Job Description:

Grade 2 Registered Nurses - Casual Nurse Bank

About the Role 

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is seeking a number of passionate and experienced Registered Nurses (RNs) to join the Nurse Workforce Unit’s Casual Nurse Bank team (acute medical and surgical, subacute, residential aged care and selected specialty area streams).  

• Casual position  

• Minimum 12 months nursing experience required

• Fitzroy location, close to Gertrude St and the CBD 

• Challenging and rewarding work environment 

• Friendly and supportive team environment 

About St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is one of Australia's leading teaching and research tertiary health services. SVHM provides a range of services, including; acute medical and surgical services, emergency and critical care, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health and palliative care. Our casual bank nurses can work across a variety of clinical areas throughout the organisation, including:

Specialty Areas:

• AAU (Acute Ambulatory Unit)
• ANAES/PACU
• Scrub Scout
• Cath Lab
• DPC (Day Procedure Centre)
• Elective Surgery (ESMT)
• ENDO (Endoscopy)
• Breast Screen
• CDU (Chemo Day Unit)
• Dialysis
• HITH, District Nursing & Residential In Reach
• GEM and Rehab at Home
• Medical Imaging
• Mental Health including Community Mental Health
• Depaul House (Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service)
• Specialist Clinics
• Emergency Department
• Intensive Care Unit
• Stomal therapy
• Port Phillip Prison

Residential Aged Care:

• Auburn House
• Berengarra – Level 3, Cambridge, Riverside
• Psychiatric Geriatric Care (Normanby House)
• Prague House- Low level aged care for socially and financially disadvantaged

Subacute Services:

• Caritas Christi (Hospice)
• Geriatric Medicine
• Rehab
• Ellerslie (Transition Care)

Acute Services:

• Nephrology
• Neurosurgery/Neurology/Stroke
• Ortho/Rheumatology
• Gen Med
• Upper GI/Hepatobiliary/DOS (Breast & Endo)
• Colorectal/Gastro/Urology
• Oncology/Haematology
• ENT/Plastics/Vascular
• Cardio/Respiratory/CCU
• St Augustine’s (Correctional)

About the Nurse Workforce Unit (NWU)

SVHM adopts a centralised nurse workforce model. This means that all casual bank nurses are employed under the Nurse Workforce Unit (NWU) Casual Nurse Bank team, regardless of where they work within the organisation. The Health-e-Workforce platform is utilised by the nurse workforce team to offer shifts fair and equitably to all casual bank nurses according to their skill sets across all wards throughout the hospital.

About the Position

Working across dynamic settings, you will be required to use your exceptional clinical skills to efficiently and accurately plan, coordinate and evaluate care needs to ensure high quality.

We are looking for ENs and RNs with 12 months of experience for a casual role. The casual nature of employment allows for flexible rostering depending on supplementary staffing demand.  

Classifications for this position will range between ZU3 – ZU11 ($84,188.00 - $107,510.00 per annum, pro rata).

Your Contribution and About You

• Current condition free registration with AHPRA - Bachelor in Nursing
• Minimum 12months experience **
• Demonstrated ability to nurse a diverse range of patients and adapt to different work practices and environments.
• The ability to maintain a high level of communication with patients, staff and visitors.
• Commitment to working a minimum of 1 shift per 3 calendar months.
• Valid NDIS check or willingness to obtain
• Valid Police Check or willingness to obtain

** 12 months experience refers to experience in both the specific role and clinical area you wish to work in. For example, if you are an EN with 12 months EN experience, but no RN experience, you may not meet the selection criteria for an RN casual bank role. Additionally, 12 months of nursing experience relates to the clinical areas this experience was undertaken in, for example, with 12 months of RN experience in residential aged care, you may not meet the selection criteria to work in acute clinical settings.

What the Nurse Workforce Unit Can Offer You

• Opportunity to work across a wide range of general and specialty areas that match your experience
• Provide you with guidance, encouragement and support to further develop your skills and knowledge to enhance your career opportunities within St Vincent’s
• At commencement of employment, you will complete a comprehensive online orientation program and be allocated a paid supernumerary day
• Casual bank will provide you with the freedom to choose your shifts (when available)

Additional Benefits

• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program

Application

*Respectfully - No Agencies* 

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application. Incomplete applications that do not contain both a resume and cover letter will not be accepted.

Please address your application to Kaely Kalcic – Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Workforce Operations.

Please specify in your cover letter the stream/s you are applying for (acute med/surg, subacute/RAC, specialty areas or multiple).

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately and we expect a high volume of applicants. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable number of applicants be sourced. 

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.  Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM. 

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations). Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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