Clinical Nurse Consultant - Registered Nurse 3.2

Employment Type – Temporary, Full Time Position

Classification –Registered Nurse Level 3.2

Title- Clinical Nurse Consultant - Registered Nurse 3.2

Position Number: LP7008

Salary – $130,846 (Plus Super) pro rata

Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

Section – Special Care Nursery

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:

The Women and Children Division within North Canberra Hospital provides Maternity, Neonatal & Gynaecology services to women and their families in the ACT. These services include antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care; gynaecology care; neonatal special care nursery support and domiciliary care. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team including a Midwifery and Nursing Team, Medical staff, and Allied Health.  

The Clinical Nurse Consultant Special Care Nursery has the professional and operational responsibility and accountability to provide leadership and be responsible for the co-ordination of high standard clinical care activities within the Special Care Nursery

Under limited direction of the Assistant Director of Midwifery you will perform the leadership role of the Special Care Nursery service. You will:

• Utilise effective team building techniques to support and promote working relationships across the multidisciplinary team within the Women and Children Division.
• Evaluate midwifery practice through a program of performance review, performance management, and identification of staff development needs
• Encourage and support nursing/midwifery staff to engage with further education to enhance their nursing/midwifery skills and knowledge in special care nursery practice.
• Take responsibility for promoting the application of risk management and clinical and corporate governance principles as they relate to the Special Care Nursery’s practices. Ensuring risks are managed appropriately through action plans. Assisting with the establishment of the Maternity Unit risk register; developing risk management action plans; monitoring, evaluation and reporting of outcomes.
• Develop and implement change management strategies as required to develop and maintain a contemporary nursing/maternity service in line with strategic services initiatives.
• Ensure the development/review of clinical procedure and policy relating to clinical practice within the Special Care Nursery.
• Develop and manage human, financial, and capital resources to provide quality cost effective nursing/maternity care, including operating within the established budgets. 
• Utilise appropriate tools as available to engage consumers accessing the NCH Special Care Nursery Services in providing feedback to enhance service performance and develop service improvement initiatives.

About you:

Requirements/Qualifications:

Mandatory

• Unconditional Registration or eligibility to register with Australian Health Practitioners Registration Authority (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse
• Current unrestricted Driver’s licence
• The successful applicant will occasionally need to be available for weekend and after-hours work.
• 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.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualifications in Nursing and or Midwifery, management, health service management, business administration or working towards
• Well-developed, relevant, management experience including conceptual and analytical skills relating to financial, human resource management and reporting
• Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of, the principles of quality management, policy development and research
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, behaviour and attitude to professional standards that reflect an understanding of commitment to the organisation’s values
• Demonstrated ability to lead change within the organisation
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.

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. 

• Significant recent experience as a Registered Nurse and or Registered Midwife demonstrating competence in advanced Neonatal practice, incorporating a risk management approach whilst working within the professional legislation and existing policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a specialised clinical team.
• Well-developed communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning and professional development of self and others
• Demonstrated high level negotiation skills, problem solving and delegations skills, and the ability to liaise effectively with multi-disciplinary team members.
• Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of, principles of quality management, policy development and research.
• A sound understanding of The National safety and Quality Health Services (NSQHS) Standards 2nd Edition and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind.
• Familiarity with collection, analysis and reporting of clinical indicators.
• Well-developed computer and information technology skills

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Elizabeth Bishop,  ***************@act.gov.au