Title:  Registered Nurse - Geriatric Evaluation Management

Registered Nurse - Geriatric Evaluation Management

• Fixed-term Part Time | Experience work-life balance | 32 hours per week
• Peter James Centre | Car parking on site | Close to shops
• Dynamic and diverse multidisciplinary team supporting patients to receive care in their own home

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
 

Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

As a Registered Nurse in a busy and dynamic GEM/REHAB@HOME service, you will be expected to provide nursing care to patient's in their own homes.

The GEM/REHAB@Home Registered Nurse maintains the continuum of care delivered within the community setting. A nurse in this service functions as a sole practitioner and is required to provide both safe and competent care as part of a multidisciplinary team, to coordinate and provide an expert clinical service at an advanced level, in line with relevant standards, guidelines and policies of Eastern Health. This care may take the form of medication management, wound care, assessment, observations including bladder scans/ECG/pathology etc.

You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team including Geriatricians, Specialist Rehabilitation Physicians, OT, Physiotherapists, Allied Health Assistants, Speech Pathology, Dieticians.

About you 

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Minimum of 5 years acute medical/surgical post registration nursing experience or nursing specialty equivalent e.g. ICU/ED/CCU/Sub Acute/medical/Community

• Current Division 1 Nursing registration with AHPRA 

• Demonstrated initiative and self-direction

• Willingness to maintain and advance knowledge & skills relevant to this position

• Comprehensive systems-based patient assessment skills and documentation of findings

• Working knowledge of wound management (acute and chronic)

• Urinary catheterisation - male & female

• Pathology result interpretation

• A strong commitment to high quality care

• The ability to work as part of a diverse team

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

• Current Victorian Drivers Licence

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps

Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please click here for position description link

Contact Person: Clare Blee

Contact Number: 0439688028

Contact Email: clare.blee@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 15/08/2025

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

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