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 Bendigo Hospital is a 122-bed contemporary private hospital located in central Victoria providing high quality acute medical and surgical health care services for people in Bendigo and surrounding areas.

Your role at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

This position is available with our Obstetric Ward, our obstetrics service offers flexible medical care before, during and after birth. Our holistic approach to care is complemented by advanced medical technology.

Our obstetricians work within a highly skilled maternity care team which includes experienced midwives, neonatal and postnatal nurses, paediatricians and anaesthetist.

You will be responsible and effective team member, assisting in the overall clinical management of the Obstetric ward and responsible for the provision of comprehensive patient care and supervision of care given by junior staff.

The Position

• In the absence of the Nursing Unit Manager, the ANUM assumes responsibilities for the utilisation of personnel and management of unit in collaboration with After Hours Manager.
• Assists and facilitates the effective communication of the Unit.
• Assists the Nursing Unit Manager in collection of audits, statistics, staff performance management and productivity analysis data.
• Monitors staff levels against budget/target levels related to number of bed days, occupancy and patient acuity. Adjusts staffing levels in consultation with the Unit Manager and/or After-Hours Manager according to changes in levels.
• Provides direct total patient care to patients to achieve identified outcomes in accordance with established hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of/and functions in accordance with legislation and common law affecting nursing practice and acknowledges accountability/responsibility for own actions.

You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse Midwife and demonstrate ability to develop and build effective nursing, medical and interdisciplinary relationships and teams.

To succeed you will have significant recent post-registration experience and the ability to practice at an advanced level. As a leader, you will demonstrate well-developed leadership skills, including the ability to supervise, give direction and delegate to the team. The ability to plan, assess and develop team and individual performance, will be essential to this position.

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 $113,107 to $116,897 (pro rata for part time) plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent Part time position 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 and 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)

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.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

For enquiries contact Nicole Harris, NUM, on (03) 5434 3421