Maternal & Child Health Nurse - Early Pa

Position DetailsReference Number 182764
Position Title Maternal & Child Health Nurse - Early Parenting Centre
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Program Women, Children & Families
Location McKellar Centre
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 64
Position SummaryMake a difference to local families. Opening soon.

• Join Barwon Health’s new state-of-the-art Early Parenting Centre, dedicated to supporting families in our region
• Fantastic career opportunities!
• Permanent part-time position - 64 hours per fortnight

About Barwon Healthis Victoria's largest regional health service and is also the largest employer in the Geelong region, employing over 8700 staff.Barwon Health’s core facilities include the University Hospital Geelong precinct in central Geelong, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, the innovative Sunrise Centre, Barwon Health North; a vital service that includes child and family health support, renal dialysis, medical imaging, and urgent care, and five stand-alone community health centres.A range of services are delivered across our sites including, aged care, mental health, drugs and alcohol services, community and allied health and rehabilitation services.In addition to delivering high-quality healthcare, Barwon Health is home to a renowned research program and has strong partnerships with training and higher education providers.Opening in the first half of 2024, the Barwon Early Parenting Centre will provide specialist support and deliver flexible, targeted services for families with children 0–4 years old.The centre aims to enhance the parent-child relationship and support parents with strategies for achieving their parenting goals. These goals are often in areas such as sleep and settling, child behaviour, and parent and Child Health and wellbeing.These goals are achieved through structured programs that vary from residential, day stay and in-home support. Programs include:

• psychosocial, physical and developmental assessments
• parenting education
• counselling
• skills development
• play-based activities
• modelling effective behaviours.

The Barwon Early Parenting Centre is located within the McKellar Centre precinct on Ballarat Road in North Geelong.To learn more about the Victorian Government’s expansion and upgrade program to the Early Parenting centre network, .About the roleThe Maternal and Child Health Nurse (MCHN) position at the Early Parenting Centre (EPC) entails providing expert clinical practice support and education on child and family health nursing for both clinical staff and families throughout the triaging, assessment, and intake process. This role involves supporting the multidisciplinary team in delivering evidence-informed, therapeutic models of child and family health nursing in alignment with Barwon Health’s values.The MCHN will play a key role in supporting Allied Health clinicians in Triage – Assessment & Intake, ensuring that families are appropriately allocated to the most suitable program within the EPC. This position involves a blend of direct client care, offering advice and education related to child and family health nursing, as well as providing secondary consultations, education, and support for clinical staff.What we offer

• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.
• Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, laidback lifestyle and great pay rates.

Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure. * From out of town? To find out more about the Geelong region visit
North Geelong just off the Geelong Ring Road, the Barwon Early Parenting Centre is an easy commute from all suburbs. * Flexible working arrangements – speak to us about hours, days or shifts that suit your lifestyle.

• Access to employee wellness program.
• A genuine community feel - we look after each other.
• Wide range of professional development that enhances your career.
• Ability to take leave without pay and purchase additional leave.
• Close to the Surf Coast and

.Diversity and InclusionAt Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au) we are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments to submit your application for this role, please contact noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.This role must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Tertiary Qualifications in Maternal and Child Health Nursing.
Essential: Experience in working with families who have multiple and complex issues including relationship difficulties.
Essential: Strong clinical knowledge, in particular, contemporary Early Parenting practices and understanding of infant mental health and attachment
Desirable: An understanding of, or ability to identify, the range of services available in the community sector to support families
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health's immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.
Contact Person Lauren Langley
Contact Person Job Title
Contact Number (03) 4215 2055
Closing Date 03/04/2024