Clinical Nurse Specialist Trauma Service

The Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 (CNS2) provides a conduit to facilitate information sharing, planned care and care coordination for patients within the hospital and the continuum through liaising and networking with key stakeholders both internal and external.

The CNS2 is an expert in their area of speciality who provides leadership, advice and recommendations on all aspects of related care. The CNS2 formulates and implements policy, guides practice and engages in education and research activities. The CNS2 acts as a role model providing complex care to those patients requiring advanced clinical skills regarding their area of specialty.

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
**Remuneration**: $2,170.30 - $2,241.60 per week
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ558475

**Who we are**: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
- NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism._

**Where you'll be working**

Royal North Shore Hospital

**What you'll be doing**

The purpose of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) position is to provide senior nursing clinical leadership in the development of specialist clinical practice and service delivery within a nursing unit, team or service. The CNS employs advanced clinical skills and exercises extended autonomy of decision making working closely with managers and other senior clinicians.

**_ People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply._**
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Nurse Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) with relevant post-registration qualifications and minimum 5 years' CURRENT critical care experience.
- Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focused care, clinical governance and quality improvement
- Evidence of advanced level of knowledge and skill related to management of speciality area and able to work independently in high acuity areas.
- Demonstrated knowledge in initiating and implementing changes to improve clinical service delivery and outcomes, models of care, evidence based practice and practice development.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications.
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team, with an emphasis on service delivery, quality of care and team cohesion.

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**Applications Close: 20 March 2025