Clinical Nurse Consultant - Secondary Triage Clinician (524666)

The role:

Reporting to the Director - Operations, the Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) - Secondary Triage Clinician supports delivery of the Ambulance Tasmania (AT) Secondary Triage Service.

The CNC - Secondary Triage Clinician uses advanced clinical skills and knowledge to determine the most appropriate health care pathway for patients to:

• Determine the most appropriate and efficient service to be delivered.
• Minimise the risk of incorrect assessment of the presenting health problem/s.

Within specified procedures and established protocols, the CNC - Secondary Triage Clinician will:

• Use expert clinical nursing knowledge to triage, refer and document calls using an approved medical triaging software support system.
• Use high level interpersonal skills and sensitivity to provide support, guidance, expert clinical health care advice and referral to patients/callers through inbound and outbound communication channels.
• Maintain a high level of program and product knowledge and relationships with service providers, internal and external stakeholders and the general community, to provide the best customer service and clinical outcomes.
• Use highly developed understanding of quality improvement processes, applying continuous improvement philosophies and practices, to participate and effectively contribute to AT’s quality and safety processes, thereby increasing value to the customers and the organisation.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

The Team

• Working as an integral part of a small team of Clinical Nurse Consultants and paramedics
• Working within a larger communications centre dealing with statewide Emergency ambulance calls
• A combination of day, afternoon and night shifts will be required

Details of Appointment

Fixed term full time, shift-worker position working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible for a period of 10 months.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: 104,735 to $111,334 per annum + 11% superannuation

• Post Graduate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qualification type
• Professional Development Allowance of up to $500 per annum
• Salary range is in accordance with Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2019

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

1. Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse

   *Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

1. Four years post qualification experience as a Registered Nurse

2. Experience in triaging patients and/or telephone triage

3. Emergency Services call taking and/or dispatch

4. Competent keyboarding skills - Excel and Word capability

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

• crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty

1. Identification check
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

Applicant Guide

How to Apply

Apply Online.  Please click the "Apply" button on this screen.  This ensures important questions about you are answered. 

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For more information 

Emily Byers

Manager - Integrated Care
03 6166 1***

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