Clinical Educator Surgical Ward

Your Role at St John of God Bendigo Hospital
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic educator to support clinical staff on our Surgical Ward. This role focuses on education mentoring and enhancing clinical capabilities to ensure high standards of patient care and professional development.

You will playa critical role in the professional development of all caregivers at their hospital working collaboratively with the L&D Coordinator department managers and caregivers. The role is responsible for the delivery implementation assessment and evaluation of Learning and Development programs (including Graduate Programs) and activities that reflect best practice standards to achieve excellence in service.

The Position

• Support and provide guidance to caregivers (including graduates) to meet individual learning and development goals and achieve departmental objectives.

• In collaboration with the caregivers manager support them to address learning gaps and meet performance development goals and plans.

• Collaborates with Department Managers other learning and development caregivers and relevant key stakeholders to support learning and development activities locally.

• Supports an interprofessional approach to the delivery assessment and evaluation of learning for all caregivers promoting a positive and inclusive workplace learning environment.

• In collaboration with the L&D Coordinator and other key stakeholders support the planning onboarding delivery and evaluation of the Pathways to Practice Graduate Programs and Pathway to Speciality Programs.

• In collaboration with the L&D Coordinator support the planning and supervision of student placements and support evaluation activities (undergraduate and postgraduate) as directed.

• Assists with orientation/induction as required.

You will have Registration as a Health Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and demonstrate commitment to ongoing personal and professional development as evidenced in a Continuing Professional development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio.

To succeed you will have experience in small group teaching and group presentations and ability to motivate support and encourage caregivers to further develop professionally.

Above all people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values

We can offer you

• Salary: $117134 to $123300 per annum (pro rata for part-time) plus 12% superannuation

• Fixed term part- time working up to 45.6 hours a fortnight. Contract currently available until November 2026 (with possibility of extension)

• Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Karen Millsom-Ryan Learning and Development Coordinator (03)

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.