Broaden Your Horizons

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

• Be part of a team who are focused on providing the highest quality patient-centred care
• Enjoy a role that will be varied, challenging and rewarding
• Apply now for a fantastic professional development opportunity

About the facility

Barwon Health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South West region. It is one of Victoria’s largest regional health services with one of the busiest hospitals in the state, University Hospital. We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 8,000 staff and more than 1200 volunteers. We provide care at all stages or life and circumstance through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care, and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 28 key locations throughout the region.

Community Nursing provides a wide range of service provision for multiple client cohorts including Hospital in the Home, Post-Acute Care, Palliative care, Commonwealth Home Support Program and Home and Community Care Program for Younger Persons and delivers multi-disciplinary care to clients with complex health needs.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive and innovative Community Nursing service in a role that offers autonomy, variety and professional development.

As the Community Nurse, you will have relevant current/recent community or acute nursing skills. Experience is essential to ensure comprehensive client assessments, care planning and delivery of consumer-centred care can be successfully implemented by the successful candidate.

The advertised hours are for 6 permanent part-time positions and consist of day, evening, after-hours on-call and weekend shifts across the community nursing program.

Positions available:

• 56hrs per fortnight
• 36hrs per fortnight
• 52hrs per fortnight X2
• 48hrs per fortnight
• 32hrs per fortnight

About the culture

Become a part of a team who enjoys an interesting, challenging and meaningful work/life balance. Continue to grow and develop your talents and capabilities with Barwon Health’s commitment to professional development. We are all dedicated to supporting the organisation in achieving our vision of - By 2050, everyone in our community enjoys the best health and wellbeing in Victoria.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility/program
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Relocation and sponsorship support options
• 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 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.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, Please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at talent.acquisition@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

We at Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

Applicants for this role must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and Influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health Immunisation Policy.