Central Resource Unit

The Central Resource Unit provides Epworth with an agile, sustainable and continuous supply of skilled nurses and midwives to fill rosters, through growth and development of our casual and part time nursing workforce.

Commencing as soon as possible at **0.8 -1 EFT** CRU Eastern Suburbs provides nursing and midwifery workforce support for both Epworth Eastern, Hawthorn, Camberwell, Richmond Rehab and supporting our developing service to our Operating Room areas.

**Purpose of the Position**

This role facilitates efficient, responsible and clinically appropriate deployment of contingent labour; ensuring staff are rostered and allocated with consideration to clinical demand, clinical skills and experience required, and the site’s budgetary needs and activity. The CRU Site Partner is the front-line contact point and support at site for CRU nurses. The CRU Site Partner works with the site operations team and allocations officer’s under the guidance and direction of the CRU Manager to fill vacant shifts.

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:
Previous Experience

Essential
- Understanding of acute/subacute nursing midwifery and clinical workforce requirements
- Experience in leadership positions e.g. ANUM

Desirable
- Experience in recruitment
- Experience in rostering, and working with contingent staffing, ideally in a pool or nurse bank context
- Operating Room background

Required Knowledge & Skills

Essential
- Good clinical knowledge and understanding of skills/competencies required to be successful in a pool or casual bank role
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, service-oriented environment
- Understanding of LHPPD, impacts of workforce on budget and workforce optimisation
- Ability to make sound clinical workforce decisions without compromising patient care, quality and safety
- People & Relationship focused
- Strong collaboration and consultation skills to deliver service-oriented outcomes in a clinical context
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships

Personal Attributes & Values

Essential
- Strong resilience and the ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, service-oriented environment
- Good problem-solving skills
- People & Relationship focused

Position Description Inherent Requirements

**Qualifications**:

- Current registration as a Registered Nurse or dual registered with AHPRA.

**Additional Information**:
At Epworth, it’s a community. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient matters. In addition to this, you will have access to:

- Epworth HealthCare offers our employees salary packaging benefits of **$15,900** pre-tax annually, plus an optional **$2,650** meals and entertainment allowance.
- The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
- Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
- Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

**At Epworth, we care.**

We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

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