Position Details


Reference Number 158749
Position Title Clinical Support Nurse - Graduate Nurse Program
Internal Only This position is open to employees of Barwon Health only
Employment Status Temporary Part Time
Program Chief Nursing Officer
Location Kitchener House
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 64
Position Summary
  • Enjoy a temporary part time maternity leave relief position
  • Opportunity to join the Interdisciplinary Clinical Education & Training Team
  • Enhance your career with Victoria’s leading regional health care service

About the facility

Barwon Health Clinical Education and Training team is interdisciplinary and committed to innovative and evidence based clinical education and training for all staff. We offer a Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice Program offering 12 month positions to in excess of 70 newly graduated registered nurses. We were awarded the Victorian Clinical Training Award in 2014 recognising a Victorian health organisation delivery of superior education, training and/or workforce development through high-quality clinical learning environments.

About the role

As the Clinical Support Nurse you will support the Graduate Nurse’s in a clinical learning environment in a practical and applied way to ensure nursing care is delivered and maintained at the highest standard. As well as providing support and mentoring in their transition from student to qualified Registered Nurses; your role will be a member of the Nursing Education Team and is primarily clinically based. Other responsibilities that you will undertake include working in collaboration with the Graduate Nurse Coordinator planning and participating in study days and educations sessions.

To be successful in this role you will need to have well established acute clinical skills.

About the culture

The Clinical Education and Training Unit offer a supportive and collaborative interdisciplinary team environment, and a diverse and challenging work program that integrates the health sector and the education sector. We are committed to developing clinicians who lead in their practice and engage in career-long teaching and learning.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Access to employee wellness facility
  • Salary packaging
  • Social club
  • Our Commitment to Child Safety
  • At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
  • Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
  • At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
  • We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Do you hold a current Victorian drivers licence?
Essential: Have you successfully completed Certificate IV in Training & Assessment or equivalent?
Desirable: Do you have recent experience as a clinical facilitator or clinical support nurse at Barwon Health?
Contact Person Sue Smith 
Contact Person Job Title Manager Clinical Education & Training - Nursing 
Contact Number (03) 4215 3259 
Alternate Contact Person Kelly-Ann Humphrys 
Alternate Contact Number (03) 4215 3264 
Alternate Contact Email kellyann.Humphrys@barwonhealth.org.au
Closing Date 26/06/2019
Position Description
File name 
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.