• Lead our Clinical Services team at Very Special Kids House
• Permanent Full Time Position
• Malvern Location

Are you an experienced Nurse Manager with paediatric and/or palliative care experience. Are you looking to work in an exciting environment with a passionate child and young person-centred team? We have a permanent full-time position at Very Special Kids in Malvern.

At Very Special Kids, we nurture and foster a culture where our team is empowered, supported and safe through the process of caring for children, young people, and families. Very Special Kids is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children. Our Child Safety Policy, Rights of the Child Charter and Charter of Rights outlines our commitment to child safety and the expectations we have for staff, contractors and volunteers when working with children and young people.

As part of our team, you will have access to education and training to enhance your personal and professional development; expert specialist resources; and the well-being support you need to make a bigger impact to the organisation that supports the children, young people and families in our care.

About Very Special Kids:

At Very Special Kids, we believe that all children and young people have the right to a quality of life, no matter how long or short their life may be. We are a highly respected organisation with circa 100 employees and over 600 volunteers who provide essential, free-of-charge, palliative care services for children and young people living with a life-limiting condition. Very Special Kids provides specialist services for the whole family, including counselling, peer support, bereavement support and respite and end of life care at Victoria’s only hospice for children and young people.

We have an opportunity for a Nurse Manager to lead the day-to-day management of the clinical team within the Very Special Kids Hospice. You will be responsible for clinical support, guidance, supervision and service development to ensure high-quality clinical services are provided.

To be successful

You will a Registered Nurse APHRA registered, tertiary qualified in either paediatric or palliative care nursing with a minimum of 5+years clinical experience with proven leadership experience in the community or healthcare setting. You will provide effective mentoring and leadership for the provision of high-quality clinical care with the support of the clinical nurse educator.

Benefits

Very Special Kids offers its employees a unique and rewarding environment including a supportive team, beautiful setting conveniently located in Malvern close to Glenferrie Road shops. Employee benefits including free on-site parking, salary packaging, health & wellbeing initiatives, and professional development allowance to support career development.

At Very Special Kids, our goal is for our workforce to reflect the diverse community we serve. We continually seek to employ people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, with a disability, Aboriginal Australians and varied cultural backgrounds.

If this sounds like you, please take a look at the position description and click Apply Now.

Very Special Kids is committed to providing a child-safe environment and requires all staff to have Working with Children Check and Police Record Checks. Clinical Services staff are also required to provide evidence to demonstrate vaccination against COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccinations.

A position description is attached.