Registered Enrolled Nurses Day of Surgery (DOSA) Fixed Term

We are excited to offer a 12-month fixed-term part-time opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA) team at Epworth Geelong located in Waurn Ponds. You will be responsible for providing excellence in care to pre & post operative patients requiring surgical procedures from a range of specialties including General Surgery Gastroenterology Ophthalmology Gynaecology Urology Plastics Vascular Orthopaedics ENT & Oral Maxillofacial.

You will make an impact by:

• Ensuring patients and staff are safe through their journey in surgery and recovery
• Demonstrating advanced decision-making interpersonal and communication skills
• An ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment with a varied multidisciplinary team
• Focus on individualised patient centred care and patient outcomes with a strong focus on family involvement

To be successful in this role:

You will bring a strong clinical skill set in a hospital setting as a trained registered nurse or enrolled nurse. You will hold a passion for client care and a high standard of customer-focused service. You will have exceptional communication skills and have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

You will have:

• Current AHPRA registration
• Minimum 2 years experience as a Registered Nurse in Day of Surgery Admissions (DOSA) environment is essential
• Passion about patient care and achieving high quality clinical outcomes
• The ability to provide effective & efficient patient care within in a fast paced environment
• Accountability and the ability to demonstrate a supportive and engaging style
• Strong computer literacy including MS office iPM & BossNet
• Excellent communication skills & phone manner

  Position Description          Inherent Requirements         EN Position Description  

We will review applications as we receive them.

About Epworth Geelong

Epworth Geelong located adjacent to Deakin Universitys Medical School in Waurn Ponds is developing an environment of world-class health care and education to meet the needs of the expanding population of Geelong and South West Victoria. Providing exciting career opportunities to doctors nurses allied health professionals and support staff. It features contemporary design cutting-edge medical technology and best practice patient care whilst offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical surgical and rehabilitation services.

Additional Information :

Why Join Epworth

At Epworth its a community.

Its the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient addition to this you will have access to:

• Salary package up to $15900 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
• Relocation assistance is available for approved candidates

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.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. This includes First Nations peoples people with disability mature-age and young job seekers members of the LGBTIQA community and individuals from all cultural backgrounds. We are committed to providing an equitable inclusive and barrier-free recruitment experience for everyone.

If you need support during the application process or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments we encourage you to let us know what you need to participate fully and confidently. We understand that sharing your needs can feel daunting so please know that any information you provide will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and respect.

The annual salary range for full time Enrolled Nurse - AUD $75737 - $82550 and Registered Nurse AUD $85732- $107669  super entitlements depending on registration type year level and position/experience (prorated for part-time). 

Enquire/ Apply

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For more information refer to the attached position description or contact  or phone (03).

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Part-time