Clinical Educator

Your role

Our St Michaels Paediatric Ward is a dedicated space for our babies, young children and teenagers to recover after surgery, a procedure or medical care.  Our children's ward now has an exciting new role for a Clinical Educator. 

As a Clinical Educator you will play a critical role in the professional development of all caregivers at SJG Murdoch Hospital, working collaboratively with the L&D Coordinator, department managers and caregivers. The role is responsible for the delivery, implementation, assessment and evaluation of Learning and Development programs (including Graduate Programs).

The Position

• Support and provide guidance to caregivers (including graduates) to meet individual learning and development goals and achieve departmental objectives

• In collaboration with the caregiver's manager, support them to address learning gaps, and meet performance development goals and plans.

• Collaborate with Department Managers, other learning and development caregivers and relevant key stakeholders to support learning and development activities locally.

• Support an interprofessional approach to the delivery, assessment and evaluation of learning for all caregivers, promoting a positive and inclusive workplace learning environment.

• Support the use of standardised, best practice tools, frameworks and guidelines to deliver, assess and evaluate learning activities.

• In collaboration with the L&D Coordinator, identifies individual, local and organisational learning needs through a learning needs analysis process.

• Use adult learning principles when facilitating learning activities.

• Provides mentoring, coaching and support to caregivers through experiential learning and assists other members of the team to undertake the same.

• As directed by the L&D Coordinator, uses the Learning Management System to create learning events and record completions to meet individual professional development, local hospital/service and organisational compliance and risk requirements.

• In collaboration with the L&D Coordinator and other key stakeholders, support the planning, onboarding, delivery and evaluation of the Pathways to Practice Graduate Programs and Pathway to Speciality Programs.

You will have well-developed time management and organisational skills, effective conflict resolution, negotiation and problem-solving skills with demonstrated understanding and experience in applying adult learning principles to motivate, support and encourage caregivers to further develop professionally. You will possess well-developed interpersonal, communication, mentoring and coaching abilities to engage with a diverse workforce to conduct small group teaching and group presentations. 

To succeed you will hold current registration as a Health Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidenced in a Continuing Professional development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio.

You will have knowledge of quality improvement and relevant Accreditation and Licensing processes and associated links to learning and development programs that promote quality service delivery and safety.   Experience working with Learning Management Systems, and the range of MS Office packages will be required.

A qualification in, or progression towards achieving, a post graduate certificate, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, or other formal professional development relating to education and training with recent experience as an educator, preceptor or supervisor in a healthcare environment will be highly regarded.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $104,903 to $110,954 per annum (pro rata for part-time) plus 12% superannuation

• A permanent part-time position, working 21 hours per fortnight

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Access to gym membership, fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport for you and your family.

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Travel Green allowance.  If you walk, carpool or use public transport you could be eligible for up to $1,500 per year

All applicants are asked to submit a current CV and covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries contact Jacinta Bonanno, Learning and Development Coordinator, on

Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly.  Apply today

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.