Secondary School Nurse - Mallee Area , Buloke LGA - NWVR - 20004735

Government schools – Melbourne Northern Suburbs VIC

- Competency and experience in clinical nursing assessment and ability to work as a sole health skilled within schools.
- Demonstrated expertise in adolescent public/school health, community health, health promotion or development paediatrics.
- Demonstrated experience in effective client record management, activity recording, assessment, and care planning.
- Cross Cultural Awareness: Communicate well with, relate to, and see issues from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds.
- Communication: Confidently conveys information in a clear and interesting way; considerate of others; able to express own views in a constructive and diplomatic way; develops reports and correspondence for clients and others using explicit and readily understood language; writes in a transparent, fluent, and concise manner; produce written communications that are appropriate and readily understood by the intended audience; organise information in a logical sequence.
- Analytical, conceptual and information seeking skills: Deal with concepts and complexity comfortably, be intelligent and perceptive, use analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems, have creative ideas and project how these can link to innovations; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements
- Service excellence: Constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate and encourages others to do the same; makes specific changes in work methods to improve outcomes, quality and timeliness of service.

- Specialist Expertise:




- Competency and experience in clinical nursing assessment and ability to work as a sole health professional within schools.
- Demonstrated expertise in adolescent public/school health, community health, health promotion or development paediatrics.
- Demonstrated experience in effective client record management, activity recording, assessment, and care planning.

- Cross Cultural Awareness: Communicate well with, relate to, and see issues from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds.
- Communication: Confidently conveys information in a clear and interesting way; considerate of others; able to express own views in a constructive and diplomatic way; develops reports and correspondence for clients and others using clear and readily understood language; writes in a clear, fluent, and concise manner; produce written communications that are appropriate and readily understood by the intended audience; organise information in a logical sequence.
- Analytical, conceptual and information seeking skills: Deal with concepts and complexity comfortably, be intelligent and perceptive, use analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems, have creative ideas and project how these can link to innovations; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements
- Service excellence:



Constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate and encourages others to do the same; makes specific changes in work methods to improve outcomes, quality and timeliness of service.

The Secondary School Nursing Program is managed and led by DE and places nurses within the wellbeing teams of selected secondary schools to help reduce negative health outcomes and risk‑taking behaviours amongst young people. The Secondary School Nurse is a member of the School Nursing Program; Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services team; area and regional teams.

The Secondary School Nurse role supports the school in addressing contemporary health and social issues facing young people with a focus on health promotion and primary prevention including health education, classroom education sessions and small group education and limited primary health care including student assessment, referral and support. The Secondary School Nurse works collaboratively with the Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion Workforce, students, teachers, school leadership and school communities to build capabilities and improve health outcomes.

The incumbent is required to practice in accordance with Department of Education policy and procedure as well as the various Professional Codes, Guidelines and Registration Standards set by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority.

Selection Criteria

- Specialist Expertise:
- Competency and experience in clinical nursing assessment and ability to work as a sole health professional within schools.
- Demonstrated expertise in adolescent public/school health, community health, health promotion or development paediatrics.
- Demonstrated experience

📌 Secondary School Nurse (Melbourne)
🏢 Government schools
📍 Melbourne