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Working with the City of Melbourne, making Melbourne great is what we do best. As an organisation, we strive to make a difference. It’s an exciting organisation and we welcome new members to our team.
$79 214 - $89 153 (pro rata) + super
Casual Reliever (+ 25% loading)
Maternity leave position up to 12 months
The position… will participate in the delivery of health care and support for families with young children across any of the centres within the municipality. Your key responsibilities include assessing and monitoring children at risk, and liaising with team members and external agencies in relation to their needs. New graduates are welcome to apply.
You will have…
- Maternal and Child Health qualification and current practising certificate
- Knowledge of the needs of a low socio-economic and culturally and linguistically diverse community
- Specialised knowledge of women’s health, infant feeding, child health, development and behaviour, post-natal depression, bereavement, crisis intervention and family violence
- Basic counselling skills and an understanding of community development processes
- The ability to develop parenting and health education programs
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), computer skills and evaluation and analytical skills
- Ability to operate as an autonomous professional and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Who we are…
At the City of Melbourne, we offer a great range of benefits including flexible working conditions, salary packaging, excellent leave entitlements, study assistance and an employee recreation association that is second to none. As an employee you can tap into a diverse range of learning opportunities that could even include higher education pathways. Your health and wellbeing is important to us. That’s why we’ve designed a unique Health and Wellbeing Strategy which seeks to optimise the health and wellbeing of our employees.
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a Police check and have a Working with Children Check card.
For further information about this position please call Briody Main on 9340 1425.
For a copy of the position description click on the following link:
Maternal_Child_Health_Nurse_-_position_description.pdf
To view the physical requirement for this position click on the following link: Physical_requirements_-_Maternal_Child_Health_Nurse.pdf
Interviewed applicants who proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process will be required to complete a ‘Disclosure of existing condition and Health declaration’ form, police check and a Working with Children Check.
For a copy of the benefits and services offered by the City of Melbourne click on the following link: Download CoM_Benefits_and_Services.pdf (72kb):
To be considered, applicants must submit a statement addressing how they meet the Essential Selection Criteria for the position as listed on the final page of the position description.
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