Clinical Nurse Educator - Orthopaedics
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown Hospital
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Educator
Remuneration: $109,684.57 - $113,243.15 per annum
Requisition ID: REQ558838
Application Close Date: 16/03/2025
Interview Date Range: 19/03/2025 – 26/03/2025
Contact Details: Hye Jin Choi – 02 9722 7990 | HyeJin.Choi@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Are you passionate about nursing education and professional development? The Orthopaedic Ward at Bankstown Hospital offers an outstanding environment for Clinical Nurse Educators to excel and make a meaningful impact.
Our ward provides nurses with diverse clinical presentations daily, offering endless opportunities to enhance their skills and expertise. Caring for a wide range of orthopaedic conditions and injuries, our patient base ensures a rich and varied experience, promoting continuous professional growth.
We pride ourselves on fostering a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration. As a Clinical Nurse Educator, you'll work closely with our highly skilled surgical and medical teams to deliver exceptional patient care. You'll also have the support of an outstanding auxiliary team, including a Clinical Support Officer (CSO), Ward Clerk, and dedicated cleaning staff, ensuring a well-organized and efficient working environment.
In this role, you'll mentor and guide nursing staff, providing them with the training and support needed to excel in their roles. Supported by senior nursing staff, you'll contribute to a positive and thriving workplace where professional growth is celebrated.
Join our dedicated and hardworking team at the Orthopaedic Ward and make a difference in the lives of orthopaedic patients while shaping the next generation of nursing professionals.
Ready to inspire and lead? Apply now to join the team at Bankstown Hospital.
What You'll be Doing
Deliver and evaluate clinical education programs in consultation with Management, Nurse Educators and Clinical Nurse Consultants, to support the delivery of clinical best practice, patient service and enhanced patient outcomes.
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities.
All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and a post graduate qualification in a relevant clinical field or education post graduate qualification or a combination of education training and clinical experience deemed appropriate by SWSLHD.
- Please elaborate on how your skills and experiences align with the role requirements, and highlight what you will bring to add value to the Orthopaedic ward at Bankstown Hospital.
- Share the main reasons for your application for this role and tell us what aspects of joining the orthopaedic team that motivates you?
- How have you contributed to the professional development of nursing staff in a clinical setting? Provide an example of how your leadership and education skills have improved team performance or patient care outcomes.
- Describe your approach to fostering a collaborative and supportive learning environment in a busy clinical ward. How do you balance the needs of individual staff members with the overall goals of the team and organization?
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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