Job Description

Looking to step away from shift work, while still using your healthcare skills?

Join Griffith University as a Technical Officer - Simulation (Nursing and Midwifery) to support the delivery of realistic learning experiences for Nursing and Midwifery students.

This hands-on role involves preparing, maintain and supporting clinical teaching laboratories and simulations spaces ensuring equipment, facilities and consumables are ready for student learning. Perfect for someone who enjoys the practical side of healthcare, this is a technical support role rather than a teaching or clinical care position.

No night shifts, no weekends. Weekday hours, with shifts between 7am and 6pm, and a positive work-life balance.

Here’s how you’ll make it matter:

- Prepare and maintain clinical teaching laboratories and simulation environments for Nursing and Midwifery students.
- Provide technical support for practical classes and simulation-based learning activities.
- Manage equipment, consumables, stock control and procurement to ensure resources are safe, available and fit for purpose.
- Promote safe and compliant work practices, supporting Work Health and Safety requirements across learning spaces.
- Work collaboratively with academic and professional staff to deliver high-quality student learning experiences and continuous improvement initiatives.

About you

What matters most is your commitment to making a positive impact. You’ll bring practical, reliable and service-focused approach, with experience in healthcare, clinical learning or technical support environments.

You take pride in creating protected,



well-prepared learning spaces and enjoy hands-on work. With strong organisational skills, attention to detail and a proactive mindset, you can manage competing priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes.

You will also have:

- Relevant health qualification, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Experience providing clinical, laboratory, simulation or technical support, ideally in healthcare, tertiary education or clinical skills environments.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain safe, compliant learning environments, with strong knowledge of Work Health and Safety practices.
- Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
- Practical experience supporting clinical learning spaces, simulation environments, equipment and resources, with proficiency in Microsoft 365 and a willingness to learn new technologies.
- Experience supporting Nursing, Midwifery or other Health discipline simulation activities is highly regarded.
- A current driver’s licence is desirable.

What we can offer
This is a continuing, full-time position primarily based at the Griffith University Gold Coast. As Griffith is a multi-site university you may be required to work across other locations.

Griffith University’s sites are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples.

Salary Range
The full time equivalent base salary will be HEW Level 4 range $76,126 - $80,321per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $89,067 - $93,976 per annum.

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