Transition to Acute Practice Program

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Western Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 50278

Are you a positive, friendly and enthusiastic Registered Nurse seeking a new challenge? Are you looking to transition to working in an Acute Care setting and need a program to facilitate this? Look no further than our dynamic team at Western Health

Your professionalism and patient focused care will be instrumental in making a difference to the patients and families within our direct catchment area - Western Suburbs of Melbourne.

**About the Role**

Western Health has an excellent reputation of providing participants with a smooth transition into the acute care setting. We achieve this by providing a multi-layered support structure from Clinical Educators through to Preceptors. We offer an extensive orientation at the commencement of the program, study days during the program, bedside education, weekly education sessions and fortnightly debrief sessions.

**Refresher pathway for nurses and midwives | health.vic.gov.au**

The contracted hours for the 12 week program are 32hrs per week commencing on June 26, 2023 and negotiable ongoing employment hours post successful completion of the program.

The areas you will work in include our general medical and surgical acute care wards, however if you have previous experience in specialty areas, we can explore opportunities to undertake the program in these areas if preferred.

**To be successful in this role you must**:

- Commit to ongoing permanent employment in Nurse Pool for 3 to 4 days per week on a rotating roster
- Be willing to undertake a 12 week learning program 4 days per week
- Have no acute practice experience for one year
- Have a minimum one year’s full-time or equivalent experience working as a nurse
- Hold current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
- Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or Australian permanent resident, or Australian permanent humanitarian visa holder

**About Us**

Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

**Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as**:

- Work-life balance
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Career advancement opportunities
- Professional development support

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.



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