• Part time, fixed term position
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The role requires a Registered Nurse who has demonstrated experience in providing a range of sexual and reproductive women's health services and operates from a social model of health, prioritising access to services for women from high need and disadvantaged community groups.

Your duties include:

• Support a successful relationship between GPs, practice nurses and key stakeholders
• Provide effective access points to women seeking services and coordinate care with internal and external service providers as required.
• Work within a model of care for women to access sexual and reproductive services in a timely way including Medical Termination of Pregnancy
• Provide Individual and group health promotion and advice relating to women's sexual and reproductive health

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging options to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation). Salary packaging reduces your cohealth taxable income, meaning you pay less tax on your cohealth income
• A generous rewards program from our salary packaging provider
• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks of paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Registered Nurse Division 1 with current practicing license with APHRA (Victorian Nurses' Board) with minimum 5 years postgraduate experience
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Competency and experience in sexual and reproductive health care, including medical termination of pregnancy provision and contraceptive options counselling
• Full Victorian Driver's License

Application Process

Ref code: 6749708

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and answer the Key Selection Criteria.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Judaline Salisbury [email protected], using the subject line: Sexual Health Nurse enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.