Clinical Nurse Educator

Join us as a Clinical Nurse Educator within the Armidale Hospital Close Observation Unit. Use your passion for developing, implementing and evaluating education to provide the best level of care to our critical patients

Remuneration: $ $58.83 per hour + Superannuation + Salary Packaging

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until March 2027

Hours per week: 20

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Educator

Location: Armidale Hospital

Requisition ID: REQ619030

Applications Close: Sunday, 30th November

At Armidale Hospital, we are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) to join our Close Observation Unit (COU) team. As a member of this specialised unit, you will play a vital role in delivering competent nursing education in High Dependency and Intensive Care Nursing, which will in turn allow our team to provide care to patients with critical illness or injury, supporting them and their families through what is considered a very vulnerable time in their lives. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients while working in a supportive, team-oriented environment.

You won't be working alone. You will be supported by the Nurse Unit Manager and the other CNE that this role is job-shared with, as well as the broader team of CNE's within the hospital. Professional growth and training opportunities are not only supported but encouraged. An additional 0.5 maternity leave vacancy is forecasted in March 2026, creating the opportunity to job share either two 0.5 roles or a one full time position.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning and co-ordination of all aspects of clinical teaching and education in the COU
• Contribute to the development of colleagues and identify learning needs
• Assist in ALS training and monitoring of rapid responses within the unit.
• Provide day to day clinical education support and clinical supervision at the point of care
• Provide 1:1 informal education
• Provide support for skill development in clinical procedures, professional development, clinical policy development and an in-service program for COU.

As our new Clinical Nurse Educator, you will:

• Be approachable, empathetic and motivated to help your colleagues in the COU
• Have extensive and recent intensive care nursing experience.
• Enjoy working autonomously.
• Be able to demonstrate sound clinical teaching and communication skills through previous education programme development and co-ordination.
• Show your experience in quality management
• Demonstrate your ability to develop and evaluate outcome-based clinical education

Essential criteria:

• Current Registered Nurse with AHPRA plus relevant clinical or education post registration qualifications and clinical experience.

What we can offer you:

At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

• Paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
• Ongoing training and opportunities for professional development
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and their families
• ADO's each month (for full-time employees)
• 6 weeks annual leave (for eligible full time nurses)
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
• Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
• Fitness Passport
• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero

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4) We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position

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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. Please contact HNELHD- for confidential support to ensure an equitable, barrier-free application process.

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Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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