Clinical Nurse Consultant - Sal, Anaesthetics, Pacu & Dsu

Employment Type – Permanent, Full Time Position

Classification – Registered Nurse Level 3.2

Title- Clinical Nurse Consultant- SAL, Anaesthetics, PACU & DSU

Position Number: LP6701

Salary – $130,846 (Plus Super) 

Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

Section – Perioperative Unit

Closing Date – 23rd April 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 Division of Surgery is responsible for delivering inpatient and outpatient surgical services. The Division includes Surgical Bookings and Pre-Admission Clinic, Anaesthesia, Pain Management Unit, Operating Theatres, Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit, Day Surgery Unit, Admissions, Day Procedure Unit, Endoscopy, and specialist surgical ward areas.

The Peri-Operative Suite at North Canberra Hospital consists of a Day Surgery Unit, Surgical Admission Lounge (SAL), a Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), 7 Operating Theatres, and a procedure room, covering a wide range of surgical specialities.  

The Clinical Nurse Consultant for the Surgical Admission Lounge (SAL), Anaesthetics, Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) and Day Surgery Unit (DSU) is responsible for operational management and leadership, within the clinical environment including the management of nursing workloads. Applicants must have demonstrated high level of management, communication, leadership and expertise in co-ordinating the clinical practices within the clinical environment to ensure the efficient and effective provision of quality patient care. This is based on best practice principles within a collaborative and multidisciplinary framework.

Under limited direction of the Assistant Director of Nursing you will perform the day-to-day operational management of services within the unit including management of nursing workloads / models of care and patient flow both internal and external to the unit. The CNC will provide expert clinical leadership and management within a multidisciplinary framework, embed, and maintain the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards at a unit level as well as develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate timely and appropriate patient flow.

You will: 

• Provide strong leadership for nurses in all aspects of clinical practice and models of care including planning, implementing, and evaluating professional development, managing education, research, teaching, workforce planning and quality work environment for the unit 
• Be accountable for the flexible allocation of human and financial resources within the unit to ensure achievement of an agreed level of service and reporting of variances against agreed targets 
• Provide strong leadership to and develop nursing staff within the designated clinical area, providing an environment that encourages regular feedback and fosters innovation to meet the constant demands within the clinical healthcare setting as well as ensuring that performance management agreements are in place and discussed regularly 
• Lead, co-ordinate and work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate change management initiatives to achieve the strategic objectives of Canberra Health Services (CHS) and to achieve the NSQHSS 
• Ensure the development, maintenance and review of clinical guidelines/procedures/policies are aligned with the strategic goals of the Division of Surgery (DOS) and CHS and align with the NSQHSS. 
• Monitor relevant key performance indicators, quality data and formulate appropriate management plans to achieve this. 
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

About you:

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Behavioural Capabilities

• Strong organisational skills with a high degree of drive
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Mandatory
  Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• The successful applicant will need to be available to work full time, Monday to Friday
• 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

• Relevant post graduate qualification and demonstrated currency of nursing practice in a tertiary level critical care environment within the last five years.
• A proactive and enthusiastic willingness to learn.
• 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. 

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.  

• Proven ability to perform at an advanced level of nursing practice to deliver patient centred care within the clinical specialty. While having strong leadership ability to meet the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and to enable cultural and organisational change.
• Proven ability in managing systems for clinical governance aligned to the quality and safety agenda for the ward area, through the development of clinical practice and quality improvement activities, audit, evidence-based policy/procedures, education, performance evaluation and risk management. Requires an understanding of financial, human and material resource management in the delivery of an efficient and effective service that meets its agreed targets.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team environment: with proven high level communication, negotiation and delegation skills; the ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external service providers; to achieve safe and effective patient flow and discharge.
• Proven record of behaviour and attitude consistent with professional standards and professional development of self and others. Knowledge and understanding of current issues, developments, policies and innovations in Health and specifically in nursing.
• 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 CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Renae Kathage, 02 6201 6*** or *************@calvary-act.com.au

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.