Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant - Consultancy Team
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 25 October 2024Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3.1
Salary: $122,224 - $127,107 plus superannuation
Position No: LP4350 - 02JXL
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 01 October 2024
Contact Officer: Tina Edwards ******
What can we offer you: City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Flexible working conditions.About the Hospital: North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS). This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra's Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community-based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24-hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health, and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home, and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
About the role: Clare Holland House provides Specialist Palliative Care Services throughout the ACT including Home-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient settings along with outreach to Residential Aged Care Facilities and North Canberra Hospital.
The Palliative Care Consultant Team CNC provides key liaison between members of the medical, nursing, and allied health teams at North Canberra Hospital (NCH) and the Specialist Palliative Care Team at Clare Holland House. The CNC triages all referrals from the acute care teams at NCH, undertakes initial consultation and assessment with the patient and their family, and provides guidance to the treating team in relation to complex pain and symptom management and ongoing care planning for patients with a life-limiting diagnosis. The role also promotes, supports, and participates in building skills and knowledge of staff working in NCH. This position works closely with the Consultancy Team Palliative Care Registrar and Medical Specialist and is supported by the Clare Holland House CNC, Educator, and nursing team.
For more information on this position and how to apply, click here. Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused on the delivery of high-quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary, and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful, and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
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