Casual Clinical Facilitator

**Employment Status**

Casual

**Program**

Chief Nursing Officer

**Location**

All Sites

**Hours Per Fortnight**

0

**Position Summary**
- Are you interested in joining a team that supports and nurtures the future nursing workforce?
- Do you want to be supported in developing your career in education?
- Do you want to join a team that prides itself on professional education and engagement?

**About the facility***

Guided by our values Barwon Health is Victoria's largest regional health care service and is also the largest employer in the Geelong and surf coast region, employing over 8,000 staff. Working at Barwon Health offers diversity where no two days are the same with varied areas of expertise and locations. We have a dedicated education and training department giving you access to opportunities to improve your knowledge and skill base.

The Clinical Education and Training Unit 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 the Barwon South Western Region. This dynamic unit is committed to the delivery of superior education, training and/or workforce development through high-quality clinical learning environments.

**About the role**

Nursing students undertake clinical placements at Barwon Health across a variety of clinical settings throughout the year. As a Clinical Facilitator you will work with enrolled and registered nursing students, preceptors and ward staff to create an environment that supports, promotes and enhances the learning experience.

You will work closely with the Clinical Placement Coordinator
- Nursing and Education Provider staff to enhance relationships and the models of clinical placement offered. You will also have the opportunity to enhance relationships with the wider Clinical Education and Training team.

You will possess highly developed interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to assess, plan, implement strategies and evaluate individual student learning needs. You will demonstrate leadership qualities, have consolidated experience in a clinical area and a commitment to education.

**About the culture**

The Clinical 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.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- 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 Djillong, 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 Barwon Health are 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: Are you are Registered Nurse with AHPRA?
Desirable: Do you have or are yu working towards a Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116)?
Desirable: Do you have or are you working towards a relevant post graduate qualification?
Desirable: Do you have considerable experience in a clinical setting? Please detail.
Desirable: Do you have experience supporting students and new learners? Please detail.
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza va