Acute Nursing or Critical Care - Permanent Pool (CRU) Epworth HealthCare (Epworth) seeks Acute General Registered Nurses and Critical Care to join our high performing and highly valued Central Resource Unit (CRU) on a permanent part time basis.

Positions are available across 3 locations of the Epworth Health group.

Central Freemasons (East Melbourne)

Eastern Suburbs Eastern (Box Hill) Hawthorn

Geelong Epworth Geelong

Staff recruited into the permanent pool team are based in either Central, Eastern Suburbs or Geelong but are not limited to just one location.

Importantly, you can choose your primary location, and you can choose if you want to pick up shifts in other locations too.

What will this model look like?

Each staff member can select their primary hospitals where they want to pick up shifts

Staff can choose to pick up additional shifts in other Epworth Locations

CCRN will have an expected requirement of working between Richmond & Eastern

Supernumerary and education are provided to staff to ensure they are set up for success

Access to a mobile app to pick up shifts at ease across the group

Experience variety of work by having the ability to work or transition across different specialities and areas

You will make an impact by:

Delivering an exceptional patient experience

Providing high standards of nursing care

Encouraging and role-modelling empathy to patients, families and medical staff

To be successful in this role, you will…

Have a minimum 3 Years of relevant nursing experience





Have a contemporary knowledge of best practice in surgical/medical nursing care and/or midwifery, and the patient journey.

Have Permanent residency, Australian citizenship or working rights

Have recency of practise across both Medical and Surgical nursing (if wanting to join as a general acute nurse)

Have excellent interpersonal communication and teamwork skills

Be adaptable to different teams and working environments

Be teachable and have a willingness to learn and grow professionally

Enjoy the challenge of working flexibly within a team environment.

Possess a strong understanding and background of patient-centred care

Have well-developed time management and prioritisation skills

A current Registered Nurse AHPRA registration

Critical Care Post Graduate qualification (If wanting to join as a pure CCRN)

Perioperative Post Graduate certificate is desirable but not essential (for Operating Room staff)

Possess a current Working with Children Check (Employee)

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:

This is a recent unique permanent pool model, please contact the Central Resource Unit to better understand this new concept

Education and support with a dedicated nurse educator

Exposure to different specialties and diverse clinical settings

Opportunities for professional development

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