Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a 122-bed contemporary private hospital located in central Victoria providing high quality acute medical and surgical health care services for people in Bendigo and surrounding areas.

Your Position

You will practice and promote continuous improvement and a culture of learning and evidence-based practice. Our midwives are dedicated to providing all aspects of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in our antenatal clinics and services, on our maternity wards and in birth suites, in addition to care for our babies in our special care nurseries.

Our maternity and neonatal facilities are some of the finest in the country and we offer comprehensive parent education for our patients.

The Position

• Assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of a high standard of nursing care in consultation with the health care team, patient and carers.
• Provide safe, holistic and customer-focused patient care.
• Ensure nursing care is documented accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure medical treatment orders are implemented and documented, consulting with doctors if orders are unclear.
• Assess the need for and provide health education for patients and carers.
• Ensure communication to others is respectful, courteous and compassionate.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient information is maintained, as documented in the Privacy and Confidentiality agreement and policy.
• Provide effective verbal and written communication ensuring the patient, carers and the interdisciplinary team are included in the immediate and ongoing health care.

You will have an understanding and knowledge of relevant acts, codes and standards relevant to current practice. Holding a registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Midwife, you will have recent clinical experience in an acute care/relevant environment and a Commitment to personal and professional development.

To succeed you will have well-developed skills in communication, conflict resolution, negotiation and problem solving and ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

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

The Benefits

• Salary: $81,995 to $103,482 (pro rata for part time) plus 12% superannuation
• Casual rate: $51.70 per hour to $65.25 per hour (includes causal loading), plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent, part time, full time or 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 Nicole Harris, NUM, on (03) 5434 3421

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 Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.