Clinical Nurse Consultant - Palliative Care - Perm Ft/Pt

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Wollondilly Community Health Centre
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $64.57 - $65.85 per hour + superannuation + you can receive an incentives package worth up to $20,000 in addition to your standard entitlements with the
Requisition ID: REQ472852
Application Close Date: 17/03/2024
Interview Date Range: 20/03/2024 – 27/03/2024
Contact Details: Karen Steel - 0427 092 561|
About the Opportunity
Primary & Community Health is recruiting for a Palliative CareClinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 to complement and enhance a new Palliative Care Nursing Team at Wollondilly Community Health Centre.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care nurse to join a friendly team. The Palliative Care team is committed to providing care to client’s in their home at the end of their life and providing support to family and carers.
Successful candidates will have an opportunity to carry a clinical caseload and gain leadership experience by providing mentorship and supervision to colleagues and other nursing staff.
Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme
This vacancy is eligible for an Attraction and Retention incentive under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, paid on a fortnightly basis.
The Attraction incentive for this position equates to:

• An Allowance of up to $20,000 in total for the first 12 months of your employment as successful candidate to this position.
• A Retention incentive of up to $10,000 in total may be offered thereafter annually (dependent on position continuing to meet scheme and policy criteria).

Employees are responsible to understand the criteria of accepting and retaining the incentives paid and are recommended to seek financial advice prior to accepting an Attraction or Retention payment as part of their employment.
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How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) & at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time experience in the specialty field. Approved post graduate nursing qualifications in a field relevant to the specialty field or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.

• Demonstrated evidence of strategies used to maintain current knowledge of clinical practice advances and research in the relevant specialty
• Demonstrated ability to apply expert knowledge to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs
• Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise
• Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidenced based nursing care
• Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace
• Current unrestricted Australian drivers licence (P2 Licence Acceptable) subject to obtaining NSW drivers licence within 3 months of appointment.

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Additional Information
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Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
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