The Victorian School Nursing Program
3 weeks ago
Location: Melbourne
Job type: Part time / From 24/04/2023 - 31/12/2023
Organisation: Education and Training
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 1336704
**Selection Criteria**:
- **Specialist Expertise**:
- Competency and experience in clinical nursing assessment and ability to work as a sole health professional within schools.
- Proven competency and experience in paediatric clinical nursing assessment.
- Demonstrated experience in effective client record management, activity recording, assessment and care planning.
- **Cross Cultural Awareness**:
Communicate well with, relate to and see issues from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds.
- **Communication**:
Confidently conveys information in a clear and interesting way; considerate of others; able to express own views in a constructive and diplomatic way; develops reports and correspondence for clients and others using clear and readily understood language; writes in a clear, fluent and concise manner; produce written communications that are appropriate and readily understood by the intended audience; organise information in a logical sequence.
- **Analytical, conceptual and information seeking skills**:
Deal with concepts and complexity comfortably, be intelligent and perceptive, use analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems, have creative ideas and project how these can link to innovations; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements
- **Service excellence**:
Constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate, and encourages others to do the same; makes specific changes in work methods to improve outcomes, quality and timeliness of service.
**Role**:
The Secondary School Nursing Program is managed and led by DET and places nurses within the wellbeing teams of selected secondary schools to help reduce negative health outcomes and risk-taking behaviours amongst young people. The Secondary School Nurse is a member of the School Nursing team; Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services team; area and regional teams.
The Secondary School Nurse role supports the school in addressing contemporary health and social issues facing young people with a focus on health promotion and primary prevention including health education, classroom education sessions and small group education and limited primary health care including student assessment, referral and support. The Secondary School Nurse works collaboratively with students, teachers, wellbeing staff, school leadership and school communities to build capacity and improve - health outcomes.
The incumbent is required to practice in accordance with Department of Education and Training policy and procedure as well as the various Professional Codes, Guidelines and Registration Standards set by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority.
**Responsibilities**:
Secondary School Nurses undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities that may include (but are not limited to):
- Demonstrate competency and experience, and preferably postgraduate qualifications, in adolescent health and development, primary health care, community health, mental health, public health, education and/or health promotion.
- Function as a sole practitioner in a school setting, providing appropriate high quality preventative health care to assist young people in making healthy lifestyle choices through individual health counselling, health education, assessment, support, and referral and health promotion activities.
- Governed by established departmental policy and procedures, develops, implements, and evaluates a planned evidence-based approach to whole of school health promotion activities focussing on identified school priorities.
- Work as part of the school community, particularly the school welfare team, to effectively promote a broad social view of health.
- Communicate with a range of people in the school environment, the family and other service providers, promoting knowledge of and facilitating collaborative links between young people, families, the school community, relevant primary health care services and relevant community-based organisations.
- Maintain accurate and timely records of clinical activity for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation purposes as required.
- Cooperate with managers in consultative processes that improve health and safety by using the relevant tools and systems, such as procedures, guidelines and policies.
- Observe safe working practices and protect own and others’ health and safety.
**Who May Apply**:
Secondary School
Essential:
- Current registration as a Division 1 Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority.
- Current Victorian Working with Children Check.
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence.
Desirable:
- Relevant tertiary qualification and/or experience in the areas of child or adolescent health, health promoti
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