Team Leader/ANUM - permanent Night shift (Monday & Tuesday)

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours: Monday & Tuesday Night Duty 22:00-07:30
Salary: Classification depending on qualification and experience
Location: Whittlesea Early Parenting Centre
Application: Please upload resume, cover letter, and relevant qualifications
Contact: Lucy Longworth Nurse Unit Manager 9407 6820 llongworth@mercy.com.au and/or Anna Seaborn Manager/Director of Nursing 9407 6820 aseaborn@mercy.com.au

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For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Join us at Mercy Hospital for Women, and help us deliver even greater outcomes for our patients, families, communities, and you.

About the opportunity

Early Parenting Centres (EPC’s) strive to support happy, healthy, safe and thriving babies and toddlers by promoting the parent-child relationship, and equipping parents with strategies to achieve their parenting goals.  These goals are often in areas such as sleep and settling, child behaviour, and parent and child health and wellbeing.  EPC’s recognise that the health and wellbeing of the primary caregiver, and whole family is vital to children’s development and outcomes.  EPC’s provide specialist support for Victorian families with children’s aged 0-4 years.

EPC’s are very happy to support Team Leaders who are currently studying to become Maternal and Child Health Nurses or are interested in undertaking this study in the future.

The WEPC Team Leader (ANUM/AMUM) role is to:

• Compliment and support the strategic direction and management within WEPC

• Promote excellence in clinical practice and family centred care (in the residential and day stay programs)

• Provide assessment of clients for admission to WEPC programs (in the Assessment and Intake role)

• Provide leadership and support to the WEPC Clinical Team

• Provide clinical service to admitted families

• To support the Nurse Unit Manager by acting up in the position to fill planned and unplanned leave

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.

• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining: