At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Emergency Department and enhance your nursing skills through postgraduate courses.
- Company: Bendigo Health, a leading regional health service committed to community care.
- Benefits: Flexible working arrangements, career development, and generous salary packaging.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities to rotate in Intensive Care and access to wellness programs.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while advancing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Registered nurse with a passion for emergency care and professional growth.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Loddon Mallee - Greater Bendigo
Reference: 4508
Work in an environment that offers:
- Join a leading regional health service where we support you to grow, develop and progress your career.
- A dynamic and growing health service that embraces new technologies.
- Make a real and positive difference in the lives of our community!
The Position
Job Reference: 4508
Bendigo Health is passionate about facilitating the professional development of nursing staff. Registered nurses employed in the Emergency Department as a component of postgraduate study in emergency nursing are required to enrol in a Bendigo Health approved postgraduate course of study with Deakin University. Participants will also rotate to the Intensive Care Unit for short periods in order to develop skills and knowledge in the care of critically ill ICU inpatients. At all times the Registered Nurse will practice according to the standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as follows: ‘National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse’, ‘Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia’ and the ‘Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia’.
Working with Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community. Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.
Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program
If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the onboarding process.
Your New Division
The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women’s and Children’s, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services.
Within a state-of-the-art hospital, our Ambulatory and Critical Care, Medical Services, Surgical Services and Women’s and Children’s (including an Early Parenting Centre) areas use the latest technologies to provide excellent care. Our world class Cancer Centre uses a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach to treat specific cancers. The Cancer Centre offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, specialist nurses, clinical trials and cancer research, palliative care, and a Cancer Wellness Program.
The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment covering the Loddon Mallee region. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.
Each year our onsite Specialist Clinics provide over 100,000 service events, we also see more than 60,000 people in our Emergency Department and welcome around 1700 babies into the world. The Clinical Operations Division assists with the admission of more than 50,000 patients into the hospital each year.
Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.
Interested?
Diversity and Inclusion
Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
Act with Respect
We are proud to be a RespectX Accredited Employer. We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in our organisation.
Applications close Sunday 1 November 2026 at 11.59pm
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