Learning and Development Consultant (Full Time)

Job No: S729

Location: Community and Aged Care - Greenslopes

* Are you a Registered Nurse seeking a new direction in your career?

About Us 

Spiritus is an Anglican not-for-profit organisation providing caring and supportive services in partnership with government and other support organisations, to respond to identified needs in our community.

Our staff connect with people on every step of their lives' paths, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the infirm and those most at risk in our communities.

Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Spiritus are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. 

Spiritus is committed to social and community welfare issues and aged and community care needs, particularly with respect to disadvantaged members of the community.

Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for frail elderly people, wound care for homeless, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Spiritus is there, providing the best quality care available.

The work of Spiritus stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches people of all ages with a variety of needs.

You are invited to reflect on our Vision, Mission and Value statements on our web site!

About the Role 

Our Practice Development and Quality team, based at Greenslopes, have an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to join them as a Learning and Development Consultant. 

Your main responsibility in this role is to facilitate the sustainability of clinical care learning within Spiritus Community and Aged Care by carrying out professional development activities for community and aged care staff, including skills gap analysis, development of training units, delivery of training and assessment of competencies.  This role contributes to the provision of exceptional quality care by ensuring services are delivered by appropriately skilled and trained staff.

In addition you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that learning and development activities are relevant and responsive to identified practice development needs;
• These needs align within the agreed Learning and Development framework;
• Implement a Learning and Development plan and calendar for Community and Aged Care; and
• Managing clinical portfolios. These will be determined and delegated based on identified needs of our clients.

To be successful your will be required to have:

• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills;
• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia;
• Ability to demonstrate and apply contemporary nursing practice and clinical skills in a clinical setting;
• Experience in education and staff development and knowledge of adult learning principles and methodologies, including hands on experience in delivering training to a broad range of individuals with varying skill and education levels;
• Post-graduate qualification in adult and/or continuing education or currently studying towards;
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or willingness to obtain;
• High level IT skills in relevant Microsoft Office programs; and
• Ability to travel as required to designated service delivery areas across Queensland.

An interest or experience in Dementia Care would be highly considered.

For further information please contact Sue Cooke on (07) 3421 2806.

Applications close Friday 10th February 2012.