Clinical Nurse Educator - Permanent Part-time 24 hours per week (3 days) - Tresillian Education, Professional Practice Innovation Centre - Tresillian Wollstonecraft
Reference Number: Tresillian 23/2024
Employment Status: Permanent Part-time 24 hours per week (3 days)
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisation Nurses Agreement 2017
Vaccination Category: CAT A
Location: Tresillian Wollstonecraft
The Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible for the coordination and facilitation of unit based clinical education and training reflecting evidence based practice. The Clinical Nurse Educator promotes and supports excellence in clinical practice to optimise clinical and client outcomes, through policy, core knowledge, skill, and research translation into clinical practice. The Clinical Nurse Educator will have a primary role in the provision of unit orientation, mandatory training, continuing education, clinical teaching and facilitation, and skill accreditation. The Clinical Nurse Educator works closely with the unit Nurse Educator to ensure a coordinated approach to continuing education across the unit. The key success factors for this role will reflect the purpose of the CNE.
The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, trading asTresillian, was formed in 1918 to coordinate early child and maternal health care services in New South Wales (NSW). Tresillian is now the largest early child and family health and parenting service in Australia, operating from four sites in metropolitan Sydney and numerous regional and rural sites supporting service provision to families across NSW, Victoria, and ACT.
Tresillian is a Certified Child Safe Leader and is dedicated to creating a workplace environment where children’s rights are recognised and championed.
Tresillian provides local and state-wide services including health and parenting assessments; parenting advice; education; and support to families via a range of service delivery models including centre based day programs, home visiting, telehealth, helpline, internet, virtual residential and face to face residential services. In addition, Tresillian provides education, training, and consultancy across a range of sectors including within the health care service and higher education. For further information on Tresillian, please visit our website https://www.tresillian.org.au
SELECTION CRITERIA:
1) Current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
2) Postgraduate/ post registration qualifications in Child and Family Health Nursing with a minimum of 3 years full-time experience working in the specialty.
3) Demonstrated skills in clinical teaching and facilitation including the demonstrated knowledge and use of adult learning principles.
4) Demonstrated commitment to own professional development and of others.
5) Minimum Certificate IV Training and Assessment or willingness to complete within 12-18 months of position commencement.
6) Demonstrated understanding and commitment to evidence based practice and ability to apply this to education practice.
7) Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication skills, and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and independently.
8) Able to demonstrate competency in Microsoft Office suite and computer technology relevant to the role.
What We Offer: 1) Generous salary packaging up to $15,900 per FBT year and Meal & Entertainment on top of this amount utilising an additional $2,650 (as a Not-for-profit and registered Health Promotion Charity). 2) Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs, including access to study leave, extended child and family health practice skills for clinicians and a biannual Tresillian conference. 3) Access to our free and confidential Employee Assistance Program. 4) Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff. 5) Applicants who currently work within NSW Health or another Affiliated Health Organisation may be able to transfer their service and leave entitlements to Tresillian.
This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children's Guardian. For more information and how to apply, please visit the Office of the Children's Guardian website www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/working-with-children/working-with-children-check
Appropriate criminal record and child protection checks are conducted for all successful candidates. Employment with Tresillian is subject to having current immunity status that complies with the Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - Policy Directive Immunisation History Complies with NSW Health Policy Directive PD2023_022. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with the Policy Directive.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 Immunisation Medical Exemption Form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available.
How to apply: Interested applicants need to email the following documentation directly to the contact person provided: 1) Cover letter addressing the selection criteria. 2) Curriculum Vitae. 3) Name and contact details of two referees (phone and email).
For further enquiries regarding the position or a copy of the job description please contact: Director Workforce Learning & Development I Ms Katherine Schaffarczyk I Tresillian Education, Professional Practice Innovation Centre (EPPIC) | Mobile: 0488 198 797 | Email: [email protected]