The Victorian School Nursing Program -Secondary School Nurse - Bendigo Area (20002713)9 days ago, from Department of Education & Training Victoria
The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.
The goal over the next decade is to place Victoria's education and development outcomes into the global top tier. Four areas of focus that will contribute to measurable improvements are:
Achievement: raise standards of learning and development achieved by Victorians using education, development and child health services.Engagement: increase the number of Victorians actively participating in education, development and child health services.Wellbeing: increase the contribution education, development and child health services make to good health and quality of life for all Victorians, particularly children and young people.Productivity: increase the economic and social return on expenditure on the Department's services.Role Context The Secondary School Nursing Program is managed and led by DE and places nurses within the wellbeing teams of selected secondary schools to help reduce negative health outcomes and risk-taking behaviours amongst young people. The Secondary School Nurse is a member of the School Nursing team; Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services team; area and regional teams.
The Secondary School Nurse role supports the school in addressing contemporary health and social issues facing young people with a focus on health promotion and primary prevention including health education, classroom education sessions and small group education and limited primary health care including student assessment, referral and support.
Responsibilities Demonstrate competency and experience, and preferably postgraduate qualifications, in adolescent health and development, primary health care, community health, mental health, public health, education and/or health promotion.Function as a sole practitioner in a school setting, providing appropriate high quality preventative health care to assist young people in making healthy lifestyle choices through individual health counselling, health education, assessment, support, and referral and health promotion activities.Governed by established departmental policy and procedures, develops, implements, and evaluates a planned evidence-based approach to whole of school health promotion activities focussing on identified school priorities.Use initiative and judgement to select and apply established procedures and practices to unusual or complex nursing issues in the school environment.Work as part of the school community, particularly the school welfare team, to effectively promote a broad social view of health.Communicate with a range of people in the school environment, the family and other service providers, promoting knowledge of and facilitating collaborative links between young people, families, the school community, relevant primary health care services and relevant community-based organisations.Maintain accurate and timely records of clinical activity for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation purposes as required.Cooperate with managers in consultative processes that improve health and safety by using the relevant tools and systems, such as procedures, guidelines and policies.Observe safe working practices and protect own and others' health and safety.Who May Apply Essential: Current registration as a Division 1 Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority.Current Victorian Working with Children Check.Current Victorian Drivers Licence.Desirable: Relevant tertiary qualification and/or experience in the areas of child or adolescent health, health promotion, community health, mental health, sexual health, public health, primary health care, education, experience as an independent practitioner.Child Safe StandardsVictorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards.
Conditions of Employment All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.#J-18808-Ljbffr