Nurse Educator

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health; Strathpine; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Our Collectivity is Our Strength

Multi-disciplinary team

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Growing Our Own Opportunities

Weekly Staff Wellness

Gather and Grow yarns

Award ceremonies

Salary sacrifice options

Job summary

Moreton ATSICHS is seeking a Nurse Educator BECS to support parents and carers of infants and young children, promote childhood development and parental wellbeing, and deliver integrated health promotion and clinical care across our clinics. The role includes home visiting, health assessments, and collaboration with primary care, Birthing in Our Community, Family Wellbeing and paediatric services.

This community-based position runs Monday to Friday with no shift work, and requires AHPRA

Qualifications

• Current Criminal History Check is required.
• AHPRA Registration as Registered Nurse or Midwife.
• Interest and experience in maternal and child health.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day health service activities to designated communities within Primary Health Care in a professional, confidential and culturally safe manner.
• Assist families' transition and encourage ongoing engagement with their local medical service during involvement with the Hub.
• Ensure infants and children have a 715 Health Assessment commenced from 6 weeks of age; promote uptake of 715 Assessments by parents, siblings and caregivers.
• Provide culturally safe home visits to eligible women and their families.

Skills

Criminal History Check

AHPRA Registration

Maternal and child health interest

Job description

About us

Moreton ATSICHS operates a growing network of healthcare clinics for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our model of care provides holistic health and wellbeing services to support our Community across their lifespan. We bring together primary care, allied health, dental, mental health and wellbeing, maternity and early childhood, disability services, specialist services, and aged care as one team focused on clients' individual needs and goals.

We are an integrated team working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our Community. Our network is growing across Caboolture, Morayfield, Strathpine, Deception Bay, and Margate - now there's an opportunity for you to be part of a great team making a real difference in people's lives.

About the role

As Nurse Educator BECS, your role is to provide support to parents and carers of infants and young children to enhance family functioning and to promote childhood development and parental wellbeing. The role will entail health promotion, education, developmental assessments, and other clinical care supporting one of our MATSICHS clinics. The position will also ensure care is integrated across other internal services including, primary care clinics, Birthing in Our Community, Family Wellbeing Services, social health, allied health and paediatric services. The position will deliver comprehensive home visiting service to women pregnant with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander baby and their families in partnership with a Family Worker.

This is a community based role, working Monday-Friday - no shift work.

Your day to day duties may include:

• Provide day-to-day health service activities to the designated communities within the context of Primary Health Care in a professional, confidential and culturally safe manner.
• Assist family's transition and encourage continued engagement with their local medical service throughout their involvement with the Hub.
• Ensure infants and children have a current completed 715 Health Assessment, commencing at 6 weeks of age; in addition, promote access and uptake of 715 Health Assessments by parents, siblings and caregivers.
• Provides culturally safe home visits to women who are eligible for the child health services and their families.

About you

• Current Criminal History Check.
• AHPRA Registration (Registered Nurse or Midwife).
• Maternal and child health interest and experience.

What we offer

At IUIH we recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

• At IUIH 'Our Collectivity is Our Strength'.
• Work as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team to improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
• We are a diverse and inclusive workplace that invites applications from all people.
• Be part of Australia's largest community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
• Access to "Growing Our Own Opportunities" through in-house training and programs.
• Weekly Staff Wellness activities and all staff 'Gather and Grow' yarns and award ceremonies.
• Competitive salary plus salary sacrifices of $15,899

To find out more about our services, Community, and work life, visit moretonatsichs.org.au

Demonstrated commitment to creating culturally safe environments where children and young people are respected, heard, and protected against harm.