Deputy Director of Nursing Education

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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Lead the delivery of the nursing and midwifery education service for Victoria’s largest health service

• Apply your exemplary leadership and critical thinking ability 

• Lead innovative educative initiatives that promote lifelong learning, optimise clinical outcomes, and foster reflective leadership practice  

• Highly visible, key senior advisory role   

About Us  

For over 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have delivered safe, high-quality healthcare to people at every stage of life.  Over 25,500 people work with us to care for people in our community extending across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and into rural Victoria.    

Monash Health’s Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy (NaMES) team fulfills a business-critical function bringing to life the strategic objectives we’ve committed to achieving within the largest workgroup of the organisation. We now have an opportunity to join us in an influential senior leadership role, with responsibility to support the Director to lead the education portfolio and initiatives across the nursing and midwifery workforce.  This is a temporary, full-time role. 

About the Role 

This is a pivotal role, reporting to the Director, Nursing and Midwifery Education & Strategy with accountability for four key streams of work: 

• Oversight of the Nursing and Midwifery education framework.  

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality contemporary nursing and midwifery education and innovation in learning and design delivery 

• Leading significant learner intakes from undergraduate to postgraduate across Nursing and Midwifery; and 

• Lead the development of a high-performance team to deliver and efficient, effective and high-quality nursing and midwifery education service   

Contributing to the planning, development and implementation of the organisation wide learning strategy and capability framework with appropriate measures, ensuring accessibility of learning opportunities across a diverse workforce is an additional core element of the role.   

About You

As a Registered Nurse or Registered Nurse and Midwife currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, you hold a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant area. Thriving in a complex work environment, you are comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and you are recognised for your integrity, being well respected by both your teams and by those you advise. You lead by example, adopting a transparent approach that recognises the contribution of all, and you are known for delivering well-researched, high quality, reliable advice and reporting.  With an unwavering commitment to quality, at all times you ensure your recommendations are supported by relevant evidence and are thoroughly researched, accurate and complete in nature. You can demonstrate significant success in a senior leadership role in a multi-site health service and have proven your ability to lead large scale change, applying innovative solutions that support and advance nursing and midwifery practice. Your deep understanding of the complexity of the environmental factors impacting nursing and midwifery along with your well-developed engagement, negotiation and project management skills will position you for success.  

In Return

You’ll relish the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the nursing and midwifery workforce in a large public health service that continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the profession and community we serve.   

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Karin White on 0404 882 439.

Position Description can be found here.

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We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close 7th April, 2025.