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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 11
Requisition ID: REQ469472
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
- Child & Family Health Nurse, Children and Communities, coordinates and delivers high quality nursing care to clients of the Child Youth and Family Service consistent with SESLHD policies, procedures and standards. The Child & Family Health Nurse will have post-graduate qualifications in Child and Family Health to enable them to work within a primary health care model aimed at providing children aged 0 to 7 years with a comprehensive service.
- The scope of Child & Family Health Nurse role is to: Assess, plan, organise, evaluate and deliver holistic quality nursing care in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards competencies and/or Australian Council of Midwives (ACM) guidelines, NSW Health and SESLHD policies and procedures, to achieve patient/client health outcome.
- Provide health promotion activities and Child and Family Health Nursing clinical nursing services. This involves undertaking physical, emotional and psychosocial assessments to identify family's strengths and vulnerabilities to enable early identification and referral to appropriate interventions and social supports.
- Work with early learning educators, principals, teaching staff, Learning and Support teams, school counsellors/ psychologists, general practice and local health and interagency agencies to deliver services to priority communities.
- Contribute to care coordination of children and families by providing short term management, including active follow up for referrals.
All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.
A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.
In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.
Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and relevant postgraduate qualifications related to the specialty area of Child and Family Health.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously as well as work in a multidisciplinary (nursing, medical, allied health) and multiagency (health, education, early childhood services and non-government organisations) team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work in partnership with families within a primary health care setting.
- Demonstrated experience in working with priority populations, specifically culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Demonstrated experience in working with priority populations, specifically culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of risk management, safety and quality principles and the role of the Registered Nurse in applying these principles.
- Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
- Current unrestricted NSW driver's Licence with a willingness to travel in accordance with the demands of the position).
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For role related queries or questions, please contact Tania Rimes via email
Applications Close: 3 March 2024
