Clinical Nurse Educator - Temporary Full Time - The Sutherland Hospital

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 8 June 2025
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Educator
Remuneration: $106,491.24 - $109,945.46 per annum plus Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ477294An exciting opportunity to join South Eastern Sydney Local Health District!The Sutherland Hospital is now recruiting to Gunyah Ward.
The vision for nursing and midwifery at The Sutherland Hospital is to: Build a united team that provides compassionate care to our community through transformational, supportive and holistic nursing and midwifery.Now is an exciting time to join The Sutherland Hospital, with our $81.5 million expansion nearing completion. The Sutherland Hospital is a 375-bed, major metropolitan hospital and an associated teaching hospital of the University of NSW.Your new role: The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.The Clinical Nurse Educator provides coordination, delivery and evaluation of Clinical Nurse education (including programs) at the ward/unit level. Such education may include orientation and/or transitioning for new nursing staff, undergraduate and casual nurses as well as meeting the ongoing educational needs of existing nursing staff. The Clinical Nurse Educator also provides clinical supervision at the point of care within everyday clinical practice, in line with the ANMC Decision Making Frameworks for Nurses and Midwives.Where you'll be workingGunyah Ward is an acute medical inpatient ward with a bed-base of 27 beds. The patient type admitted to this unit is neurology and general medical patients. The ward includes an Acute Stroke Unit that provides stroke telemetry monitoring for up to 8 patients. The team is supported by the Nurse Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator, Neurology Clinical Nurse Consultant and Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2, as well as a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team who are passionate in managing patients with acute, chronic and complex care needs.Our Hospital and Community:Established in 1958, The Sutherland Hospital campus offers a comprehensive range of inpatient and community services to around 226,000 residents of the Sutherland Shire, colloquially known as ‘The Shire’. Part of the (SESLHD) and located in Caringbah, the hospital campus is close to some of Sydney’s great beaches, restaurants, bars and cafes at Cronulla and is close to the beautiful Royal National Park. At Miranda, just a short walk away from the hospital, there is a Westfield Shopping Centre and cinema complex.The ideal candidate will have: * Current unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.

• Holds a relevant clinical or education post registration qualification or 3 years clinical experience in the field.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of teaching and learning in the health care environment (adult learning principles).
• Demonstrated clinical teaching & facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of competency attainment and assessment.
• Computer literacy and understanding of hospital information systems.

The Benefits:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees)

- Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing. * 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:Need more information?1) Click here for the and
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For role related queries or questions contact Saher Younas on Saher.Younas@health.nsw.gov.auApplications Close: 7 April 2024