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Nursing careers
When you choose to start or continue your nursing or midwifery career with us, you'll be joining more than 8,400 nurses and midwives providing exceptional care in a supportive work environment.
We offer our nurses and midwives a healthy and engaging environment where you are supported to put patients and clients first and to provide exceptional clinical care. We highly value our nurses and midwives and recognise the vital link they provide between our Mission and the people we serve.
We provide a wide variety of nursing and midwifery job opportunities, in hospitals, in the community and in home care. We also offer further career development options through nursing research participation and our training and development programs.
Explore our nursing opportunities
Nursing in intensive care:
Our Intensive Care Unit nurses are responsible for the provision of a high standard of patient care in a safe and effective manner.
Nursing in intensive care at a St John of God Health Care hospital requires a high level of skill and knowledge so you can provide life-supporting care to some of our most vulnerable, and critically ill patients in a high-pressure environment.
Our intensive care nurses are committed and dedicated to providing exceptional care to their patients in their recovery or, in some situations, providing the best end-of-life care to the patient and support to their loved ones.
Nursing in critical care intensive care units requires a high level of skill and knowledge, as well as ongoing development so that you can competently support and maintain patient organ function, such as cardiac, respiratory, renal and neurological.
We offer a senior clinical roles such as clinical nurses and clinical nurse specialists, which practice at an advanced level and provide oversight and contribute to advanced clinical decision making.
Our nurses provide care at the bedside, or provide leadership through supporting other hospital departments as a nursing subject matter expert.
Nursing in the Emergency Department:
Our Emergency Department nurses form part of a strong and adaptable emergency team, which provide a high standard of patient care in a safe and effective manner, for all areas of both the adult and paediatric community.
Nursing in an emergency department at a St John of God Health Care hospital involves treating a diversity of concerns from strains and sprains to more complex and critical life-threatening emergency situations.
Our nurses work in a fast-paced, accelerated environment that requires adapting very quickly to urgent and emergency situations, and thriving on the unpredictability of the department.
Our ED nurses are supported by our medical teams to be able to make quick and skilled clinical decisions in urgent situations fostering a strong alliance between doctors and nurses.
The diverse nature of our emergency departments mean there are a number of areas and roles for nurses, including the general fast-paced department, resuscitation and triage.
Opportunities for leadership roles in both clinical and non-clinical settings are also available to support caregivers, patients and the broader hospital wards and units.
We offer nurses working in our emergency departments a varied and exciting career, with support and mentoring from a multi-disciplinary team and opportunities to progress their career pathway.
Our emergency department nurses, regardless of their experience level, also have the chance to attend emergency medicine courses and study days to enhance their skills and knowledge.
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Perioperative nursing:
Our perioperative nurses are responsible for the provision of a high standard of patient care in a safe and effective manner.
Perioperative nursing at a St John of God Health Care hospital encompasses different aspects of the entire patient surgical journey, which is both exciting and extremely rewarding.
We provide opportunities for nurses to enhance and discover new skills including assisting the anaesthetist in all facets of anaesthesia and assisting in a range of different case mixes including complex surgeries.
Our nurses provide excellent clinical care at all stages of the perioperative journey, from pre-surgery, in theatre and post-surgery.
We offer a big range of opportunities within perioperative nursing, specialising in different aspects of care.
Some of these roles include, anaesthetic nurse, scrub/scout nurse and recovery, post-anaesthetic nursing.
You also have the chance to specialise your skills, or work in clinical educator roles.
At St John of God Health Care, we offer perioperative nurses a varied and exciting career across a range of specialities.
Our learning and development opportunities provide well-designed training programs to develop the novice nurse into an advanced clinician in the perioperative environment.
You are always supported by a highly skilled team who are passionate about patient-centred care.
Victoria:
- St John of God Ballarat Hospital
- St John of God Bendigo Hospital
- St John of God Berwick Hospital
- St John of God Geelong Hospital
- St John of God Warrnambool Hospital
Western Australia:
- St John of God Bunbury Hospital
- St John of God Geraldton Hospital
- St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals
- St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
New South Wales:
Being a midwife at a St John of God Health Care hospital is a very rewarding experience.
Our midwives take time with their patients and their families supporting them through every step of their journey to being a mother and parent. Our midwives are dedicated to providing all aspects of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in our antenatal clinics and services, on our maternity wards and in birth suites, in addition to care for our babies in our special care nurseries.
Our midwives also provide postnatal care to our patients in their homes.
Roles include:
- Midwifery roles within the maternity ward
- Lactation consultants
- Special care nursery nurses
- Birth suite midwives
- Perioperative nursing for Caesarean Sections
- Parent education specialists
- Home visiting midwives and lactation consultants
At St John of God Health Care, we offer midwives a varied and exciting career in our maternity wards including regular professional development specific to midwifery.
Newly recruited midwives may also be eligible for a $6,000 bonus, with 50% paid on joining.
Our midwives and obstetricians are collaborative in their approach to caring for their patients. Our midwives acknowledge the challenges of being a new parent and are able to offer additional support to all family members by referral to St John of God Raphael Services – a free service supporting parents through the emotional challenges of early parenthood.
Victoria:
- St John of God Ballarat Hospital
- St John of God Bendigo Hospital
- St John of God Berwick Hospital
- St John of God Geelong Hospital
Western Australia:
- St John of God Bunbury Hospital
- St John of God Geraldton Hospital
- St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals
- St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
New South Wales:
Nursing re-entry:
If you’re looking to re-start your nursing future after a family break or time in another career, please consider St John of God Health Care’s options to support you to become re-registered and ward ready.
We welcome interest from midwives and nurses keen to return to practice and can support you by paying your course fees - worth up to $11,000 or assisting you to achieve your supervised practice hours.
Our Re-entry to Practice program enables Nurses and Midwives to meet Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registration standards as outlined by AHPRA.
Re-entry to Practice pathways
There are two pathways to re-enter practice:
• An NMBA approved re-entry to practice program
• A period of supervised practice
We can help you re-enter the workforce as a midwife or nurse with options for both of the pathways above.
Student midwife employed positions:
In partnership with universities, we offer student midwife employed positions to support registered nurses to complete their Graduate Diploma in Midwifery studies, while working with us to meet their clinical practice requirements.
Applications open soon for 2023 positions
Register your interest to find out more.
Graduate nursing jobs:
Visit graduate nursing jobs to find out more about our graduate nursing and midwifery opportunities.
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