Address- MCH Clinical Nurse Educator
- $117,437 – $130,928 per annum base
- Permanent
- 30 hours per week
Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.
Located in the centre of Melbourne's growing west, Brimbank City Council is a local government that is welcoming, diverse and proud - just like the community we serve.
Being community first underpins everything we do. We work and advocate for our community, being innovative, future-focused and responsive and apply these same principles to the way we work with each other every day.
Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!
We are currently seeking a Part Time Permanent staff member to join our team based at our offices in Sunshine.
The role
Reporting to the Coordinator of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing, we are seeking an Maternal Child Health Clinical Educator who can bring their skills and experience for:
- Develop, implement, evaluate and modify programs as required to support nursing students and graduate to achieve their optimum potential.
- Meet regularly with Universities to promote MCH Council as an employer of choice
- Plan, implement and coordinate contemporary professional development programs for the Universal, Outreach & Sleep Settling and Enhanced MCH teams.
- In consultation with Coordinator and Team Leaders, plan, implement and coordinate orientation programs for new staff
- Maintain regular contact with Team Leaders supervising new graduates to identify any issues and provide advice or support as appropriate to enable the development of innovative and contemporary practice.
- Recruit preceptors from clinical staff to support students on placement, maintain regular contact during placement and provide assistance as necessary, including liaison with University if required.
- Maintain knowledge of contemporary practice in Maternal and Child Health and provide specialist advice regarding implications of new evidence from research.
- Develop and manage systems and processes to ensure effective clinical governance support, ongoing review and the annual evaluation of the clinical governance framework.
- Provide accurate and timely reports, advice and support relating to the MCH service delivery. Including Client Feedback, Clinical Risk and Incident Reporting.
- Undertake audits, gap analysis, and continuous improvement plans for the MCH service.
- Ensure compliance with legislation, Australian standards and relevant accreditation requirements.
- Evaluate requests for participation of the unit in research and provide recommendations to senior leaders in the Unit as required.
- Monitor the Elumina MCH Clinical Risk Incident Reporting system
- In partnership monitor and support the key actions on the MCH Continuous Improvement Plan.
- Undertake additional roles as delegated by the Coordinator Child and Family Health and Wellbeing.
To be considered you will have:
- Tertiary qualifications in Maternal and Child Health (current registration the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Midwife and Division 1 Registered Nurse)
- Extensive and diverse experience working with quality systems in healthcare
- Experience working in the MCH service
Benefits of working at Brimbank include:
A Position Description for this role is attached. To apply, please include your Resume and a Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages, outlining how you can deliver on the key aspects of the role and how you will assist Brimbank in 'becoming the best it can be'.
Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.
If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 92494000.
Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.
To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All applications should be submitted online by clicking on 'Apply' link.
Direct any queries regarding the role to: Elen McDonald - *****@brimbank.vic.gov.au
Don't meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown women and those of underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every criterion. At Brimbank City Council, we recognise that different experiences make for great community outcomes. If you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn?t perfectly align to the criteria we encourage you to click the APPLY button now and submit your application.
If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers
