Maternal and Child Health Nurse (Outreach)
Job No:
MEL1125
Location:
Melton
Full Time Permanent Position
Salary Range $113,351- $129,603 + 11.5% Super + ADO
Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience, job share will be considered
About Melton City Council
The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.
We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.
The Opportunity
Melton City is one of Australia’s fastest growing local government areas and is experiencing high demand for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services.
The Council recognises the benefits that MCH services can provide to children and families, and how important the service is to improve the early identification of children who need more support. We are incredibly proud of the service we offer and are working to increase our capacity to meet the needs of Melton City’s growing and diverse community.
That is why we are significantly increasing the support provided to our MCH team through the recent establishment of a dedicated MCH department and increased employment conditions and benefits. We are working to ensure the Melton City Council is a place where MCH nurses can grow their careers, we are recruiting more nurses, and we continue to advocate for a stronger MCH system in Victoria. If you are looking for an innovative outreach MCH role than this is the job for you. The primary focus of this role will be to visit children in community settings to conduct key ages and stages visits.
Key Responsibilities
- Work in partnerships with the educators, early childhood workers, kindergarten services and preschool field officers to support children with developmental concerns.
- Assess the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and environmental health and wellbeing of individual children and their families providing MCH Key Age and Stage assessment.
- Implement an outreach Maternal and Child Health service to families not accessing Universal Maternal & Child Health service.
- Identify and collaborate with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to increase participation in the Maternal Child Health service.
- Work collaboratively with the Universal Maternal and Child Health and Enhanced Maternal Child Health services to identify families who do not attend the service.
- Provide specialist support to vulnerable children and their families and ensure they are engaged in the service.
To view the Position Description, click here.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
- Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse (division1) and Midwife
- Maternal and Child Health qualification
- Experience in Universal Maternal and Child Health
- A current Victorian Driver’s licence
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check
Culture and Values
Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture
Benefits
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 5 weeks Annual Leave
- 4th Year for MCH Nurses
- Reimbursement of AHPRA Registration if we are your primary employer
- Clinical Supervision Program for all nursing staff
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
How To Apply
If you require further information about the position, please contact Meredyth Davies on 0427 306 311.
Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday the 31st July.
