Employment Type: 12 months fixed term

Hours: 38 hour week

Salary: $62.94 per hr as per EBA RN35 QRED3

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Emma Hall emma.hall@mercy.com.au

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

This position is a pivotal leadership role within the ED expansion project, supporting the Program Director in operationalising the new ED and collaborating closely with other stream leads, including those across capital, recruitment/HR, and transition.

As the Nursing Workforce Readiness stream lead, the role ensures nursing workforce capability, capacity, models of care and change readiness are aligned with the expanded ED’s service profile.
The role works collaboratively with clinical leaders, educators, workforce teams, infrastructure, I.T and operational stakeholders to ensure nurses are confident, competent and supported before, during and after transition.
The Nursing Workforce readiness stream lead will act as the primary point of accountability for this workstream, ensuring that all deliverables, timelines, and risks within that scope are managed effectively and integrated into the broader project plan overseen by the Program Director.

Reporting to: Program Director – WMH ED Expansion Project
Division: Health Services
Professional Oversight/Support: Divisional Director Critical Care and WMH Director of Nursing

Key Accountabilities:

Nursing Capability
• Lead identification of current and future nursing capability requirements aligned to the expanded Emergency Department service profile and models of care.
• Identify capability gaps between the current and future state nursing workforce and develop targeted strategies to address these gaps.
Education, Simulation & Training
• Lead the development of a coordinated nursing capability, education and simulation framework to support readiness for the redeveloped Emergency Department.
• Partner with Nurse Educators, Simulation Leads and Learning & Development teams to design and deliver simulation-based training aligned to future workflows, environments, technology and models of care.
• Ensure simulation activities support competency assessment, clinical judgement, escalation, teamwork and interprofessional practice.
• Contribute to the use of simulation to validate workforce readiness, test role clarity and support transition to future state practice.

Recruitment & Onboarding
• Provide expert nursing input into recruitment planning to ensure alignment with future state capability, scope and service demand.

• Define capability-based role profiles and selection criteria for nursing recruitment associated with the ED expansion.
• Collaborate with Workforce Planning and Human Resources to support targeted recruitment strategies.
• Contribute to recruitment assessment processes, including interview panels and capability-based assessments, as required.
• Support alignment between recruitment, onboarding, education and simulation pathways.
• Assist with the development of onboarding materials for nursing staff and orientation packages for transition of current staff and newly recruited staff to Mercy Health

Professional Practice & Clinical Governance
• Provide expert nursing input into future state models of care to ensure alignment with professional standards, safety and quality requirements.
• Support integration of evidence-based practice, escalation frameworks and role clarity into capability, recruitment and simulation planning.
• Identify workforce capability risks and contribute to mitigation strategies through clinical governance processes.
Change Readiness & Engagement
• Support nursing staff readiness for change by articulating future capability expectations and training pathways.
• Engage nursing leaders and frontline staff to build confidence in future state practice through education and simulation participation.
• Act as a trusted clinical advisor on nursing capability, recruitment and simulation readiness throughout the ED Expansion Program.

Reporting & Program Contribution
• Provide regular reports to the Program Director on nursing workforce capability, recruitment and simulation readiness, risks and dependencies.
• Contribute nursing expertise to project governance forums, planning workshops and simulation evaluations.
• Ensure documentation of capability frameworks, education and simulation plans and readiness assessments.

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

Experience
• Extensive clinical nursing experience in Emergency or acute care environments (essential)
• Demonstrated experience in nursing capability development, workforce readiness, recruitment and/or simulation-based education. (essential)
• Previous experience in complex health projects or transitions (preferred)

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.

• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Competencies
• Strong understanding of nursing scope of practice, skill mix, competency frameworks and simulation as a capability assurance tool.
• High-level communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
Qualifications and Requirements
• Registered Nurse with current registration with AHPRA (essential)
• Post graduate certificate in Emergency Nursing (desirable)
• Qualifications in Project Management or similar (preferred)
Mandatory Organisation Competencies
• Comply with all mandatory organisational competencies
• Act professionally and in accordance with the Mercy Health Code of Conduct and the Aged Care Code of Conduct
• Participate in annual performance development review (PDR) process
• Must comply with mandatory vaccination and compliance (e.g. NDIS, Police Check) requirements as directed by State and Territory public health orders

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.