AddressAre you passionate about Haematology/Oncology nursing? The team in the Cancer Services at Royal North Shore Hospital is seeking a suitably experienced Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their team. The position is being offered on a temporary full-time basis.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 28 April 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2Remuneration: $2,502.60 - $2,598.60 Hours Per Week: 38Requisition ID: REQ489059
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
The role of the Clinical Nurses Consultant (CNC) is to promote best practice within Cancer Services and to provide a high standard of care to outpatients at RNS/NSLHD. The CNC is an expert practitioner who facilitates sound evidence based clinical practice through research and leadership. The CNC is a role model to peer nursing groups within the field of Cancer services. The CNC plays a vital role in providing advanced assessment skills in order to perform telephone triage and advice to patients and families that have received treatment. The CNC is required to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including advanced practice nurses within Medical oncology and Haematology.
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.
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is an expert nursing who will provide leadership, advice and recommendations on all aspects of nursing and consults on matters relating to the safe and appropriate use of nursing practices.
The CNC will formulate and implement policy, guide practice development, and engage in education and research activities. The CNC is responsible for the provision of clinical supervision to nursing staff and acts as a role model, providing nursing care on a regular basis.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
- Registered with Authority to Practice with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Minimum five years full time post graduate experience with 3 years full time equivalent in the specialty field. In addition the applicant must have an approved post graduate qualification (minimum Grad Diploma/Certificate level) or evidence of working towards Masters level qualification.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and an understanding of the practice development framework.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake quality improvement and research activities that influence and enhance clinical practice and implement change.
- Demonstrated computer skills with experience using MS Office programs and electronic filing systems.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
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Applications Close: 27 May 2024
