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Your Position at St John of God Bendigo Hospital You will be responsible for the provision of comprehensive patient care and the coordination and supervision of care delivered by junior staff and students. Join our dynamic Perioperative Anaesthetics team, supporting 7 theatres (all specialties except cardiac). Enjoy a great team environment and flexible 8–10 hour shifts across varied start times. Applicants without prior experience will be considered and encouraged to apply for our Discovery Program. The Position: 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 cannula, chest pain management, & other skills relating to Critical Care. Ensuring all nursing procedures are carried out in a safe manner. Ensuring that the quality of work performed is of a high standard. You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and demonstrate ability to use his / her initiative, reliability and thereby require minimal supervision and guidance. To succeed you will have demonstrated clinical skills and competencies related to a perioperative anaesthetics environment. Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values. The Benefits: Salary: $81995 to $103,482 per annum (pro rata for part time), plus 12% superannuation Casual rate: $51.70 to $65.25 per hour, plus 12% superannuation Permanent full/part-time and casual positions available. We offer a range of salary packaging options tailored to your employment status such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses – up to $18,550 as a permanent employee and a percentage of your earnings as a casual A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance Dynamic multidisciplinary team For enquiries contact Kayla Simmins, Manager, Perioperative Services, on (03) 5434 3457 If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process. At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being. Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community. All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role. At St John of God Health Care we support you to be the best health care professional or support worker you can be. We believe positive culture drives performance, so we are focussed on building collaborative and supportive team environments, providing opportunities for development and promotion, and ensuring our leaders are visible and accessible. As one of the largest Catholic providers of health care services in Australia, St John of God Health Care is a great place to work with a host of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and a great work life balance. Our caregivers come from diverse backgrounds and belief systems and you don’t need to be Catholic to work with us.