Paediatric Hospital in the Home/Daystay Coordinator

Job Category -Nursing - Registered Nurse (Div 1)

- Enjoy the opportunity to make a lasting impact on patient care in a dynamic and evolving healthcare environment
- This is your chance to enhance your career with Victoria’s largest regional Health Service
- Embrace the lifestyle of living and working in a coastal region
- Permanent part-time position - 64 hours per fortnight

About the role

The Paediatric HITH/Day Stay coordinator is responsible for leadership, governance and oversight of the Paediatric HITH/PAC and Day Stay service.The coordinator has day to day operational responsibility of the services by using clinical knowledge and leadership experience/skills.This advanced nurse role accepts accountability for the delivery of nursing care and patient experiencewithin the framework and values of Barwon Health. The HITH/Daystay coordination role is responsiblefor the productive and effective management of human, financial and material resources (including supplyordering and pharmacy), leads local strategic initiatives, and constantly re-evaluates local protocols andpatient care practices to ensure best practice.

Key responsibilities

- Time management, ability to undertake active communication with stakeholders both verbally andwritten, including patient’s family/carer in person and via phone/videoconference
- Expertise in delivering hospital level care in the home with appropriate clinical skills
- Critical thinking, analytic and problem-solving skills
- Provide Clinical education and mentoring of staff
- Scheduling/coordinating clinical contacts by the multidisciplinary team
- Provide clinical leadership to staff in the provision of clinical care including advanced wound care, specialized paediatric care, procedural sedation, routine infusions, and eating disorder management.
- Work as an advanced member of the multidisciplinary team, with expert communication skills
- Management of unexpected absenteeism and reallocation of clinical care to ensure service provision,other staff issues, incidents,



and accidents.
- Support the facilitation of care progression meetings and team planning meeting withing the service
- Reporting and providing initial local responses to reportable incidents.
- Constant re-evaluation of protocols and practices and patients care to ensure best practice.
- Supervise and coordinate patient care plans, ensuring delivered to applicable standards, as well as maintaining competence and educational needs of staff/team and ither nurses, and delegates asappropriate.
- Subspecialty coordination (eg, Chemotherapy)
- Service planning, personnel management with appropriate reference or escalation to manager.

What we’re looking for

- Current Victorian Drivers license
- Advanced experience in Paediatric nursing
- Ability to work autonomously and work within MDT

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction

A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Attractive salary packaging benefits

Living expenses capped at $9,010

Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples,people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards

Additional information

All appointments are subject to:

Satisfactory Police Record Check

Immunisation Status Clearance

Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Contact person: Rachael NewittEmail: **************@barwonhealth.org.au

Application closing date: 23 August 2026

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📌 Paediatric Hospital in the Home/Daystay Coordinator (Geelong)
🏢 Barwon Health
📍 Geelong