- Located at the Bendigo Campus
About the position
La Trobe University has a strong, continuing commitment toward building a local nursing workforce in regional Victoria, demonstrated by our high employability rate of graduates who are caring, competent professionals. Key to this ongoing priority is having goals that focus on high quality teaching and learning. For 2024, these include:
- Offering a distinctive curriculum that is attractive to future students and valued by prospective employers as creating work ready graduates.
- Provide a high quality, distinctive student experience.
- Build a staff culture of high performance, collaboration, and accountability.
We are seeking expressions of interest from Division 1 Registered Nurses who want to be considered as sessional academic staff members in the Department of Health Sciences, 2024. We are seeking to develop a bank of casual staff members to deliver subjects across the Bachelor of Nursing programs. The teaching delivery will be a combination of online and face-to-face, and may include teaching theoretical knowledge in workshops, teaching clinical skills and simulation in a laboratory, as well as marking, curriculum development and supporting students undertaking clinical placement and their supervisors.
Skills, experience, and attributes
- Current registration with Ahpra as a Division 1 Registered Nurse.
- Relevant current practice expertise and experience in Nursing. Postgraduate qualifications relevant to nursing is an advantage.
- Ability to work with adult learners from diverse backgrounds and with different experiences and capacity.
- Ability to effectively work in contemporary higher education blended teaching environments. Experience working with education technology is an advantage.
- Demonstrated capacity to complete contracted teaching commitments within required timeframes.
- Ability to work productively and ethically in teams.
- Ability to adapt and respond effectively to complex and dynamic work environments.
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills including communication and emotional intelligence, in all interactions with students.
Can you please indicate in your expression of interest, which of the following areas you would like to be considered for:
- General nursing
- Acute care nursing
- Medical/surgical nursing
- Mental health nursing
- Primary health care nursing
- Research
- Leadership and/or research
- Understanding the healthcare context.
About La Trobe
La Trobe University’s success is driven by people who are committed to making a difference. They are creative and highly motivated, pursue new ideas and create knowledge. La Trobe is one of Australia’s research leaders, and the largest provider of higher education to regional Victoria. Our teaching and research address some of the most significant issues of our time and we’re passionate about driving change through operational excellence to benefit the communities we serve.
Benefits
Please click on this link for a full list of Benefits http://www.latrobe.edu.au/jobs/working/benefits
How to apply
Closing date: by 11.59pm, Sunday 24th March 2024
Position Enquiries: Yangama Jokwiro: Email: [email protected]
HR/Recruitment Enquiries: [email protected]
Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:
- Cover letter outlining your skills and experience relevant for this sessional work; and
- An up-to-date resume
Position Description below:
PD - Casual Sessional - Bendigo.pdf