Your role at St John of God Geelong Hospital
You will play a key role in supporting and developing maternity caregivers through the delivery and evaluation of education programs, including our Graduate Programs.
Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, the role also provides comprehensive midwifery care while coordinating and supervising junior staff and students, ensuring care aligns with best practice and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Scope of Practice.
Scope of Practice.
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.
* Collaborates with Department Managers, other learning and development caregivers and relevant key stakeholders to support learning and development activities locally.
* Supports an interprofessional approach to the delivery, assessment and evaluation of learning for all caregivers, promoting a positive and inclusive workplace learning environment.
* Supports the use of standardised, best practice tools, frameworks and guidelines to deliver, assess and evaluate learning activities.
* In collaboration with the Learning and Development Coordinator, identifies individual, local and organisational learning needs through a learning needs analysis process.
* Uses 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.
* In collaboration with the Learning and Development 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 hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidenced in a Continuing Professional development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio. You will bring strong communication, interpersonal and coaching skills, with the ability to engage a diverse workforce and apply adult learning principles.
To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate experience in clinical education, mentoring and small group teaching, along with sound organisational, problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. A commitment to ongoing professional development, knowledge of quality improvement and accreditation processes, and experience with Learning Management Systems and MS Office are also required.
Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
The Benefits
* Salary: $117,134 to $123,300 (pro rata for part time) per annum, plus 12% superannuation
* Permanent part time role, working up to 60 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:
o Novated leasing
o work related expenses
o self-education and additional superannuation
* A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs
* Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
For enquiries contact Matt Young, Director of Nursing, on
If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.
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.
All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.