Broaden Your Horizons

Line up your life and career with us at Barwon Health in Victoria, Australia

• Gain valuable hands on experience in a range of Acute Care settings
• Work alongside Registered Nurses to provide Patient Centred Care 
• On-going education and support to ensure you get the most out of the role

About the department

Be part of the Central Resource Unit, where you will be given the opportunity to work across multiple specialty areas, supported by Registered Nurses. Barwon Health, Central Resource Unit (CRU)/ Access and Resource Unit (ARU) provides emergent and non-emergent nursing staff replacement for all bed based services. We provide staffing resources to meet every day operational needs of clinical units for nursing and support staff for bed based units across Barwon Health.

Benefits of joining Barwon Health CRU as a RUSON:

• Assistance with completion of area specific mandatory and recommended competencies.
• Access to ongoing education
• Flexibility via sound roster management practices
• Guaranteed shifts with flexibility to suit individual circumstances

About the role

We are seeking applicants for the position of Registered Undergraduate Students of Nursing who are interested in gaining experience in the Acute Care assisting our registered Nurses to provide quality Patient Centred Care. This role may entail working across multiple sites and shifts. We are seeking passionate, empathetic individuals who have a ‘positive, can-do attitude' and enjoy working in a dynamic environment. You will required to demonstrate a level of flexibility as we are often required to respond to the ever-changing Pandemic.

What we offer

• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction 
• Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, notoriously laidback lifestyle and great pay rates  
•  Located in the centre of Geelong's CBD is an easy commute from all suburbs
• Access to employee wellness facility
• A genuine community feel - we look after each other 
• Wide range of professional development that enhances your careers
• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
• Attractive salary packaging benefits! Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which  includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure
• 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 where we value each person’s uniqueness. 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 talent.acquisition@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.