About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists for you to join the nursing education team (NaMES) within Monash Health in a Clinical Nurse Educator role supporting the critical care unit predominately in Intensive Care Clayton but not limited.  Our intensive care unit is a dynamic unit and cares for a wide cohort of critically unwell patients including, neuology, general surgery conditions respiratory, Cardiac and more. We receive patients from all areas of Victoria.  We have a permanent full time  position available due to growth in the team, and expansion of critical services across our organisation.

We require a highly skilled critical care trained nurse with a passion for education.

This role includes:

• Supporting contemporary education that promotes best practice standards.
• Clinical support to staff of all proficiency levels novice to expert
• Demonstrate and promote expertise and best practice standards
• Work collaboratively with the leadership team including the multi-disciplinary team
• Utilises resources such as the professional development framework to support a flexible and highly skilled workforce.

About You

You are a highly skilled nurse with current well-developed clinical skills and excel in engagement, communication and collaboration within a team environment. You have passion supporting all levels of learners, assist in professional development of the workforce and have current clinical expertise and at the bedside.  You are confident, experienced and are  flexible in  educational delivery adapting to the ever changing environment.  You will have or enrolled and undertaking a  post graduate masters qualifications in critical care /Intensive Care nursing.

You can demonstrate the following:

• Commitment to quality clinical care and sound clinical skills
• Current knowledge of patient care strategies and adaptability of the changing clinical environment
• Strong leadership and  the ability to work effectively with a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to show initiative and work independently when required
• A well-developed understanding of different teaching and learning styles, and able to demonstrate high quality creation, delivery and evaluation of your teaching via various modalities

 What You Need:

• Current AHPRA registration
• Demonstrated experience/education  in Intensive Care Nursing
• Completion or working towards post graduate masters  qualification in critical care intensive care nursing

What We Offer:

• access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
• working collaborative with passionate and committed education team to develop our future workforce
• avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
• mentorship & career guidance
• support to attend relevant forums & conferences
• a supportive learning environment, should you wish to continue postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite subsidised staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.

Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services by email – recruitment@monashhealth.org.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.