Employment Type: Fixed-term, 12 months
Hours: 64 hrs per fortnight
Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg
Contact: Eilidh Mackechnie , Acting Nurse Unit Manager ****** or ********; Denise Geoghegan , Clinical Educator ******
Where there's life, there's Mercy.
Where there's care, there's You.
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.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before.
With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
The Transition to Specialist Practice in Perioperative Nursing program, offered at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg, is a 12-month program that will provide you with a supported and valuable opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in the unique and rewarding area of perioperative nursing.
This course is adapted to your needs and can support those nurses with some previous perioperative nursing experience through to nurses who have limited or no previous perioperative experience.
Fixed Term Part Time contract 0.8 EFT ,



opportunities for ongoing / Permanent employment Commence in February ****
Clinical experiences provided will include Gynaecology, Uro-gynaecology, Gynae-oncology, Reproductive Medicine, Endo-surgery, Obstetrics, Anaesthetics, Post Anaesthetic and Day Surgery nursing
The Transition to Specialist Practice in Perioperative Nursing Course @ Mercy Hospital for Women will ensure successful applicants have the necessary skills and knowledge to work across all aspects of perioperative nursing and will provide a solid foundation for future post graduate perioperative studies and nursing practice
What you'll bring
Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Minimum 12 months recent post graduate acute nursing experience
Your position is dependent on your agreement to commence Transition to Specialist Practice in Perioperative Nursing program
Applicants are required to be an Australian Citizen or have Australian Permanent Residency
Required evidence of: A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?




Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.
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 Australia is renowned for its unwavering commitment to providing compassionate and patient-centered health services and aged care services.
If you're value and display empathy, integrity, and are seeking the prospect to make a real difference, we invite you to join us!
Mercy Health is made up of 10,000 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 employs people from many cultures and backgrounds who, irrespective of their beliefs, share a common bond to care for those in need.
We look forward to welcoming you to your journey with Mercy Health.
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