Vfpms Nurse Coordinator

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Part-time

**Salary**: $116,760 - $122,907

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Medicine, nursing and midwifery

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:13579

**VFPMS Nurse Coordinator**- Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Friendly and supportive team environment
- Permanent Part Time Position

**About the Role**
- This is a Permanent Part Time position at 32 hours per fortnight within the VFPMS.
- Based at Monash Children’s Hospital in Clayton, the VFPMS Nurse Coordinator provides clinical services at MCH. The role will be performed in collaboration with the VFPMS Nurse Manager at the RCH in order to ensure efficient and effective utilisation of expertise and resources across both sites.
- The VFPMS Nurse Coordinator is the in-hours first point of contact for enquiries related to requests for a forensic paediatric medical service and will be responsible for triaging of children and young people who present with problems that might indicate abuse, assault or neglect in accordance with current VFPMS guidelines.

Classification for this position will range from ZF4 to ZJ4

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Acting as the in-hours first point of contact for enquiries relating to requests for a forensic paediatric medical service. This involves triaging of children and young people who present with problems that might indicate abuse, assault or neglect in accordance with current VFPMS guidelines.
- Utilising clinical skills, and knowledge to coordinate patient care across sites and to initiate alternative approaches to care.
- Communicating diagnostic data to treating medical doctor, escalating abnormal patient findings/diagnostic data.
- Supporting and encouraging an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care.

**Your skills and experience**
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered though the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA)
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidenced in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record/Profession al practice Portfolio.
- Minimum 5 years Paediatric nursing experience.

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**About the Department**
- The **Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service** (**VFPMS**) operates as a Centre of Excellence for Child Abuse and Forensic Paediatric Medicine. This means that the service
- operates as a tertiary hospital referral centre,
- provides 24/7 advice and secondary consultations for Victorian Health professionals, Police and Child Protection Practitioners,
- has a leadership role in establishing standards, protocols and guidelines in relation to forensic paediatric medicine in Victoria,
- serves as a central point for data collection and funding of fee-for-service consultations and
- is a leading Victorian centre for teaching and research in the medical aspects of child maltreatment.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Professional development and special events
- Culture of continuous improvement

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**
- To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Why work at the RCH?
- RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
- We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
- It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
- It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption
- Are you ready to join our team?
- Applications close 5 August 2025

- Applications close Tuesday 12 August