Clinical Development Nurse CHH - Registered Nurse Level 2

Employment Type – Permanent, Full Time Position

Classification –Registered Nurse Level 2 

Title- Clinical Development Nurse CHH - Registered Nurse Level 2

Position Number: 602541

Salary – $100,957 - $107,000 (Plus Super) 

Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

Section – Clare Holland House

Closing Date – 18th March 2024

What can we offer you:  ● City living without the traffic – click her 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. 

● 11.5% Superannuation. 

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 (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. 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.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

 About the role:

Within the Framework of the Vision and Values of North Canberra Hospital Bruce, the role of the Clinical Development Nurse (CDN) is to provide a coordinated and structured approach for palliative care education within the specialist palliative care service.

Under limited direction of the Palliative Care Educator you will perform you will:

• Support the transition of new nurses into the organisation and nursing workforce

• Assist in identifying and facilitating departmental learning needs

• Provide ‘hands on” clinical support and backfill as required

• Provide feedback on work performance

• Enhance nursing professional development

• Promote evidence based practice

• Provide orientation and preceptorship for new staff, students and new graduates

• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

About you:

Requirements/Qualifications:Mandatory

• Attained or working towards a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

• Postgraduate qualification in palliative care

• Peak professional body membership/involvement (desired)

• Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

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Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;

• Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees

• A pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response. 

• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident”

What you require:

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience.  

• Demonstrated competence and leadership in providing direct patient care (for patients of varying complexity) utilising the nursing process, and incorporating a risk assessment approach while working within professional legislation and existing policies and procedures.

• Prepare and deliver a range of learning and professional development opportunities for nurses who are providing care at basic levels while measuring education to identify learning retention by clinical staff associated with the patient experience and health outcome/s.

• Incorporate the full range of materials for education and training including, for example, evidence based guidelines and materials, audio-visual, electronic publications, and the library catalogue to meet the learners and service needs.

• Administer relevant training and education sessions to account for diversity and different learning styles, for example, simulated and online learning. Applies adult learning principles to motivate performance and ensure successful learning.

• Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with Northside Hospital CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind. Respect , Hospitality, Stewardship, Healing

A merit pool will be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.  

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