Critical Care Nurse Instructor

We’re looking for a Critical Care Nurse Educator who can live and volunteer in the Solomons for 6 months.

·      You will be working closely with staff to develop training pathways for critical care nurses and support the nurse educator to implement teaching and educational activities.

·      To be considered for this role, you’ll need experience working with ICU teams to establish and improve systems and processes which in turn will improve patient care.

·      You will be supporting the team to sustainably support healthcare in the Solomons.

 About the Partner Organisation 

The National Referral Hospital (NRH), based in Honiara, is operated by the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and serves the health of Solomon Islanders by functioning as the main tertiary and referral hospital for people living across the country. There are 300+ inpatient beds and specialties include: •General medicine •Surgery (including orthopedics, ophthalmology, ENT, urology) •Pediatrics •Obstetrics and Gynecology •Psychiatry and •Emergency medicine. The NRH also provides laboratory, pathology, radiology and pharmacy services to support the clinical areas. Post-graduate qualifications in critical-care or intensive care nursing are not offered in the Solomon Islands National University.

The High Dependency Unit, that supports care of critically ill patients in the hospital, has an ongoing need to improve skills, knowledge, practices and processes through ongoing structured clinical education activities. Having a dedicated volunteer specialist in critical care nurse education, will allow the department to offer a greater level of care into the future. 

About the Australian Volunteers Program  

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government-funded initiative. We support partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change.   

Volunteers are supported throughout their volunteer journey, and we actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to volunteer and aim to make the program as accessible and inclusive as possible. Find out more.