Job Reference: 1105651

Opportunity Highlights

• Flexible Working Arrangements: Choose from full-time, part-time, options to suit your lifestyle, based at our Kalgoorlie campus.
• Competitive Remuneration: Earn between $118,308 - $140,147 (ALB) pro-rata, plus 17% superannuation and additional locality leave, and housing subsidy (subject to eligibility).
• Empowering Role: Help contribute to the development of a new department embedded within the Goldfields.
• Professional Growth: Develop your professional skills in a leading Australian University.

About the Role:

The Goldfields University Department of Rural Health (GUDRH) is seeking a Clinical Educator (Lecturer in Teaching and Research) for Nursing. This is a full-time, fixed-term position until December 2026. In this role, you will play a vital part in enhancing rural clinical training experiences for nursing students in collaboration with the WA Country Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations. The position requires ongoing professional development to stay current with trends in nursing education.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the placement of nursing students in clinical settings, ensuring enriching experiences and monitoring their progress.
• Providing direct support and guidance during placements and maintaining high educational standards.
• Leading professional development initiatives for nurse supervisors and fostering collaboration among clinical educators.
• Assessing and improving educational programs through feedback and quality improvement initiatives.
• Engaging with stakeholders, including Curtin School of Nursing, to enhance nursing education and culturally responsive healthcare.

Who we are looking for:

1. A qualification in a relevant discipline (or equivalent accreditation and professional standing for Teaching Focused Clinical Professional role).
2. Demonstrated high-level teaching skills and effective clinical supervision and mentorship across multiple settings.
3. A strong understanding of pedagogical theory and contemporary educational practice, and the ability to implement clinical training programs for nursing health science students.
4. Demonstrated experience/capacity to undertake unit coordination and training sessions to enhance clinical education practices.
5. Demonstrated high-level communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills with a commitment to the development of a collegial and supportive working environment and the ability to interact with students and staff with cross-cultural sensitivity.
6. Demonstrated commitment to the application of relevant and applicable policies, procedures and legislation in the day-to-day performance of the functions of this position.
7. Strong professional networks, and the ability to develop new collaborative relationships with industry partners.
8. Experience in Aboriginal and rural and remote health is essential
9. Understanding of the health care environment and workforce challenges within the Goldfields – Esperance region is desirable but not essential.

We welcome applicants who may not hold the specified formal qualification but can demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge and capability through extensive professional experience—particularly within rural and remote health and/or Aboriginal health contexts. If you meet the essential registration requirements and can evidence equivalent expertise, we strongly encourage you to apply

Role Requirements:

• As this is a fixed-term contract, you will require current work rights in Australia that match the tenure of this role.
• Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction.
• This role requires that the successful candidate undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check.
• Unrestricted AHPRA Registration.
• Possess a current WA driver's license.

Your new team:Curtin University - Goldfields University Departments of Rural Health (GUDRH)

University Departments of Rural Health (also known as UDRHs) are academic centres based in rural and remote Australia. Established in 2023, the Goldfields University Department of Rural Health (GUDRH) aims to strengthen the supply, capability, and impact of healthcare graduates in the Goldfields region and in doing so, help address healthcare disparities in our rural communities.

Operated by Curtin University in collaboration with the Western Australia Country Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Western Operations), GUDRH receives funding from the Department of Health and Aged Care under the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program.
The GUDRH's focus is multifaceted and includes:

1. Raising awareness of, and fostering access to, health science careers
2. Providing enriching and positive rural placements for current health science students
3. Supporting the enhancement of local health professionals’ capabilities, especially in the area of clinical supervision
4. Conducting rurally relevant research
5. Expansion of health science degrees and qualifications on offer at the Kalgoorlie Campus.

The activities of the GUDRH are underpinned by interprofessional learning to promote collaborative care practices, vital for maximising rural health care outcomes. The GUDRH also prioritises education in the area of Aboriginal health and wellbeing, culturally safe ways of working, and the place of traditional medicine, to help support improved health outcomes for Aboriginal communities.

As a recently established entity within Curtin University's Faculty of Health Sciences, the GUDRH is at a key point in its evolution. Our progressive and supportive team is part of a Faculty that educates more health professionals than any other Western Australian tertiary institution. The recruitment of suitably qualified, experienced, and dedicated teaching, academic, and professional staff is critical to our ongoing success.

For further details about the Faculty of Health Sciences, visit: http://healthsciences.curtin.edu.au

About Curtin University

We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

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If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

• Updated Resume
• Cover letter expressing your interest, addressing the 'who we are looking for' stated in the advertisement. Please include your preferred work arrangements.

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on [email protected] or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Please note applications will not be accepted via this email address.

Applications close: Friday, 17th October 2025.

Disclaimer: Please note that there is no standardised time for the closing of adverts on the specified date. Therefore, we recommend submitting your application ahead of this deadline. Late applications will not be considered, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.