Clinical Educator

BlueCare | Clinical Educator | ACCS Clinical Education | Toowoomba Location
- Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge or progression?_

The BlueCare Clinical Education Team is a centralised function with the focus of strengthening the clinical workforce across both community and residential aged care settings. Being part of the team, you will be working with a group of passionate, like-minded professionals. With a dedicated focus on the development and delivery of bespoke educational programs, you will support the capability and confidence uplift across clinical and non-regulated directed care roles.

Your part in our clinical education team

As a clinical Educator, you will be based out in our Toowoomba hub and travel to services within that region, including Ipswich and Kingaroy. You will be responsible for delivering clinical education programs to support capability and confidence uplift across clinical and non-regulated direct care roles in our Aged Care and Community Services.

This role is part of the BlueCare centralised Clinical Education Team and will partner with service leaders and relevant key stakeholders to ensure educational outcomes align to the Aged Care Education Strategy.

Accountabilities- Support the design and implementation of the clinical education strategy, framework and approach across Aged Care; ensuring alignment with business unit standards and requirements, and UnitingCare’s mission, values and strategic goals- Assess current clinical competency state, identify and prioritise learning gaps and requirements, and support efficient, effective and cooperative solutions- Support with design, evaluation and delivery of education and development programs and provide recommendations on fit for purpose learning, tools and resources, including supporting external resource development where required, and vendor/contractor management where applicable- Mentoring Clinical Nurses, Registered Nurses and Service Leaders to support their contribution to clinical education in their services

What makes a difference for us?- Tertiary qualifications in Nursing or equivalent- Current NMBA/AHPRA Registration- Cert IV in Training & Assessment (or working towards)-
- Demonstrated experience in assessing learning needs and developing learning strategies and frameworks- Experience in managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities- Experience in the design and delivery of learning programs, tools and resources, for varying audiences- knowledge of the Aged Care accreditation standards- Excellent knowledge of adult learning principles, methodologies and learning design/delivery trends and best practice approaches- Excellent verbal and written communication skills- Current Driver’s licence
- Employee Benefits:
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events- Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too
- Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of _BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,_ you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly
- UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
- Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children- Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services- Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
- Diversity & Inclusion_
- Safe _workplace_
- We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, _workplaces_ and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety._