After Hours Manager (Registered Nurse)

Your role at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

You will lead and manage the clinical services after hours with the distinct objective of achieving coordinated clinical care and safe practice whilst supporting and promoting the Mission and Values of SJGHC.

The Afterhours Manager will provide coverage across all wards, including after hours and weekends, and works weekday shifts scheduled from 7:30–15:30, 15:00–22:30, and 22:00–08:00.

The Position

• Maintain a working familiarity with National, Divisional and specific After

• Hours Administration policies and procedures.

• Coordinate bed allocation and staffing to ensure optimal clinical care for

• each admission.

• Actively participate in the review and development of Divisional and

• specific After-Hours Administration policies and procedures.

• Interpret the Nursing Services philosophy, standards, competencies

• policies and procedures and ensure staff understand and adhere to these.

• Ensure work practices are reviewed when issues are identified &/or when

• practices are noted as being inefficient or not being contemporary or

• evidence-based.

• Encourage staff to discuss clinical aspects of patient care and nursing

• issues with the relevant senior nursing staff, eg. Nurse Manager, Quality &

• Risk Manager, Infection Control Coordinator, Deputy DON, DON.

You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Nurse and minimum of 5 years’ post-graduate experience with demonstrated advanced and comprehensive clinical skills.

To succeed you will demonstrate reliability and ability to use initiative - thereby requiring minimal supervision and guidance.

Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values

The Benefits:

• Salary: $126,343 to $132, 359 (pro rata for part time), plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent Part time position available, up to working 53.2 hours a Fortnight.

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A welcoming & supportive culture

• Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance

• Option to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave

• Dynamic role in multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Siobhan Glynn, Clinical operations manager, on (03) 5434 3422

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.