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Paediatric Sleep Nurse - Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre
- Permanent Overnight Shifts
- Fixed Term Overnight and Evening Shifts (July 2024 - July 2025; Parental Leave Cover)
Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful
Our Journey
- The Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre provides an inpatient sleep study service, an outpatient home oximetry service, a non-invasive ventilation service and an apnoea monitoring service. The sleep study service performs over 1,400 sleep studies on paediatric patients each year.
- The Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre is staffed by consultant sleep and respiratory paediatricians, sleep scientists and nurses experienced in the diagnosis and management of all paediatric sleep disorders.
- Monash Health is excited to announce a Paediatric Sleep Nurse position available in the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre.
Dedicated paediatric sleep unit operating Monday to Friday evenings
- Play a key role in providing excellent patient care - monitoring paediatric patients attending for assessment of sleep disorders and adequacy of treatments, and/or analysis of the paediatric sleep studies.
Enviable work environment within a dynamic team
A Day in the Life
- The Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre operates Monday to Friday evenings, with a set roster based on a fortnightly template.
- Evening set-up shifts are from 6.15pm - 10.45pm (4.5 hrs), and duties involve the application of sensors and beginning recording for continuous overnight monitoring of paediatric patients undergoing overnight sleep studies.
- Overnight shifts are from 10.30pm - 07.30am (9 hrs), and duties involve the continuous overnight monitoring of paediatric patients undergoing overnight sleep studies, removal and cleaning of all sensors the following morning.
We are excited to offer the following shifts to a Paediatric Sleep Scientist / Nurse within the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre at Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton:
PERMANENT: up to 3 overnight shifts (27 hours) per fortnight
- Week 1:
- Overnight Monday
- Week 2:
- Overnight Monday
- Overnight Tuesday
FIXED TERM (22/07/2024 - 20/07/2025): up to 2 overnight shifts (18 hrs) and 5 evening shifts (22.5 hrs) per fortnight
- Week 1:
- Overnight Monday
- Evening Set-Up Wednesday
- Evening Set-Up Thursday
- Evening Set-up Friday
- Week 2:
- Overnight Monday
- Evening Set-Up Wednesday
- Evening Set-up Thursday
About You
- You are a Registered Nurse who is adept at working with varied monitoring equipment and software systems.
- You have paediatric nursing experience
- You thrive working in a dynamic team and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to all patients.
- You are an advocate of Monash Health's Strategic Guiding Principles.
- You are also:
- Dedicated to safe best practice and quality care
- Committed to delivering patient centred care and advocating for your patients
- Enthusiastic, compassionate and able to work collaboratively.
What you need:
- Relevant qualifications (Registered Nurse Degree/equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience in paediatric nursing
In Return:
- Full Training
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
- Support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Nicole Verginis on 8572 4381.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide'
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close 21 June 2024.
