Co-Ordinator

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: The Royal Women's Hospital

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 24742

**Associate Nurse Unit Manager - Abortion and Contraception Service, Women's Health Clinics**
- Ongoing position
- 38 hours per week + ADO

The Royal Women's Hospital is Australia's first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women's is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women's health.

The Women's is a tertiary referral centre for women with complex gynaecological needs, chronic pelvic pain, issues related to menopause, pelvic floor and other urogynaecological problems. The outpatient service accommdates a number of specialist clinics such as gynaecology, abortion and contraception, urogynaecology, menopause, vulva/dermatology, menopause symptoms after cancer clinics and chronic pelvic pain clinic and colonoscopy.

The Abortion and Contraception Service is a multidisciplinary service including nursing, medical and social work clinicians operating in a collaborative and mutually respectful environment. The facility also includes the Ambulatory Gynaecology Services which provides minor gynaecology procedures under local anaesthetic, as well as other satellite clinics for example, urodynamic investigation into bladder function, insertion of contraceptive intrauterine device clinics and outpatient cystoscopy are also delivered.

As a speciality service within the Women's Health Clinics, the Abortion and Contraception Service provides care to women seeking an abortion and contraception and the unit is staffed by a team who are pro-choice.

**Position purpose:

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The Abortion and Contraception Service Associate Unit Manager will be responsible for the clinical and operational requirements and collaborative case management of clients attending the service. There will be a component of direct clinical care by the Associate Unit Manager in the provision of sexual health screening and assessment for clients. The successful applicant will have strong sexual and reproductive health knowledge and have excellent problem solving skills to be able to effectively and efficiently manage complex social and clinical situations.

**The successful applicant will have:

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- Registration as a Division 1 Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
- Relevant sexual health experience with commitment to evidenced based outcomes
- Experience in the provision of sexual health care within a hospital or community setting and have experience in working with marginalised clients
- Ability to manage stressful client interactions
- Demonstrated understanding of sexual health issues within a social model of health

**Our offering**

When you join the Women's you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the_ exceptional _in your everyday.

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women's is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

**Ready to make the move?**

**COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement***

Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

**Influenza Vaccination Requirement**

In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care. Evidence of vaccination is required.

As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza. Evidence of vaccination is required.

All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.