Nursing – Educators, Facilitators & Trainers – Healthscope

• Part-time role (16 hours/week as CNE)
• Opportunity to fulfil a full time role working remaining hours as a Registered Nurse
• Current AHPRA registration required

Do you enjoy working in an environment that allows you to combine your clinical expertise with your passion for nurturing and professionally developing others? Then this could be the role for you!

Norwest Private Hospital Medical Ward is currently looking for a passionate, dynamic and innovative Clinical Nurse Educator to lead coordination, delivery and facilitation of education programs to ensure staff have the capability to provide exceptional nursing care on a part-time basis.

As a Clinical Nurse Educator you will demonstrate leadership and role modelling, delivering education in both formal and informal settings, continuously striving to elevate the standard of care in our unit.

You will be responsible for planning in-services based on the needs of the unit and hospital wide requirements; supporting new staff and students; competency development and assessment; supporting e-learning and Mandatory Training for Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, New Graduate Nurses and students on the wards.

Norwest Private Hospital

We believe in the delivery of quality clinical outcomes for our patients. Healthscope have over 19000 staff who are passionate and dedicated to providing quality healthcare. We provide exceptional patient care and support for our doctors.

Our people are known for achieving exceptional clinical outcomes, transparent public reporting and positive patient feedback that leads the industry. No matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and it is a privilege to be part of their care.

Norwest Private Hospital is located in the rapidly developing North West corridor of Sydney and is operated by Healthscope, a leading provider of private healthcare in Australia. The hospital has 277 beds and is a high acuity facility with an Emergency Department located in Sydney’s Bella Vista.

The Clinical Nurse Educators role in collaboration with the NUM and Clinical Development Coordinator will provide all staff on the floor with educational support and supervision.

As a Clinical Nurse Educator your responsibilities will include:

• Identify educational needs by partnering with the Medical Ward Nurse Unit Manager and Education Team to determine team and individual learning needs.
• Lead and foster a learning environment by designing, developing and facilitating education packages, providing team and individual coaching and coordinating subject matter experts (external and internal) to deliver training.
• Orientate new staff members and upskill novice staff members.
• Engage senior staff members in the delivery of education in the ward
• Demonstrate professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements, Healthscope’s polices and processes, required registration, scope of practice, and patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Prioritise Healthscope’s patient safety and quality frameworks by identifying areas of improvement, participating in case reviews and clinical audits as required.
• Acts as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care and quality education by providing supervision and teaching to staff, and actively contributing to team processes and practices.
• Maintains a professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes.

Essential Criteria:

• Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse;
• More than 5 years clinical expertise in acute medical nursing
• Demonstrated professional manner when working with complex situations;
• Advanced communication skills as part of a multi-disciplinary team with a willingness to teach and preceptor staff;
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal communication skills within a multidisciplinary team
• Proven and consistent commitment to clinical nursing and performance at a higher clinical level
• Certificate IV, Workplace Assessment & training, TAE (or working towards)

Desirable Criteria:

• Previous Clinical Nurse Educator experience
• Post Graduate Certificate in acute medical nursing, or cardiology nursing

What we can offer you

• Professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Close to shopping centre and public transport
• Reduced car park rates

Why Healthscope?

We care about your career at Healthscope.

No matter where you go within our community of care, you’ll be supported by great team leaders, be part of strong, innovative teams who always strive for better and have the opportunity to flourish and grow. Our people are at the heart of our organisation – no matter the role, every day our people make a
difference to the lives of our patients and their families. We work together to create positive, memorable experiences, alongside our quality care, in every moment of every day. We are the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia. But why does that matter? Our team is made up of over 19,000 highly experienced people working across a range of roles and specialisations. Supported by some of the best doctors in nationally, we come together to strive for better, sharing learnings, supporting each other, celebrating successes and facing challenges together.

Joining us opens the door to endless opportunities. We encourage the pursuit of continuous professional development, specialisation and education, and support our people to grow and flourish.

Come and be the difference in our patient’s lives.

Applications close: 7 April 2023

To Apply: Please click on the ‘Apply’ button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.