patient care for all patients at St John of God Berwick, their families and significant others. This care will be provided in collaboration with all members of the health care team including medical practitioners and allied health practitioners. This care will be guided by a working knowledge of hospital policies including OH&S, Infection Control, Waste Management and Quality Improvement.

We are currently seeking Casual Enrolled Nurses to support increasing demand across our Medical, Surgical, and Rehabilitation Units. Flexibility to work regularly across different shifts and days to assist us in meet the changing staffing needs of the hospital, will be essential for this role.

The Position

• Function within the legal and registration constraint relevant to your Enrolled Nursing Practice
  
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop and implement care plans
  
• Maintain and develop clinical skills required to deliver high quality holistic patient care
  
• Adhere to and supports hospital policies, procedures and standards
  
• To monitor patient progress and escalate any changes or concerns to a registered nurse or manager
  
• Provides patient education and participates in discharge planning as required
  
• Accurately document patient care
  

You will have current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as an Enrolled Nurse and a minimum of 12 months recent experience in general medical and/or surgical nursing roles. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to support effective teamwork will be essential to this position.

To succeed you will have an understanding of legislation and standards related to OH&S, Infection Control, Waste Management and Quality Improvement and clinical practice in a relevant environment. You will also demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development and desire to continuously improve your nursing practice.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our mission and values.

We will offer you

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

• Salary: $40.69 to $45.24 per hour (casual loading included), plus 11.5% superannuation
• Casual positions
• 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:
  
  
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  

WHEN APPLYING please include a copy of your Cover letter and CV.

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 - Casual Workforce Nursing Coordinator , on (03) 8784 5259.
Application closes on 6th June 2025