"Maternal Child Health Nurse Clinical Lead"

Full time, fixed term appointment until June 2025

Professional Employee Level 10 - $126,376– $140,256 pa

Plus 17% superannuation and 4 weeks annual leave

Brisbane Centre

Provide leadership for the Australian Family Partnership Program at Charles Darwin University (CDU) 

About the Position

The Australian Family Partnership Program (AFPP) is a home visiting program that supports women pregnant with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child to support aspirations of becoming the best mum possible. AFPP clients are offered support and guidance during early pregnancy and on into their baby’s infancy and toddlerhood. The AFPP National Support Service (NSS) supports the delivery of the program by providing workforce development and education, data quality and reporting and ongoing support for implementing and operationalizing the AFPP program at partner sites.

As the Maternal Child Health Nurse Clinical Lead you will provide strategic leadership for the Australian Family Partnership Program, ensuring alignment with the needs of First Nations clients, communities, stakeholders, and partners, while maintaining program fidelity. In line with the First Nations health sector, you will advocate and incorporate principles of First Nations Cultural Safety throughout the program and oversee the effective implementation, and ongoing operations and adherence to the license requirements on behalf of the license holder.

About You

To be successful, you will require:

• Postgraduate qualification in Nursing or Midwifery with experience in maternal and child health.
• AHPRA Registration as a registered nurse or midwife with significant experience in a nursing role.
• Demonstrated experience working with Cultural Safety in First Nations health care.
• Demonstrated relevant experience in maternal and child health, with an emphasis on working with First Nations communities.
• Proven leadership skills, with experience in supervising clinical and/or professional staff.
• Strong knowledge of maternal and child health sector in Australia, particularly in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and Community Health.
• Strong knowledge of the role and value of an Aboriginal health workforce, including an understanding of the Aboriginal health worker role.
• Ability to develop innovative, evidence-based approaches tailored to First Nations communities.
• Appreciation of working with a licensed program and working towards ensuring program fidelity
• Recognized as a respected leader within the professional community and demonstrates a strength-based approach in delivering care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships across diverse groups.

To view the responsibilities of the role, please click on the: Position Profile.

Remuneration 

Appointment to this role will be at Professional level 10. The base salary will be in the range of $126,376 – $140,256 pa per annum. The total remuneration package will be in the range of $147,859- $164,099 per annum, including 17% superannuation.

What’s in it for you?

• An employer who values your contribution to building a bigger, better and stronger university
• Work with a University committed to changing people’s lives for the better through training, education and research
• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression
• 17% superannuation 
• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply)
• Recognition of prior service with another Australian University / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)
• Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging opportunities

How to Apply

All applications must be received online via the ‘apply’ button and should include your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience.

For a confidential discussion about the position please contact Ben Thomson, Business Services Manager on 0423 871 173 or email ben.thomson@cdu.edu.au 

Adjustments can be made throughout the application and selection process, as well as during employment to support applicants and employees with disability. CDU’s Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure can be found at https://policies.cdu.edu.au/view-current.php?id=191&version=1. If you would like to discuss adjustments, please contact the People Services Team on 08 8946 7154 or email peopleservices@cdu.edu.au.

Diversity and Inclusion

At CDU we actively celebrate our diversity. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We’re about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to make sure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understanding that it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that will make CDU the most connected university in Australia, we are striving to ensure that our culture and our community are inclusive of all our staff, students and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals. Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disability, neurotypical and neurodiverse people, LGBTIQ+ people, people with family and caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed. 

You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are. 

Applications Close: Thursday 11th July 2024