School Nurse (Part-Time, 0.5 FTE)

About the role

Hester Hornbrook Academy, a multi-campus Special Assistance School for young people aged 15-25, is offering a part-time (0.5 FTE) ongoing School Nurse position at its Sunshine campus. The nurse forms part of the multi-campus Allied Health Team and works with students, families, school staff, external health services and community agencies to promote health and wellbeing in a healing-oriented, trauma-informed environment. The role reports to the Head of Allied Health.

Key responsibilities

• Provide primary health care to students, with initial assessments, brief intervention and crisis management, and strong emphasis on external referrals
• Complete initial assessments, provide brief intervention, medical crisis management and psychoeducation
• Arrange for external health services to visit all campuses and map adolescent-friendly services across metropolitan Melbourne
• Create health literacy content for students, teachers and the wider community, and deliver health education sessions and staff training
• Support and increase the health literacy of students, staff and the school community
• Contribute to medical management documentation, camps, excursions and annual health and wellbeing days
• Maintain accurate, confidential records, case notes, screening outcomes and referrals in systems such as Sentral, Canvas and Teams
• Collaborate with legal representatives, court personnel, families and professionals, and advise on disability supports, the NDIS and reasonable adjustments
• Facilitate warm referrals and coordinated pathways to disability, health, education, housing and community supports

Required profile

• Current, unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1)
• Demonstrated experience in adolescent health, community health, sexual health, mental health, public health and/or health promotion, preferably with postgraduate qualifications
• Experience supporting young people with youth issues such as substance misuse, mental health, family violence and housing challenges, using a trauma-informed, healing-oriented approach
• Ability to collect, analyse and interpret data, and to communicate findings to diverse audiences
• Experience leading evaluation, strategy and learning processes, and a track record of turning strategy into action
• Understanding of NCCD guidelines and the HOPE program

Required skills

• Disability screening using approved tools and knowledge of the NDIS
• Health promotion and primary health prevention
• Working within the MCM Healing-Oriented Framework

Applicants must be willing to travel between all campuses. Applications close 16 November 2026 and require a cover letter, responses to selection criteria, resume, qualifications and Working with Children's Check.