Job posted: 08/11/2024 Job type: Full time / From 20/01/2025 - 31/12/2025 Organisation: Schools (Government) Salary: Salary not specified Occupation: Nursing Reference: 1449562 Closes: 21/11/2024 Work location: Melbourne Selection Criteria Specialist Expertise: Competency and experience in clinical nursing assessment and ability to work as a sole health professional within schools. Demonstrated expertise in adolescent public/school health, community health, health promotion or development paediatrics. Demonstrated experience in effective client record management, activity recording, assessment, and care planning. Cross Cultural Awareness: Communicate well with, relate to, and see issues from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. Communication: Confidently conveys information in a clear and interesting way; considerate of others; able to express own views in a constructive and diplomatic way; develops reports and correspondence for clients and others using clear and readily understood language; writes in a clear, fluent, and concise manner; produce written communications that are appropriate and readily understood by the intended audience; organise information in a logical sequence. Analytical, conceptual and information seeking skills: Deal with concepts and complexity comfortably, be intelligent and perceptive, use analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems, have creative ideas and project how these can link to innovations; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements. Service excellence: Constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate and encourages others to do the same; makes specific changes in work methods to improve outcomes, quality and timeliness of service. Role Secondary School: The Secondary School Nursing Program is managed and led by the Department of Education and places nurses within the wellbeing teams of selected secondary schools to help reduce negative health outcomes and risk-taking behaviours amongst young people. The Secondary School Nurse is a member of the School Nursing team; Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services team; area and regional teams. The Secondary School Nurse role supports the school in addressing contemporary health and social issues facing young people with a focus on health promotion and primary prevention including health education, classroom education sessions and small group education and limited primary health care including student assessment, referral and support. The Secondary School Nurse works collaboratively with students, teachers, wellbeing staff, school leadership and school communities to build capacity and improve health outcomes. The incumbent is required to practice in accordance with the Department policy and procedure as well as the various Professional Codes, Guidelines and Registration Standards set by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority. Primary School: Working as part of the School Nursing Team, the primary responsibility of this role is to offer a universal health screening service to children in their first year of primary school in Government, Catholic, Independent schools and English Language Centres. This includes responding to parents' concerns and observations collected through the School Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ), conducting follow-up health and wellbeing assessments, providing advice to teachers and families and appropriate referral of issues to internal and external agencies. The Primary School Nurse also provides assessment and support for children in years one to six where a concern is identified. The Nurse will also have a role in health promotion and building the capacity of schools to respond to health, wellbeing and learning concerns in children. This may include the development, implementation and evaluation of appropriate health education in response to identified health priorities in schools. The incumbent is required to practice in accordance with the Department policy and procedure as well as the various Professional Codes, Guidelines and Registration Standards set by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority. Responsibilities Primary School: Primary School Nurses undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities that may include (but are not limited to): Implement nursing interventions including referral as appropriate via the child's parent or guardian to health professionals/agencies. Provide a follow-up service, which ensures children with health-related problems receive appropriate assistance. Carry out health promotion/education within program guidelines and act as a health resource to the school community. Act as an advocate for children and promote child health as a member of an inter-disciplinary team, liaising effectively with parents, teachers, health, welfare and education personnel. Maintain accurate electronic records for assessment, referral, planning and implementation. Liaise with the Secondary School Nurse where appropriate, to support the transition of students from primary to secondary school, particularly for those students identified as having special needs, or at risk. Observe safe working practices and protect own and others' health and safety. Who May Apply Primary School: Current registration as a Division 1 Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority. Current Victorian Working with Children Check. Current Victorian Drivers Licence. Post graduate qualification and/or demonstrated expertise in paediatric health, school health, community health, public health and/or primary health care. EEO AND OHS Commitment Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school. The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via Child Safe Standards Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Location Profile Organisational Environment The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society. The Department's responsibilities cover three overlapping stages of life: Early childhood development (birth to eight) - covering health, learning and development services. School education (five to eighteen) - covering primary, secondary and special school services for children and young people from Prep to Year 12. Higher education and skills (fifteen and over) - covering higher education, vocational education and training, apprenticeships and traineeships, and adult, community and further education. The Department currently comprises of the following structure: Seven central business areas. Four Departmental regions. Three independent statutory authorities. Further information about DE is available at Job classification: Contact: Christalia Formoso | 045/980-7485 To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system. #J-18808-Ljbffr