- Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus or Geelong, Waterfront Campus + hybrid work arrangements
- Full-time and fixed term until January 2026
- HEW 8 $114,231 - $130,786 + 17% Superannuation
About the role:
The Senior Coordinator, Clinical Experience plays a key role in managing the extensive and complex clinical placement program for the School of Nursing and Midwifery. This involves coordinating the placement of around 3500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, with over 6000 placement experiences and 100,000 clinical placement days across more than 200 health organisations. In this role, you’ll lead the clinical professional placement team across all campuses, ensuring the team operates efficiently and delivers timely, accurate services to key stakeholders, including students, health organisations, and School staff.
As a Senior Coordinator, Clinical Experience, you will:
- Lead the School’s clinical professional placement team and coordinate the full range of clinical administrative tasks to manage over 100,000 clinical placement days per year.
- Meet with clinical partners and develop new partnership relationships to ensure the continued prioritisation of Deakin Nursing and Midwifery students in health services and at times representing the Faculty of Health at Department of Health clinical placement meetings.
- With an annual placement budget of approximately $7.5 million, project placement forecasts, approve invoices, and provide monthly financial updates.
- Provide strategic advice to the Dean of Nursing and Midwifery, School Executive Group and as required the Faculty Executive with immediate and accurate data for the university and health service partnerships on current student placement in a very short time frame.
- Ensure all clinical placement agreements are up to date prior to student attendance at health care organisations and ensure mandatory documentation (e.g. police check, working with children check and immunisation certification) is received and processed in a timely manner to meet all necessary clinical deadlines of both the School and health organisations.
- Continuous quality improvement (CQI) approach to the undertaking of student experience support and activities ensuring consistent processes and accuracy of clinical data.
To be successful, you’ll have:
- Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or
- Extensive experience and management expertise; or
- An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Familiarity with University management, planning and continuous quality improvement processes.
- Knowledge of issues and policies affecting the higher education sector and university governance (desirable).
- Highly skilled in advanced MS Excel functionalities and data analysis; advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Proven ability to analyse and synthesize complex datasets.
Here's how to apply:
Please submit your updated resume, a brief cover letter, and responses to the Key Selection Criteria by clicking the 'Apply' button.
For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Geeta Jaswal (Manager, Clinical Experience) via g.jaswal@deakin.edu.au
For a copy of the position description, please see below:
PD - Senior Coordinator Clinical Experience.pdf
Applications for this position close on 16th March 2025 at 11:55pm.
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Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.
