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Maternal Child Health Nurse - Casual

Brimbank City Council • Contract • Australia • A$ 116.67k - A$ 124.62k / year • 2m ago

Maternal Child Health Nurse - Casual

Closing date: 7/05/2025 11:45 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

Location: Brimbank Community & Civic Centre

Department: Community Care

Compensation: BCC Nurses Year 4 AUD $116,669.00 - $124,620.00

Employment type: Casual

Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.

Located in the centre of Melbourne's growing west, Brimbank City Council is a local government that is welcoming, diverse and proud - just like the community we serve.

Being community first underpins everything we do. We work and advocate for our community, being innovative, future-focused and responsive and apply these same principles to the way we work with each other every day.

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

We are currently seeking a casual staff member to join our team based at our offices in Sunshine and in the Brimbank community.

The role

Reporting to a Universal Team Leader, we are seeking a Maternal and Child Health Nurse who can bring their skills and experience for:
To actively participate and contribute to a responsive and flexible Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service which maximizes the health and wellbeing, learning , development and safety outcomes for children birth to 6 years of age and their families living in Brimbank.
Provide Maternal & Child Health activities to children from birth to 6 years at key development ages as specified by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Provide support, guidance information, intervention on child growth development, health and hygiene, nutrition, parenting and safety through individual and group consultancy discussion.

To be considered you will have:

Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a general nurse and midwife
Qualification in Family and Child Health or equivalent
Demonstrated ability to deliver the MCH program as per relevant standards, guidelines, frameworks and values
Demonstrated ability to manage workload and competing tasks and priorities.
Demonstrated ability to communicate and network effectively with families, colleagues, community agencies and government departments.
Highly developed assessment and referral skills.
Experience in working with high needs clients and vulnerable families
Current drivers licence, access to your own vehicle daily

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:

Flexible work practices including hybrid working arrangements
16 days of personal leave per year (FTE)
16 weeks paid parental leave (FTE)
3 weeks partner leave
Make a positive impact to your local community

To view a full list of employee benefits, please view Council's Employee Value Proposition

To view a copy of this Position Description, please go to https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers and click on the Job Listing. To apply, please include your Resume and a Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages, outlining how you can deliver on the key aspects of the role and how you will assist Brimbank in 'becoming the best it can be'.
Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.
If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 92494000.
Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All applications should be submitted online.
Direct any queries regarding the role to: Elen McDonald - elenm@brimbank.vic.gov.au

Don’t meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown women and those of underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every criterion. At Brimbank City Council, we recognise that different experiences make for great community outcomes. If you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t perfectly align to the criteria we encourage you to click the APPLY button now and submit your application.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers

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