Registered Nurse - Avon

Registered Nurse - Avon Unit

• Come and work in a modern, purpose built facility embedded with opportunities and support for career development
• Full time and part time opportunities available
• Rotating shift working roster including night shifts and weekends. Flexible working arrangement considerations available

Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a Registered Nurses to join our Avon Unit on a part time or full time, ongoing basis.

The Avon Unit comprises of a dynamic team of individuals, responsible for 32 acute medical unit beds including co-located stroke beds. A range of conditions are managed within Avon including (but not limited to) cardiac, respiratory, oncology and neurology. COVID positive patients are also managed on the Avon Unit. 

The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing acute medical care in a fast paced unit, focused on patient centred, holistic care. 

LRH employees enjoy access to:

• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
• Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support.
• Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave.
• Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
• Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff

We are looking for candidates with:

• Experience in general medical nursing
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in the use of an Electronic Medical Records system (desirable, not essential)

For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Jenna Hooper by phone (03) 5173 5*** or ************@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

About LRH

LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award.  This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.

We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au

Diversity and Inclusion

We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8***.

IMPORTANT:  All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.