Broaden Your Horizons
Line up your life and career with us at Barwon Health in Victoria, Australia
1. Extend your skillset in a high-pressure and dynamic environment
2. Job security & diversity plus ongoing opportunities at a leading organisation
3. Permanent part time, permanent full time and casual roles available - have your dream lifestyle, work the hours that work for you
About the Facility
Barwon Health is one of the largest regional health services in Victoria, providing care for approximately 80,000 emergency presentations per year. The emergency department have both an adult and paediatric short stay unit to ensure consumers receive the right care, at the right place at the right time.
Under Barwon Health’s emergency model of care patients are streamed to dedicated assessment areas including fast track, adult, paediatric, resuscitation, trauma and mental health areas. Our mission is to improve access and patient flow to provide a sustainable service that ensures high quality, safe, people-focused care.
In this role as the Registered Nurse (Grade 2) you will be responsible for the provision of patient focused holistic nursing care to those assigned to you, in order to achieve desired clinical outcomes.
Your role will be within this dynamic and challenging unit where teamwork is paramount and primary nursing is encouraged. You will have highly developed interpersonal skills as well as sound communication skills both verbal and written. You will have emergency nursing experience and a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development. This role requires you to be available to work all shifts on a monthly self-roster including morning, afternoon, night shift and weekends.
About the culture
The emergency department has a growing culture of innovation and change. The smarter, easier, safe and better ways of doing things that result in more satisfaction for the staff, patients and their families. You will work with an innovative team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. Our dedicated and experienced team pride themselves on providing high quality patient centred care in an environment that has modern, well-equipped facilities.
4. Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
5. Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, notoriously laidback lifestyle and great pay rates
6. Relocation and sponsorship support options, plus the available for successful international candidates until June 2023
7. Visa sponsorship - you’ll usually need at least 24 months nursing or midwifery experience to work in a Victorian public health facility and get visa sponsorship. Visit the for more information on visas.
8. International Buddy program to be your point of contact prior to starting
9. is an easy commute from all suburbs
10. Flexible working arrangements – speak to us about hours, days or shifts that suit your lifestyle
11. Access to employee wellness program
12. A genuine community feel - we look after each other
13. Wide range of professional development that enhances your careers
14. Ability to take leave without pay and purchase additional leave
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16. Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure
17. To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our page on the Barwon Health website.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.