Selection Criteria

SC1    Demonstrated ability to manage the delivery of professional clinical support and provide nursing services for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

SC2    Demonstrated exemplary communication and interpersonal skills when working with students, families, colleagues and other professionals.

SC3     Demonstrated capacity and willingness to work in an educational framework as part of a transdisciplinary team.

SC4      Demonstrate commitment to personal ongoing professional learning and development.

Role

The Nurse Manager is required to coordinate and manage the health services of the school providing clinical nursing leadership.

• Managing and coordinating day-to-day health operations within a school environment.

• Contributes to quality improvement activities to improve the health outcomes for students.

• Leading and managing the provision of professional development activities within the school community which relate to health and wellbeing.

• Leading the development of policy and procedure relating to health and wellbeing.

• Demonstrates high levels of autonomous nursing practice, and expertise in school nursing.

• In addition to coordinating and managing the school health centre undertakes the activities and responsibilities of the Registered Nurse range 4.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management, development and implementation of professional support services in medical compliance management within an educational environment, including guidance to other professional staff, extending to the community and other outside agencies.

• Provide leadership, training and development for others in the adaption and application of professional medical fields.

• Undertake advanced interventions in dealing with particularly complex cases that may require cross-profession or agency collaboration.

• Interpret and analyse data to inform and provide authoritative advice to senior management.

Specific duties include but are not limited to:

• Create and manage Student Health Support Plans and Student Management Plans

• Provide primary nursing care to sick or injured students 

• Communicate with parents/caregivers if child is unwell in line with DE Policies and Procedures

• Keep up to date with DE policy and accountabilities

• Provide naso-gastric & PEG feed/care as required

• Liaise with service providers e.g. school care program, paediatricians etc

• Co-ordinate and manage medical training for staff where required

• Complete Annual First Aid/Anaphylaxis/Asthma Risk Assessment

• As a member of the OH&S Committee attend meetings

• Maintain medical supplies and equipment for First Aid room, bumbags, excursion and camp kits

• Oversee student accident/incident recording in Edusafe and hardcopy filing

• Manage student medication requirements in line with DE Policy and Procedures

• Manage Dental visits 

• Manage student immunisations

• Manage staff flu injections

• Manage the First Aid budget

Who May Apply

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via *******@education.vic.gov.au

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

 https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

 https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Conditions of Employment

This vacancy is to replace an employee on parental absence and is for a period of seven years or until the employee absent on leave returns to duty at the school.

Location Profile

Dandenong Valley SDS is a specialist school located in Narre Warren Victoria. We cater for students with moderate to severe intellectual disability who may also have physical impairments, medical needs, sensory needs and autism spectrum disorder. The school was built in 1990 with an addition of a purpose built BER building in 2012 and a new senior school and specialist teaching spaces built in 2024.  School facilities include a PMP room, sensory garden, horticulture centre, bike track, fitness room, engine room and sensory room, generous sized classrooms and stimulating play spaces. All students participate in weekly water familiarisation, safety and swimming sessions in the Hydrotherapy pool.

Students at our school range in age from 5-18 years of age and we also have an Early Education Program which caters for children from 2.8 -4.8 years. The three year olds attend this program one day a week and the four year olds attend two days a week.

Students in their last two years of schooling participate in senior transition programs. The aim of these programs is to provide students with a diverse range of age appropriate learning experiences in preparation for post school options and adult life.

School Vision: Our vision for Dandenong Valley SDS is to achieve excellence in learning and teaching and provide the best outcomes for each of its students.

Mission Statement: Dandenong Valley SDS endeavours to equip students with the capacities to manage themselves and their relations with others, understand their world and act effectively in that world.

Our Values are: Integrity, Respect and Responsibility

Dandenong Valley SDS is a Schoolwide Positive Behaviour community. This Framework is fully embedded across the school and enables us to promote a happy positive learning environment for all. Our school rules are explicitly taught across all areas of the curriculum and the school. The rules are;

• Be responsible

• Be respectful

• Be a learner

• Be safe

Our Special Education programs are fully supported by a therapy team which consists of speech therapists, occupational therapists, a physiotherapist and music therapist. The role of the therapy team is to support the students to enable them to access their educational program. Therapists also work in close collaboration with teachers to ensure individual goals are achieved by all students.

Student Individual learning goals are based on our strategic plan priorities which are;

• The need to develop a functional communication system.

• The need to develop their independence skills

• The need to develop their social and emotional learning competencies.

These areas are the most important for our students and their families. Without these basic skills our students cannot engage in meaningful activities, nor reach their full potential.

Dandenong Valley SDS is committed to child safety. Our school actively promotes the safety and wellbeing of all students, including the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with disabilities and vulnerable children. All school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards.

At Dandenong Valley SDS we provide programs that cater for individual needs, interests and abilities of our students. The school¿s curriculum is based on The Victorian Curriculum Foundation Levels A-D). In addition we offer a range of specialised programs that occur within the school environment or out in the local community. 

These include: 

Perceptual motor program, swimming (in our purpose built hydrotherapy pool), community access, social emotional learning program, bike education, interschool sports, performing arts, STEM, visual arts, PE and camps.