Nursing Informatics Leadership - Online Facilitation

This is a remote position.

HNO6017-Nursing Informatics Leadership

As an experienced online educator, the candidate will work as an independent contractor of LINC Education to offer online facilitation services for students studying in the Masters of Nursing (Online) offered by Victoria University Online. Candidate must possess strong knowledge of nursing informatics and digital healthcare, with expertise in leading the adoption and implementation of digital technologies within nursing and healthcare environments. They should be able to support students in analysing the digital healthcare landscape, developing strategies for effective technology implementation, designing professional development programs that build informatics capabilities, and advocating for policies that maximise the benefits of health informatics for patient care.

Key Skills Required

• Nursing informatics
  

• Informatics leadership
  

• Digital healthcare
  

• Digital health technology adoption
  

• Technology implementation in nursing
  

• Healthcare informatics strategy
  

• Professional development in informatics
  

• Digital transformation in healthcare
  

• Informatics policy and advocacy
  

• Patient-centred digital healthcare
  

Desired Candidate Profile 

• Registered Nurse or Midwife (AHPRA registration) and knowledge of unit content.
  

• PhD and/or Master Degree in Nursing or relevant field (i.e. health-related) plus 5 years' relevant teaching, research and/or professional experience at the PG level in the last 10 years
  

• Full rights to work within Australia.
  

• An Australian Business Number or ABN as a sole trader, or of the entity that will contract with LINC.
  

• Empathetic, ambitious, warm and outgoing personality willing to work closely with people from diverse cultures; 
  

• Proficient in English language; excellent oral and written communication
  

• Must possess  a working laptop and have access to high-speed  (>10 MBPS) stable internet connection; 
  

• Ability to quickly learn and use technology platforms for interacting with students, including the host university’s LMS and LINCtrac (training on these platforms will be provided).
  

The candidate needs to be available between 5 pm to 10 pm every day.

Roles & Responsibilities 

LINC Fellows will be responsible for providing: 

1. Subject matter guidance to a group of 25-30 undergraduate online students;  
   

2. Support in learning skills like academic writing, research and time management; 
   

3. Conduct 1:1 sessions for doubt-resolution, academic guidance and assessment draft reviews
   

4. Guidance on relevant reference material; 
   

5. Assessment marking with long-form feedback 
   

6. Management of discussion forums; and
   

7. Proactive, prompt and personalised support to student queries and issues.
   

LINC Fellows will be expected to promptly interact with students over email, or calls / online sessions from locations of their convenience (e.g. home, office etc.).