Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time / From 03/03/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical and Nursing
Reference: 1463582
**Selection Criteria**:
1. Evidence of high standards and expertise in nursing, with a strong commitment to professional learning.
2. Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication including the ability to utilise computer software products effectively.
3. High level ability to work cooperatively and to a professional standard with all members of a school community - parents, students, staff.
4. Demonstrated experience in supporting children and adults in a caring and compassionate manner, yet maintaining professionalism and discretion.
5. Evidence of experience in effective records management, activity and injury recording, assessment and care planning.
**Role**:
Attendance is not generally required during term breaks.
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction mínimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
**Responsibilities**:
The responsibilities of this position will be:
- Manage student first aid and wellbeing documentation according to DE and school based policy and processes.
- Provide professional student support services, e.g. health advice and first aid.
- Provide strategic advice on specific support services and their impact on students, school curriculum and services.
- Manage the use of and access to school resources and reference material in relation to health and first aid.
- Support and promote OH&S requirements and assist with reporting.
- Manage the First Aid / Sickbay area
- Administering medications as required and in line with school policy.
- Ensuring medications on site are current and not expired.
- Ensuring student management plans are current, valid and documented in the directed templates.
- Providing health advice to staff and parents.
- Providing health education, interventions and resources related to specific conditions.
- Attending to necessary documentation and reporting requirements related to the first aid area and as per requirement of the Department of Education and the school leadership team.
- Supporting teachers in the management of students with health problems.
- Assisting teachers with appropriate health related education lessons where required.
- Utilising the software provided (currently Cases21 and/or Compass and/or eduSafe Plus) to record incidents and health centre visits.
- Treat all students, staff and parents with dignity and respect and kindness.
- Actively participate in professional development activities as required.
- Lead and/or coordinate mandatory training requirements inhouse for staff, for example but not limited to, diabetes and epilepsy education, asthma management in the school, epipen and anaphylaxis training.
- Other duties as directed by the Principal or Business Manager
**Who May Apply**:
A nursing qualification is a prerequisite for this position. Salary subdivision will be determined based on experience and qualifications.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**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. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
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 wo