Employment Type: Multiple Full Time and Part Time Permanent positions available
Location: Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg
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Contact: Jemma Binney, Alanah Crowle & Annie Hatfield (Nurse Unit Manager's - Neonatal Services)
jbinney@mercy.com.au, acrowle@mercy.com.au or ahatfield@mercy.com.au
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
We are leaders in Newborn intensive and Special care in Australia. Our Neonatal Services, with 61 cots, caters to over 1500 newborns annually, making us one of Victoria's largest providers. We're renowned for delivering the high quality, safe care with exceptional patient outcomes. We care for neonates from 22 weeks' gestation, requiring acute intensive care and stabilisation and transfer of newborns requiring surgery.
As part of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, we prioritise delivering the safest, highest-quality care with a strong focus on family-centred care. We collaborate closely with other newborn services in Australia and worldwide to ensure the best quality care is being delivered.
Our strength lies in multidisciplinary teamwork, we have an open-plan unit that allows for collaboration and support at all times. We offer numerous opportunities for career growth in nursing and research. Working in conjunction with our Tertiary Maternity Service, state retrieval service (PIPER), and the state's surgical centres, we provide immediate stabilisation and long-term care for newborns with complex conditions.
Our neonatal multidisciplinary care team pride ourselves on our positive culture that is driven through teamwork, respect and a passion for delivery of safe and quality care whilst partnering with the families in our care.
As a Registered Nurse in NICU, you will be responsible for direct patient care of newborns admitted into our service. With the use of state of the art equipment and best practice you will provide intensive care support for newborns requiring various modes of ventilation, multi-organ support, nutrition and developmental care and integrating family centrered care.
We're seeking dedicated individuals who are passionate about neonatal care. You are a registered nurse with a commitment to delivering the best care to our tiniest patients and their families. Your communication skills, teamwork, and adaptability make you a valuable member of our multidisciplinary team. You're driven by a desire for professional growth by encompassing best evidence based practice.
Join us, bring your experience and advance your career in an environment that values innovation, patient-centered care, and unwavering quality. Contribute to our mission of making a difference in the lives of our tiniest patients and their families.
Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women's health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.
We’ve been supporting people for over 100 years. Now, we’re taking all that we have and making it even better. It’s about investing in our people and our cultures to create positive experiences and opportunities for all.
Here are some things you’ll love about working with us:
100+ years of caring …
We’re a cornerstone of the communities we serve, and as part of Mercy Health, the vital work you do here will always be needed. That means career stability and so much opportunity to build your rewarding future with us.
A team of 10,000 hearts …
A career in healthcare and human services isn’t always easy, and it takes true heart. Here, you’ll join a team of over 10,000 dedicated people who carry on and support each other, whatever comes their way.
Countless moments and lives …
As part of Mercy Health, you’ll be right at the heart of our impact. By improving the health outcomes of parents and babies through outstanding patient care, you’ll know that every moment you spend here truly matters.
And so much more to come....
We’re on a journey to keep growing our organisation and impact for the next 100 years. We have the leadership, the scale, the heart and the vision for the future. Let’s achieve it together.
If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process please contact us on the details below.
Jemma Binney, Alanah Crowle & Annie Hatfield (Nurse Unit Manager's - Neonatal Services)
jbinney@mercy.com.au, acrowle@mercy.com.au or ahatfield@mercy.com.au
For further information or to view the extended position description, please email the Nurse Unit Manager.
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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health now provides acute and sub-acute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Our people are the foundation of Mercy Health. For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every age and every stage of life. With over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we’re offering more services than ever before and ensuring better outcomes for our patients, clients and communities.
At Mercy Health, you’ll work alongside 10,000+ amazing people from many different walks of life. You’ll find we’re united by our shared purpose, but we also value what makes us different. That means whatever your background, religious beliefs or gender identity, you are welcome here.
So, join us, and help us better meet the needs of our diverse clients and patients.
