Registered Nurse - Child and Family Health

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time; 32 hours per week 
Position Classification: Registered Nurse 
Remuneration: $41.22 - $57.88 per hour + Superannuation 
Location: Forest Lodge 
Requisition ID: REQ662335 

Your opportunity to grow and contribute to the First 2000 Days of life!

About the Role

Sydney Local Health District has a long and proud history of delivering care in the community including prevention, early intervention, assessment, treatment, health maintenance and continuing care services designed to improve and support the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. 

The Brighter Beginnings initiative is a collaboration between NSW Health and NSW Department of Education to deliver preschool health and development checks to children in Early Childhood Education Centres. The program aims to identify children with health and development concerns and enhance access to early intervention support for children and their families before they start primary school. The position is based at Forest Lodge Child and Family Health Centre, with travel to Early Learning Centres across the Sydney Local Health District. 

The Child and Family Health Nurse is a recognised clinical specialty within paediatrics and play a key role in screening, assessment and early intervention services and support to children referred to the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschool program.
The Child and Family Health Nurse will provide direct clinical services, coordinate service provision and work collaboratively within a transdisciplinary clinical team and support capacity building for health and education staff.  

What You'll be doing

As a Child and Family Health Nurse on the transdisciplinary team you will be responsible for:

• Working as part of a team to deliver health and developmental screening and assessment tools to 4-year-old children in their Early Learning Centre. Tasks include taking height and weight, Lift the Lip checks, administering Learn the Signs Act Early (LTSAE) and Ages and Stages Questionnaires, as well as other clinical screening tools. 
• Liaising with early childhood educators, health providers and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure Brighter Beginnings services are efficient, proactive and coordinated. 
• Confidently utilise eMR and other client reporting platforms (such as Redcap) to complete timely and accurate documentation of client information. 
• Partnering with families form diverse backgrounds, to deliver screening results and support recommended referral pathways. 
• Have high-quality verbal and written communication skills to write timely parent reports summarising screening results and recommended referrals. 

For more information, please view the Position Description.

Ideal Candidate

• Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Qualifications in Child and Family Health Nursing or currently enrolled in a Child and Family Health accredited course.
• Current NSW Drivers Licence (P1 and P2 licence is acceptable). 
• Understanding of evidence informed practice and critical thinking. 
• Evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills, and willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues.