An exciting opportunity currently exists within the Brimbank/Melton - South West Victoria Secondary School Nursing Program for a Division 1 Nurse with a passion for working with young people, health promotion and health education.

An exciting opportunity currently exists within the Brimbank/Melton - South West Victoria Secondary School Nursing Program for a Division 1 Nurse with a passion for working with young people, health promotion and health education. Secondary School Nurses, as part of the School Wellbeing Team, provide holistic primary health care to young people in schools. Based in schools within the Brimbank / Melton area of SWV, the role includes health promotion and primary prevention, health education including classroom team teaching and small group education, individual student health counselling and assessment, school community development activities and providing a resource and referral service to assist young people in making healthy life style choices.

Secondary School Nurses, as part of the School Wellbeing Team, provide holistic primary health care to young people in schools. The program aims to reduce risks to young people and promote better health in the school community.

School nurses operate within a health promotion and primary prevention framework to address contemporary health and social issues that face young people, their local school community and their families. The role includes health promotion and primary prevention, health education including classroom team teaching and small group education, individual student health counselling and assessment, school community development activities and providing a resource and referral service to assist young people in making healthy life style choices.

Candidates are advised that the key selection criteria must be addressed.

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

Department of Education and Training is committed to diversity. The Department places considerable effort and resources into responding to the needs of staff with a disability. People from disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply for this position. If you require assistance, with the recruitment process, have accessibility or adjustment requirements, please communicate with the contact person listed on this job advertisement or contact the People Division via email: vps.hr.services@edumail.vic.gov.au

Information about the Department of Education and Training's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx.