Health Services Manager Es1-4 ongoing

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Other

Reference: 1452790

**Location Profile**:
Keysborough Secondary College is a multi-campus school with one campus in Keysborough (Acacia Campus) and one in Springvale South (Banksia Campus). Both campuses offer programs for students in years 7-12 with an organisational structure arranged around Junior and Senior sub-schools.

Student achievement and engagement is generally above Like School groups and retention is high. Our student population is culturally and linguistically diverse and characterised by families of high SFOE as a result of which the college attracts significant Equity Funding. General Satisfaction with the College, as measured by the Parent Opinion Survey, is consistently high and in 2024 was 86%.

Our values of Respect, Excellence and Diversity are strongly promoted across the college and our college vision states: Keysborough Secondary College is committed to excellence by raising the achievements of all our students. The school community will provide an environment that enables them to achieve their personal best in each of their intellectual, creative, sporting and social pursuits. Through their voice and leadership, our students will be encouraged to make a difference by being active participants in their community. They will have the ability to succeed independently in life and empowered to achieve their ambitions.

Keysborough Secondary College has undergone an extensive renewal program with the construction of two Junior Village neighbourhoods, a Senior Village neighbourhood, and a purpose-built STEM Centre on each Campus. Construction or refurbishment of a Food Technology, The Arts and Technology Centre on each campus has also been completed. The final stage has been completed for the new Administration Centre on the Banksia Campus and the refurbishment of the Music area at the Acacia Campus.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated experience and skills to build the provision of health services within the college.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to lead and supervise the campus nursing and first aid teams.

**SC3 **Exceptional organisational skills, including the ability to manage work priorities, meet deadlines and develop procedures and guidelines in a health services setting.

**SC4** Demonstrated capacity to work with a variety of stakeholders across the college to achieve desired outcomes.

**SC5** High level communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with students, parents and staff and other members of the school community.

**SC6 **Demonstrated ability to actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all children, in line with the Child Safe Standards.

**Role**:
The Keysborough Secondary College Health Services Manager plays a vital role in the health and wellbeing of students at each campus of the College. The College Health Services Manager supports the development, education, health and wellbeing of all Keysborough Secondary College students and their families. The Health Service Manager promotes the optimal health, wellbeing and development of students, and includes a focus on health monitoring, health promotion, education and counselling, and the provision of primary health care to students. The Health Service Manager also makes early identification, and intervention for students and families at risk.

The Health Services Manager leads, manages and supports the nursing and first aid teams across the College, and works collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including members of the school's education and wellbeing teams and other health practitioners. The Health Services Manager is an integral part of the school community. In promoting optimal student health wellbeing and development, the Health Services Manager plays a pivotal role in enabling students to meet their full educational potential. The Health Services Manager will promote child and adolescent health and wellbeing, assisting in early identification of students with potential health-related learning difficulties.

The Health Services Manager practices in accordance with the legal, ethical and professional framework set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

The Health Services Manager supports the nursing and first aid teams to assist in providing health care, education and support for all students. This support includes:

- nursing and first aid provision within the College
- health promotion and primary health prevention programs within the College
- first aid training within the College
- development of the College health-related policies.

**Responsibilities**:
The Health Services Manager will:

- coordinate and manage the health care centres of the College
- provide clinical services leadership to registered and enrolled nurses and/or other staff within the health care centres of the College
- manag