School Nurse

at  Melbourne City Mission

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Apply nursing expertise to complete initial assessments, provide brief intervention and psychoeducation to students
• Map Primary Health Care and Adolescent friendly Services across Metro Melbourne and advocate on behalf of students to enhance service access and support pathway planning for students.
• Create and lead an annual school wide health promotion plan
• Collation and development of health literacy content applicable for students, teachers and wider school community. Content to be aligned to the needs of Hester Hornbrook school cohort, whilst also aligning to needs identified through school data.
• Deliver health education sessions (in classrooms, in small groups and with the wider school community) that focus on health promotion and primary health prevention.
• Provide professional learning opportunities for Hester Hornbrook staff through the development of training modules and / or face to face sessions
• Contribute to developing programs, activities and / or special projects as required, including an annual workplan and bi-annual school wide health and wellbeing days.
• Arrange for external health services to visit all campuses to deliver targeted health and wellbeing services to students
• Complies with documentation, legislative and policy requirements.
• Present at internal/external stakeholder networks and forums.
• Participate in and facilitate; meetings, training, and forums.
• Maintaining accurate records using the school’s Student Management system including: regular wellbeing case noting and prepare/contribute to reports (including NCCD) as required.
• Participate in regular supervision, whole school and campus meetings, the performance review processes, professional learning and a culture of continuous review, improvement of student learning outcomes and achievement of the Hester Hornbrook Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Implementation Plans (AIP).
• Ensure that all Child Safe, risk management and Hester Hornbrook documentation is adhered to.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities, as directed by Executive Leadership Team of Hester Hornbrook.