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Form of work- Expansion works are underway for the Children’s Emergency Department, opening mid 2024!
- Expressions of interest are now open
- Multiple positions available permanent, part time and flexible arrangements on offer
- Excellent career opportunities across a state-of-the-art Emergency Department
- Be at the forefront of Children’s Emergency Care
About the new Geelong Children's Emergency Department
The Children's Emergency Department is a leading-edge addition to the Geelong Emergency Department dedicated to providing high-quality emergency care to children in the Barwon Region.
The new Children’s Emergency facilities will have dedicated treatment spaces, including fast-track and short-stay beds. The facility has been designed to provide a private, calm and reassuring environment for children and their families.
The Children’s Emergency Department will complement the current modern Emergency Department at Barwon Health – one of the largest regional health services in Victoria, caring for approximately 80,000 emergency cases annually.
Under Barwon Health’s Emergency Department model of care, patients are streamed to dedicated assessment areas including fast track, adult, resuscitation, trauma, short stay and mental health areas.
About the role The Children’s Emergency Department will be staffed with nursing roles of all levels, including Grade 2 Registered nurses, Education and Support, Safety and Quality Nurses, Equipment Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Associate Nurse Unit Managers.
Nursing staff will be responsible for the provision of patient focused holistic nursing care to those assigned to you, to achieve desired clinical outcomes.
To be successful you have:
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Sound written and verbal skills
- Emergency nursing experience / Paediatric nursing experience
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
The positions will require you to be available to work rotating shifts including morning, afternoon, night shift and weekends.
About the culture
The Emergency Department has a growing culture of innovation and change. The smarter, easier, safer and better ways of doing things that result in satisfaction for the staff, patients and their families. You will work with an innovative team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience.
What we offer
- Wide range of professional development to enhance your career
- Employee wellness facilities
- Attractive salary packaging benefits!
- Genuine community feel
- Great location Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Barwon Health, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au) We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments to submit your application for this role, please contact ***************@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
