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 Position
You will be responsible for the provision of comprehensive patient care and the coordination and supervision of care delivered by junior staff and students.

Join our dedicated and supportive team in our 42 bed Medical Rehabilitation ward, ideally you will have acute and rehabilitation experience, in this role you will have an opportunity to provide nursing care to both Medical and Rehabilitation patients.

There are full time or part time positions available. Hours will be negotiated with successful candidate(s).

The Position:

• The overseeing of total patient care.
• Being aware of all patient's needs, conditions, and progress.
• Being in contact with patients throughout the shift.
• Ensuring all patient needs are met.
• Involving patients in their own care and decision making.
• Ensuring nursing care is carried out and documented using nursing history, care plans and / or care pathway.
• Ensuring medical treatment requests are carried out and documented properly, consulting with doctors if unclear.
• Ensuring that nursing activities are planned and carried out in an organised manner.
• Maintain & continue to improve technical skills such as the interpretation of ECG's, insertion of intravenous cannulae, chest pain management, & other skills relating to Critical Care.
• Ensuring all nursing procedures are carried out in a safe manner.
• Ensuring that the quality of work performed is of a high standard.

You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and demonstrate ability to use initiative, reliability and thereby require minimal supervision and guidance.

To succeed you will have a minimum of 2 years' experience within a Medical Rehabilitation speciality and demonstrate appropriate skills/competencies related to ward.

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: $79,535 to $100,984 per annum (pro rata for part time), plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent full or 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
• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

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 Pauline North, Nurse Unit Manager on (03) 5434 3333

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement will close prior to listed date