Job posted: 10/04/2024

Job type: Full time

Salary: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 65909

About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 25,500 employees work at over 40 care locations across southeastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information, please visit  .

About Us

Monash Health Public Health & Community  proactively supports our community to improve and maintain health, independence and well-being by coordinating and/ or providing integrated, multidisciplinary care across multiple settings within the local community. Our aim is to empower and prepare clients to self-manage their health and health care. Working with clients across the aged spectrum, Monash Health Community provides a continuum of care, supporting clients through all stages of non-acute care from prevention through to rehabilitation. We provide services that support clients in their homes, community-based facilities and dedicated Monash Health Community hubs.

About The Role

The Nurse Practitioner Candidate/Nurse Practitioner supports our current model of care where exacerbations of chronic conditions are minimised, prevented and/or managed in the community through responsive, integrated person-centred care. This role will work across the Emergency Department and Community to divert people from the Emergency Department and reduce inpatient stay. People with specialist knowledge in Chronic Heart Failure and Chronic Respiratory Disease are encouraged to apply. The program utilises a combination of time spent within the Emergency Department, clinics and an assertive outreach model that includes home visits as appropriate to clients residing within the Monash Health catchment.

This role is integral in the assessment and management of client's wellbeing and operates from a person-centred care framework and aligns with the social model of health. 

About You:   

• You are a highly motivated, dynamic Nurse Practitioner Candidate/Nurse Practitioner with a passion for chronic disease who will provide support to the most vulnerable people in our Community with Chronic Heart Failure, Chronic Respiratory Disease.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 
• You readily build strong relationships with stakeholders in the delivery of client centred care. 
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills. 

You Are Also: 

• Dedicated to safe best practice & quality care.
• Committed to delivering client centred care & client advocacy.
• Enthusiastic, compassionate, & able to work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.

What you need: 

• Demonstrated recent experience as a Nurse Practitioner Candidate/Nurse Practitioner/advanced practice nurse
• Current AHPRA registration 
• Endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner/enrolled in/willing to undertake Master of Nursing Nurse Practitioner
• Valid Driver's licence and good driving history
• Previous Community Nursing experience 

What we can offer you:   

• Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base. 
• Mentorship and career guidance 
• We strive to ensure that all Monash Health work in accordance with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety, Infection Prevention & Respiratory Protection Program procedures. 
• Ensuring you work within the scope of practice as a Nurse Practitioner Candidate/Nurse Practitioner. 
• Support to attend relevant forums and conferences. 
• A supportive learning environment. 

Monash Health is a great place to work.

To learn more about our organisation visit monashhealth.org. 
To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers. 

How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered. 

Existing Monash Health Employees  should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services by email –  . 

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

• reference checks.
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months.
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same).
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made. As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview. To comply with Victorian Public Health directions, all employees working in the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.

To support your application, and to be compliant with any public health orders in place at the time of, and during, your employment, you will be required to upload evidence of full vaccination. Acceptable evidence is a copy of a Government Official Immunisation History Statement. It is a requirement of Monash Health to collect, record and hold vaccination information. Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide acceptable evidence that they meet full vaccination status.

Respectfully, applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.