Broaden Your Horizons

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

• Great career development opportunity
• Stimulating working environment within dynamic and professional team
• Temporary Part Time 64 hours per fortnight until October 2023

About the facility

Children's Services at The Geelong Hospital provides care to the Geelong community and surrounding areas. We are dedicated to innovative, holistic family centred care. The Children’s Ward is a vibrant, 28-bed general paediatric unit caring for infants, children and adolescents with a variety of medical and surgical conditions.

About the role 
Barwon Heath is seeking Experienced Paediatric Nurse Grade 2 to fill a 40 hours a fortnight temporary part time maternity leave position within a dynamic and professional team. You will be required to have some paediatric nursing experience, and have excellent interpersonal skills with a commitment to providing a high quality service within Children's Services at Barwon Health. You will be responsible for the provision of Family Centred and Patient Focused holistic nursing care to those assigned to you in order to achieve desired clinical outcomes.  The position is a rotating position through all shifts, morning, afternoon and night shift.  Permanent night duty is an option for anyone who is interested.

About the culture

Working at Barwon Health means you will be part of a team providing high quality healthcare services to our communities, with a wide range of opportunities. Everything we do centres all our services on the patient and is guided by our driving values: Respect, Compassion, Commitment, Accountability and Innovation

About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne! Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Jillong, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.

Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.

High standard of schooling options throughout the area

A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road

Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Relocation and sponsorship support options
• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne! Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Jillong, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.

• Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
• High standard of schooling options throughout the area
• A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
• Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
• 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 Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health Immunisation Policy