Job Description

• 1x Part-Time Permanent, 22.8 hours per week, temporary contract, 12 months maternity leave cover
• MCH Year 1 - Year 4 $125,100 – $129,623 + super + qualification allowance
• Join MCH Nurse team.

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

This opportunity is available for a Maternal and Child Health Nurse with a passion for providing a responsive and flexible MCH service, to join our existing Enhanced MCH Outreach team

What you’ll be doing:

• To respond assertively to the needs of children, caregivers and families at risk of poor outcomes. Provide an intensive level of support to those with additional needs, in the form of targeted actions and interventions with the aim of changing the experience and life trajectory of children and families with additional needs or concerns.
• Provide a flexible and responsive, place-based outreach service, focused on achieving improved outcomes for infants, children, caregivers, and their families who are experiencing increased need, and who could benefit from targeted actions and interventions.
• Actively engage with internal and external partners to seek opportunities to provide outreach support to children and families within a variety of settings including client’s homes, Hume’s mobile MCH van, preschools, childcare services, and Primary School Hubs.
• Ensure early contact of vulnerable clients including working alongside existing enhanced and maternity services where appropriate.
• Ensure that each child has received the recommended schedule of health monitoring activities for children from birth to 6 years at key development ages and stages (KAS visits), as specified by the Department of Health and support Universal MCH Service when required to meet operational requirements and activities.
• Intervene early to address developmental or family issues before they escalate.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Knowledge of the development of the well child and deviations from the normal and relevant assessment skills.
• Knowledge of the post-natal recovery of the mother, and relevant assessment skills.
• Knowledge of family dynamics and its impact on the child.
• Good communication and writing skills including the ability to gain co-operation from a range of people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a sole practitioner within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Computer literacy.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and in addition an accredited post graduate qualification in Maternal and Child Health nursing.
• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or appropriate experience.
• Current driver’s licence and Working with Children Check.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

Applications will be reviewed progressively throughout the advertising period. This role may close once a sufficient number of suitable applicants has been received. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as early as possible.

Additional Information

PD - Enhanced Maternal Child Health Nurse