Senior Nurse

Bendigo Primary Care Centre; Greater Bendigo; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership opportunity

Permanent employment

Salary packaging

Collaborative team

Professional growth

Community impact

Job summary

Bendigo Primary Care Centre is expanding its Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic with Senior Nurse roles, offering flexible permanent full-time or part-time employment. You will lead nursing teams, oversee clinical governance and contribute to service development in a 7-day urgent care environment.

This is a community-focused opportunity to shape urgent care delivery in Bendigo, with emphasis on leadership, collaboration and high-quality patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Experience in urgent care, emergency, or primary healthcare.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.
• Commitment to clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Ability to coordinate nursing and medical rosters.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical nursing leadership for safe and high‑quality urgent care.
• Support nurse-led triage, assessment and patient management.
• Educate, mentor and supervise nursing colleagues.
• Promote compliance with clinical standards and policies.
• Coordinate nursing and medical workforce coverage.
• Contribute to governance, service development and model of care evolution.
• Collaborate with clinicians and admin to optimise workflows.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical governance

Team leadership

Communication skills

Collaboration

Urgent care experience

Education

Registered Nurse (AHPRA)

Job description

Senior Nurse - Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic

Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time | Bendigo, Victoria

Job Summary

Play a pivotal nursing leadership role in Bendigo's Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. Flexible full-time or part-time roles with generous salary packaging.

• Help shape the future of a high-profile regional urgent care service
• Permanent full-time or part-time opportunities with attractive salary packaging
• Take a leading role in nursing, clinical quality and service development

An Exciting Opportunity to Help Shape the Future of Urgent Care

Bendigo Primary Care Centre (BPCC) is seeking experienced and motivated Registered Nurses to join our team in newly developed Senior Nurse positions within the Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC).

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of Bendigo's most important community-based healthcare services, contributing to the delivery of accessible, high-quality urgent care while helping shape the next phase of the service's development.

With permanent full-time and part-time opportunities available, we are looking for nurses who are passionate about clinical excellence, enjoy supporting and leading others, and are enthusiastic about making a meaningful difference to healthcare delivery in their community.

About Bendigo Primary Care Centre

Bendigo Primary Care Centre is a community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare organisation committed to providing accessible, affordable and high-quality healthcare to the people of Bendigo and surrounding communities.

Operating one of regional Victoria's largest primary care practices, BPCC brings together an extensive multidisciplinary workforce of doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff.

Our Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a high-profile community health service providing bulk-billed urgent care for patients requiring timely treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries, helping improve access to care and reduce avoidable demand on hospital emergency departments.

As the UCC transitions to an expanded extended-hour, seven-day-per-week operating model, we are strengthening our nursing workforce and evolving our approach to clinical care, creating exciting opportunities for experienced nurses to take on greater leadership and clinical responsibilities.

About the Role

As a Senior Nurse, you will play an integral role in supporting the clinical and operational leadership of the Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Working closely with the UCC Manager, medical practitioners and the broader multidisciplinary team, you will help coordinate the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality urgent care, while providing day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to nursing colleagues.

This is a diverse and rewarding position that combines hands-on clinical nursing with team leadership, workforce coordination and continuous service improvement.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing senior clinical nursing leadership and supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred urgent care.
• Supporting nurse-led triage, clinical assessment and patient management in accordance with the UCC's evolving Model of Care.
• Working collaboratively with the UCC Manager to educate, mentor, supervise and support nursing colleagues.
• Promoting compliance with relevant clinical standards, organisational policies and Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing requirements.
• Supporting the coordination of nursing and medical workforce coverage and rosters.
• Acting as a key point of contact for operational matters.
• Working closely with doctors, nursing colleagues, management and administrative staff to support effective clinical and operational workflows.
• Contributing to clinical governance, quality improvement, workforce development and the continued evolution of the UCC's Model of Care.

About You

We are looking for experienced Registered Nurses who bring sound clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a genuine commitment to collaborative, patient-centred care.

You will be comfortable working in a dynamic clinical environment, supporting colleagues and taking initiative to ensure the effective day-to-day operation of a busy healthcare service.

Ideally, you will demonstrate:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia through AHPRA.
• Demonstrated clinical nursing experience, preferably in urgent care, emergency, acute care or primary healthcare settings.
• Strong clinical assessment, triage and decision-making capabilities.
• The ability to provide leadership, supervision and professional support to nursing colleagues.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence in coordinating competing clinical and operational priorities.
• A commitment to clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
• A collaborative, adaptable and proactive approach to working within a multidisciplinary team.

Previous experience in a senior nursing, team leadership or clinical coordination role will be highly regarded.

Why Join BPCC?

This is more than a traditional senior nursing position. It is an opportunity to contribute to the development of an important and evolving community healthcare service at a time of significant opportunity and change.

We offer:

• A meaningful leadership opportunity - play a pivotal role in shaping the future of nursing and urgent care delivery in Bendigo.
• Permanent employment and flexibility - full-time and part-time opportunities to support different career and lifestyle needs.
• Attractive salary packaging benefits - access to salary packaging arrangements available through our not-for-profit organisation.
• A collaborative workplace - work alongside an experienced and diverse team of healthcare professionals committed to delivering high-quality care.
• Professional growth and development - opportunities to expand your clinical leadership skills and contribute to service improvement and innovation.
• A genuine community impact - make a difference in a service that provides accessible, bulk-billed urgent healthcare to the Bendigo community.

Be Part of Our Next Chapter

The Bendigo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is entering an important new phase, with an evolving Model of Care that will further strengthen the role of nursing in clinical assessment, triage and the delivery of urgent care.

We are looking for enthusiastic and capable nurses who want to be part of this journey, contribute their experience and ideas, and help build a strong, sustainable nursing workforce for the future.

If you are an experienced Registered Nurse looking for an opportunity to combine clinical practice, leadership and meaningful community impact, we would love to hear from you.

Join us and help shape the future of urgent care in Bendigo.