Casual Registered Nurses & Critical Care RN (CRU) - Eastern Suburbs

Casual Registered Nurses & Critical Care RN (CRU) - Eastern Suburbs

• Casual
• Hospital/Service: Epworth Corporate

Epworth HealthCare is Victoria's largest not-for-profit private health care group, renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator in Australia's health system, embracing the latest in evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments and services for our patients.

Our values and purpose define Epworth's approach and delivery. We pride ourselves on communicating and delivering them in a real and meaningful way. Every Patient Matters.

Epworth HealthCare (Epworth) seeks casual, enthusiastic Registered Nurses with acute experience, to join our high performing and highly valued Central Resource Unit (CRU).

The CRU provides a flexible workforce to support Epworth clinical units. With a choice of sites and specialities available, you will be responsible for the provision of high-quality patient focused care.

Epworth's Eastern Suburbs consists of Epworth Eastern, Camberwell, Hawthorn and you will have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of specialities including orthopaedics, urology, colorectal, vascular, general surgery, ENT, gynaecology, plastics, neurosurgery, complex pain management, general medical/oncology and inpatient rehabilitation.

Why join the Central Resource Unit?

• Access to shifts across all Epworth locations
• Dedicated hotline to support your shift management needs
• Supported by a Clinical Educator
• Pick up shifts conveniently through a mobile app called ShiftMatch

Workforce Needs

General Nursing (medical, surgical and rehabilitation)

• Night Duty Nurses only
• Staff who can work at short notice and those who are flexible to work across multiple specialities and locations

Critical Care Nursing

• ND across weekday, especially Wednesday and Thursday's

You will make an impact by:

• Delivering an exceptional patient experience
• Providing high standards of nursing care
• Encouraging and role-modelling empathy to patients, families and medical staff

To be successful in this role, you will…

• Have Permanent residency, Australian citizenship, or working rights in Australia
• Have recency of practice and minimum 12 months of relevant experience
• Have excellent interpersonal communication and teamwork skills
• Take pride in providing excellent patient care through working both independently and as part of a team nursing model
• Be reliable with a focus on flexibility and accountability for the work that you do
• Be teachable and have a willingness to learn and grow professionally
• Enjoy the challenge of working flexibly within a team environment.
• Possess a strong understanding and background of patient-centred care
• Have the ability to maintain a high level of communication with patients, staff, and visitors.
• Have well-developed time management and prioritisation skills

Located in Box Hill, Epworth Eastern is a state-of-the-art facility with 14 theatres and expansion of ICU to 12 beds. Epworth Eastern maintains a broad clinical focus from cardiac, vascular, orthopaedic and general surgery to oncology, urology and endoscopy services. Our redeveloped site delivers positive, meaningful, and sustainable impact on the health and wellbeing of our community, delivering much needed health care services and facilities in Melbourne's east.

• A current Registered Nurse AHPRA registration
• Have completed a Graduate Year (by commencement of work) or had 12 months of acute experience since graduation.
• Possess a current Working with Children Check (Employee)

At Epworth, it's a community. It's the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:

• Epworth's enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

At Epworth, we care.

We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination, where this is required under Epworth policy.

As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all - across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.

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