Education Lead: Education and Training

**Employment Status**

Permanent Part Time

**Program**

Chief Nursing Officer

**Location**

Kitchener House

**Hours Per Fortnight**

64

**Position Summary**
- Lead the implementation of educational excellence for the Specialty Education Pathways (Nursing and Midwifery) portfolio
- Permanent part time hours (64 hours a fortnight)
- Work in collaboration with the wider Centre for Education and Training team at Barwon Health.

About the facility

The Centre for Education and Training leads an integrated approach to clinical education and training, helping Barwon Health to achieve its education goals by delivering, supporting and promoting coordinated, quality education and training across health care roles in Barwon Health and collaborating with the Barwon South Western region. We comprise of an inter-professional team of clinical educators and support staff across allied health, nursing, midwifery, and medical disciplines, working together to develop clinicians who model excellent practice, challenge poor practice, and inspire others

**About the role**

This position supports the Centre for Education and Training's Nursing and Midwifery team by leading the implementation of educational excellence for the Specialty Pathways portfolio. Through ongoing service development and identification of opportunities to enhance education initiatives and stakeholder relationships, the Education Lead
- Specialty Pathways will ensure business needs are met and advance the nursing and midwifery professions. The position has a strong emphasis on interprofessional collaboration, education quality and capacity-building and is expected to systematically drive education best practice to ensure clinical best practice at point of care. The position actively contributes to nursing and midwifery workforce planning, including education workforce, with a focus on specialist and post graduate pathways in affiliation with university partners. The position works closely with other education leadership roles and will deputise for the Manager
- Centre for Education and Training
- Nursing and Midwifery when required.

**About the culture**

The Centre for Education and Training Unit offer a supportive and collaborative interdisciplinary team environment, and a diverse and challenging work program that integrates the health sector and the education sector. We are committed to developing clinicians who lead in their practice and engage in career-long teaching and learning. We aim for excellence in learner engagement and teaching collaboration.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness program
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djilang, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
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**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Post Graduate qualification in Nursing/Midwifery
Essential: Demonstrated success in planning and delivering educational programs and information materials, including in a digital environment
Essential: Sound business and human resource management knowledge and skills appropriate for leading a diverse team of educators
Essential: Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills including conflict resolution strategies
Essential: Ability to work collaboratively, systematically and independently with a team focussed approach
Essential: Highly developed writing and computer skills (outlook, excel, word, power point)
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