• Permanent part time – 40 hours per fortnight
• Exciting Leadership role
• Great location at the Geelong Hospital - central to Geelong's CBD

About the facility

Formed in 1998, Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Health services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. With the exception of neurosurgery and transplantation, virtually all other specialties are available through University Hospital.

About the role

Are you looking for a Nursing Management opportunity? Would you like to be part of a highly skilled, professional, friendly team who take pride in providing high quality service? The Acute Access team at Barwon Health have an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced Registered Nurse – Grade 5.

This challenging position is responsible for but not limited to:

• Access and Resource Management, out of hours.
• Ensure inpatient beds are utilised in a planned way making every effort to admit patients to their speciality area.
•  Acknowledge and facilitate, where appropriate, transfers to the ward from ED within agreed timeframes.
• Monitor length of stay in the ED and implementation of agreed contingency plans to address access block when required.
• Act as an organisational resource and incident coordinator during critical incidents and codes
• Oversee Barwon Health nursing staffing needs and responds to unplanned staffing deficits as resources allow.

 As the successful applicant you will understand and support National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) and National Elective Surgical Target (NEST).  Applicants must be willing to work shift work.

About the culture

We are a fun, passionate, supportive, energetic, driven team who works cohesively together. We promote professional development in the workplace and as a team are focussed on quality patient centred care. No day is the same; we are a team that embrace's change and are always looking for innovative ideas to improve our team and the organisation.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional Development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan

If you have the qualifications & aptitude along with excellent interpersonal skills and the commitment to improving patient care, this may be the role for you.

At Barwon Health we celebrate and harness diversity, and consider it a competitive advantage. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply.

Recruitment agencies should note that Barwon Health does not accept agency resumes. Barwon Health is not responsible for any fees related to any unsolicited resumes submitted by Recruitment Agencies.