Allied Health Clinical Educator Grade 3
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- Do you find working with intelligent and engaged people fulfilling? Do you want to support Allied Health staff to provide outstanding patient care? Make an impact with this interprofessional Allied Health Clinical educator role
- Full-time, fixed term 2-year role
- Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Clinical Education Unit (CEU).
The CEU is committed to promoting the highest level of clinical education to our workforce to allow them to provide excellent care, and support their career development. In realising this goal, the CEU lead clinical teaching by using evidence-based practice with a focus on work-integrated learning practices to provide clinical education with impact. The CEU provides services to staff across all three campuses of Austin Health.
About the role
The Allied Health Clinical Educator will support and facilitate the delivery of clinical education which is innovative and responsive to the needs of Allied Health Professionals and enhances contemporary and emerging clinical and professional practice. This role will work with the centralised Grade 4 and Grade 5 AH Educators to support the discipline-based education leads.
A regular day will see you:
- Teach a range of programs and sessions to both AHP's and staff from other clinical disciplines
- Consult with discipline specific staff to develop educationally effective programs
- Build eLearning programs
- Facilitate the sharing of good educational practice across multiple disciplines.
- Engage with state-wide AHCE staff for networking, support and educational resource development.
About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in clinical education. You'll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
You'll further bring with you:
- An Allied Health qualification and current AHPRA registration or professional membership
- Experience in clinical education
- Preferably a post-graduate clinical education qualification
- The desire to work collaboratively across Allied Health disciplines
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Sirini Griffiths, Director Clinical Ed Unit, Sirini.Griffiths@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Wednesday 23 July 2025
