AddressClassification: Health Professional Level 3
Salary: $99,819 - $105,180 (up to $110,398 on achieving a personal upgrade) plus superannuation
Position No: 28331 - 02I8U
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 18 June 2024
Contact Officer: Cheryl Rowsell on **************@act.gov or (02) 5124 2***
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 within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Division of Cancer and Ambulatory Support (CAS) provides comprehensive cancer screening, diagnostic, assessment and treatment services in inpatient, outpatient, and non-admitted treatment settings. The division is also responsible for immunology, specialist palliative care, medical physics, and radiation safety, walk in centres and organisational outpatient support through Central Intake, transcription, policy support and the Central Outpatients Department.
The Canberra Health Services Cancer Supportive Care Team (CSCT) sits within the Division of Cancer and Ambulatory Support (CAS). The service aims to provide cancer patients, carers and their support network with timely treatment, information, and support services.
The Cancer Counselling Service aims to improve outcomes for people with Cancer and their families by providing comprehensive psychological services in the community. The Cancer Counselling Service is located at the Belconnen community Health Centre and Phillip Health Centre.
The health professional will understand issues relating to oncology and the impact of cancer on a person and their family/carer, including adjustments to the changes and challenges of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment for patients and families and grief, loss, and bereavement counselling. They will demonstrate a commitment to working within an Interprofessional environment. The overall function of the position is to promote positive client outcomes through the provision of high-quality counselling, assessment, and care planning interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed 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 disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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Career interest categories:Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
