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Form of workThis is an exciting opportunity to work in the community setting delivering person centred care, promoting wellness, empowerment, and enablement by working with services to deliver health coaching, care coordination and navigation to people with complex clinical and social determinants of health.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2)
Remuneration: $2,107.10 - $2,176.30 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ478964
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.
Where you'll be working
This position is based within the Northern Sydney Home Nursing Team at Hornsby Hospital and delivers care to people living in the home setting.
What you'll be doing
The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.
This position plays a major clinical and care coordination role through the provision of expert clinical assessment, referral and coordination of health and community services for people with complex clinical and social determinants of health living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life and a hospital admission.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years’ experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification, or such other qualifications or equivalent experience deemed appropriate for the position e.g. Substantial and current experience in Complex Care Coordination, using advanced clinical skills in patient assessment and care planning.
- Experience in practice that promotes self-management support, behaviour change and psychosocial support and a strong understanding of the health and psychosocial issues for people living with chronic conditions and their carers.
- Ability to identify and improve opportunities to enhance continuity of care between acute hospitals, primary care providers and community-based services and a comprehensive knowledge of primary health and community based services.
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For role related queries or questions contact Nicola Holloway on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 8877 4***.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 9 April 2024
