Position Details


Reference Number 160400
Position Title Barwon Health North Urgent Care Centre Registered Nurse - Expression of Interest
Employment Status Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time
Program Community Health Rehab & Palliative Care
Location Barwon Health North
Salary $1,465.00 to $1,679.00
Hours Per Fortnight 167
Position Summary
  • Come and join us, at this exciting time at Barwon Health North
  • Multiple permanent roles available in a new integrated Facility
  • Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment

About the facility

Barwon Health North is a brand new $30 million two storey facility located in the Northern Suburbs of Geelong to provide a state of the art flexible health facility to meet the growing needs of the community.

Barwon Health North Urgent Care will provide accessible healthcare close to home and to public transport bridging the gap between the acute settings at the University Hospital Geelong which will allow access to walk in services at a local level. These roles will be part of a progressive and integrated team delivering services for the Northern Suburbs of Geelong.

About the role

We are currently seeking expressions of interests from Registered Nurses who are interested in joining the Barwon Health North Urgent Care Centre.

Working closely under the clinical leadership of the nurse practitioner the role will provide quality patient care using evidence based approach for managing minor injury and health issues, which require immediate attention.

It will link in with a multidisciplinary team of staff who will work to provide service coordination where possible to ensure broader health and well-being issues are supported. This role will also ensure service delivery to patients aligns with Community Health philosophy, Wellness and Re ablement principles and the Social Model of Health.

About the culture

There is a strong and supportive team culture in our current services at Corio, which will align and integrate with those being delivered at Barwon Health North. Working together across a range of disciplines staff have a focus on clients and their health improvement or improving self-management skills to enhance  living with chronic illness. Our team culture can be best described as forward striving, involved, empathetic and innovative.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Access to employee wellness facility
  • Salary packaging
  • Social club

At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will 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.

Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.

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

We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse
Essential: Demonstrated experience in working in critical care or emergency environments.
Essential: What would your preferred hours per fortnight be?
Contact Person Carol Mioduchowski 
Contact Person Job Title North Area Manager 
Contact Number 0407 044 231 
Alternate Contact Person Kate Archbold 
Alternate Contact Number (03) 4215 7282 
Closing Date 10/01/2020
Position Description
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.