Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care

Your Position at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

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

This position is available with Cardiac Care Unit, Our cardiac services diagnose and treat heart-related conditions, such as heart attack, coronary artery disease, heart arrhythmia, valvular heart disease and heart infections.

The successful candidate(s) will have:

• 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.

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

To succeed you will appropriate skills and competencies related to Cardiac Services and ability to work independently with a team environment.

Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values

The Benefits:

• Salary $39.50 per hour to $55.79 per hour (includes causal loading) + 11.5% superannuation
• Casual 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:Novated leasing 
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
• A welcoming & supportive culture
• Flexible work options
• Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance
• Option to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave
• Dynamic role in multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Amy Guastalegname, NUM, on   (03) 5434 3434

Application closes on 18th September 2024

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 Covid-19 and Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.