Nursing Coordinator

Job Requisition ID: 3493
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Full Time and / or Part Time
- Posting Date: 30 Jan 2025

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**About the role**:
We are looking to appoint to the position of **Nursing Coordinator** **- Monash Medical Centre and Monash Children's Hospital.**
- The role will be appointed on an ongoing basis, working across a seven day per week roster including AM, PM and ND shifts._

The Nursing Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality person-centred care and timely patient flow. This includes supporting the delivery of access targets. Working in collaboration with inter-professional disciplines, the position ensures effective partnerships are developed and maintained in our commitment to delivering high standards of care.

**About the role**

**_Specific accountabilities will include:_**
- The coordination of bed management and patient access and flow across the site
- Site emergency management
- Alerting the site Director of Nursing of potential and actual clinical and non-clinical risk issues
- Effective and efficient management of the site resources in order to achieve a high standard of nursing care in accordance with legislation and regulations.

**About You**

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

- You have outstanding people and communication skills, combined with proven recent leadership and management experience.
- You have demonstrated prior experience of effective leadership and the delivery of excellence in patient care and services to the community.
- With proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively, you readily build strong relationships with stakeholders in the delivery of patient centred care.
- You are able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and are outcome focussed with strong problem solving skills and an innovative thinking approach.
- You are well organised, have experience using patient administration systems and electronic medical records (EMR), particularly iPM.
- Compassionate and able to demonstrate commitment to person-centred care, you are able to identify clinical risk issues and areas for improved clinical outcomes

**What you need**:

- Current AHPRA Registration
- Demonstrated experience in acute medical and/or surgical care
- Strong leadership skills and a consultative management style
- Well-developed communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage clinical and operational emergencies
- Working rights in Australia
- Post graduate qualification in leadership or management (desirable)
- Previous experience in a nursing leadership role (desirable)
- Current incident commander training (desirable)

**In Return**:

- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base.
- Avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills.
- Mentorship and career guidance.
- Support to attend relevant forums and conferences.
- You will be part of a highly committed compassionate team.
- Be part of a service that values you and all you bring to the role. Strong focus on self-care.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further,** please call John Davis on 0466 300 229**

**Position Description can be**found here**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

**Applications close: 13 February 2025