AddressEmployment Term: offering fixed term part-time (0.8 FTE) opportunities (12 month contracts)
• Location: located next to a leafy reserve, Buderim Private Hospital is just 10 mins from Sunshine Plaza and 5 mins from the beach
• Remuneration: EN - $35.85phr or RN - $41.66phr + 11% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances
Make a meaningful difference with Buderim Private Hospital
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.
An integral part of our team at Buderim Private Hospital as a Graduate Enrolled and Registered NurseProgram 2025 - Buderim Private Hospital , you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
What makes a difference for you?
With a deep connection to the Sunshine Coast that’s 40 years in the making, Buderim Private Hospital partners with our patients to deliver personalised one-on-one care from the heart.
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
Free On-Site Parking
A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
Your part in Buderim Private Hospital
As a Buderim Private Hospital Graduate Nurse, you will be part of one of the largest Private Hospitals on the Sunshine Coast. With experience that’s nearly 40 years in the making, we’re driven by a desire to consistently exceed the needs and expectations of our patients, their families, and our community.
Over the course of your 12-month program, you can expect to be exposed to varied and exciting work. You will be provided the support and opportunity to consolidate your skills and learning, to deliver safe and holistic person-centred care, apply best clinical practice and ensure a safe environment for patients. Working collaboratively with your multidisciplinary team, you will apply your exceptional communication and customer service skills.
Our Graduates will be offered a 64-hour fortnight (32 hours p/week) fixed term contract.
Supporting you to succeed – your graduate year and beyond:
Most importantly, we offer educators, leaders and team mates that genuinely care from the heart about your success. Some have been supporting and educating others for over 20 years – so they have a good understanding of what you’ll experience your first year in the real world.
We’re extremely proud of the graduate support and learning experience we provide and many of our graduates will go on to experience exceptional careers with our UnitingCare Health family, and beyond. Graduate study days, education sessions, formal courses, workshops and supernumerary hours are just some of the ways we support you in your graduate year.
Streams to consolidate your skills:
This intake we'll be offering opportunities to Graduate Enrolled and Registered Nurses into our General Nursing and Perioperative streams.
Our 12-month program will provide you with a deep, rich learning experience, supported by experienced staff who care about your future. As a high-acuity, specialist facility, our program will allow you to focus on developing your clinical expertise in your chosen speciality.
You will have the opportunity to broaden your experience and build your skills in the following programs:
General Nursing Stream (two 6-month rotations)
- Acute Medicine
- ENT
- Gynaecology
- Plastics
- Orthopaedics
- Urology
- Vascular
- Rehabilitation
- Surgical
Perioperative Stream (12-months non-rotational)
- Scrub/Scout
- Anaesthetics
What makes a difference for us?
To be eligible to apply, you will need:
- To have completed your Bachelor of Nursing or Diploma of Nursing between December 2023 and December 2024
- To hold registration with AHPRA by 12th January 2025
- Flexibility to work a full rotating roster (in a part-time 0.8 FTE position)
- Be available to commence in the program on 3rd February 2025
- Unlimited working rights in Australia
In your Cover Letter, please describe:
- What you believe you could contribute to the team at Buderim Private Hopsital
- Which areas of nursing you are most passionate about and why
- How this Graduate opportunity will support your long terms goals
Please ensure you submit your application by 28th July 2024. For further information please contact ***************@uchealth.com.au.
Buderim Private Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.
As one of the Sunshine Coast’s largest hospitals, we provide a comprehensive range of surgical and medical services using the latest technology. This includes emergency, maternity, intensive care, cardiovascular, obstetric and gynaecology, urology, cancer care, general medicine, renal and respiratory services, orthopaedic and mental health care, among many others.
Joining Buderim Private Hospital, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16, 500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all it’s fullness.
Start making a difference today
Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter. Our team are available to answer any questions you may have.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. Learn more about Diversity & Inclusion at UnitingCare: https://www.unitingcareqld.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety
