Clinical Support Nurse - Edenhope

Nursing & Midwifery Education Unit

Clinical Support Nurse- (QRED1) .2eft sessional as per student placement bookings
 

About the role

Nursing & Midwifery Education Unit invites you to apply for the Clinical Support Nurse position, working from mainly Edenhope campus in a .2eft sessional capacity (only during periods when undergraduate placements are booked). This position will provide support and supervision to undergraduate nursing students in the Edenhope campus and you will be responsible for providing orientation, direct clinical support and instructions, helping students develop their learning and confidence, and assessing students against their standards of practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate clinical workplace experience at the bedside with the student while participating in patient and client care.
• Report directly to the Placement Coordinator and Early Career Lead.
• Liaise with the Clinical Nurse Educator- Student Placements (West) about student placements, rostering of students, and the recording of data on Place Right.
• Coordinate and manage the allocated student roster to maintain a current, accurate database of information.
• Collate and write reports using accurate performance criteria as required in relation to the student placement, this includes formative and summative assessments and mid and final placement feedback.

Skills and Experience

• A tertiary qualification in nursing practice and registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency as a Registered Nurse
• A tertiary qualification in the field of adult education and/or Cert IV in TAE or working towards
• An understanding of education frameworks including Best Practice Clinical Learning Environment
• Experience working within the healthcare setting, a well-developed understanding of all clinical areas, disciplines and the ability to develop and maintain internal and external partnerships
• An understanding of administration and clinical workflows as they relate to the learners on placement
• Well-developed IT skills, written and verbal skills

 Personal Qualities

• Teamwork: cooperates and works well with others; collaborates and shares information, shows consideration, concern, and respect for others' feelings and ideas, accommodates and works well with the different working styles of others, encourages resolution of conflict.
• Relationship building: establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values, and communication
• Conceptual and analytical ability: deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; uses analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems; has creative ideas and can project how these can link to innovations.
• Creativity and innovation: generate new ideas; draw on a range of information sources to identify new ways of doing things; actively influence events and promote ideas; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements; reflect on experience and be open to new ways to improve practice.
• Detail focus: observes fine details; identifies gaps in information; looks for logical sequences of information; highlights practical considerations of plans and activities.
• Initiative and accountability: proactive and self-starting; seizes opportunities and acts upon them; takes responsibility for own actions.

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here.
 

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Teagan Green - Early Career Lead on 03 5320 6976 for a confidential discussion. 

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Staff Fitness program
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Edenhope region
Grampians Health Edenhope is located in the Victorian country town of Edenhope.  It is surrounded by nature reserves, wineries and beautiful walking and biking trails. Grampians Health Edenhope also provides a wide range of services such as acute nursing, aged care nursing, district nursing and community nursing to name a few. To learn more about Edenhope please click – Visit Edenhope

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.