Clinical Nurse Educator – Aboriginal Child & Family Health - Perm FT

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.

1. Aboriginality – this position has been advertised under the SWSLHD Aboriginal Targeted Recruitment Program. This means Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, where found suitable, will be given higher priority. Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander? If so, please tell us about your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage, including a brief description of your family and community connections.
2. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA), as well as a post graduate qualification in Child and Family Health Nursing. Successfully completed or working towards a tertiary qualification with units indicating a focus on the provision of education and/or clinical training or a current technical qualification in workplace training and assessment
3. Experience working with Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander people and an understanding of the various issues that impact individuals and communities and how they relate to the ongoing impacts of colonisation.
4. Demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal Health Service models and the roles of the multidisciplinary teams have to effectively deliver these as best practice services, as well as Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based multidisciplinary care for Aboriginal communities.
5. Demonstrated ability to provide a culturally competent, safe and compassionate quality care within an Aboriginal cultural context.
6. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with Aboriginal people and other stakeholders including patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary district wide health care team inclusive of Aboriginal Health Workers and Allied Health staff.
7. Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise
8. Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace
9. Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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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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