Clinical Nurse Consultant / Senior Allied Health Clinician - Isaid Program 1

Job Title: Clinical Nurse Consultant

About the Role

This is a Fixed Term Full Time position at 1.0 EFT/ 76 hours per fortnight within the General Medicine.

You will be responsible for clinical and care coordination responsibilities, and will play a key role in a multidisciplinary team, including developmental paediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, and specialist behaviour support practitioners. The role will report to the ISAID program clinical lead and will serve as the key contact and resource for staff and families in relation to patients with autism/ID and associated BOC.

What you’ll achieve:

• Initial point of contact/intake for patients with BOC referred from the emergency department (ED), Specialist Clinics, and community paediatricians
• Support patients and families with ASD and/or ID and associated BOC to access appropriate and timely services, both within RCH and in the community (e.g. behavioural practitioners, schools)

Deliver proactive, integrated highest quality care for patients and families presenting with BOC.

• Manage a complex and varied caseload
• Assessment of family situations to determine appropriate referrals to, and coordination of, health and community services for identified patients (in collaboration with ISAID social worker

Classification for this position will range from Clinical nurse Consultant A/B (ZF4-ZJ4)

Your skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline
• Current registration with AHPRA (where professionally relevant)
• Eligibility for membership appropriate professional body (where professionally relevant)
• Demonstrated experience with the care and management of patients and families experiencing BOC

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About ISAID

The Royal Children’s Hospital ISAID (Improving Support for Autism and Intellectual Disability) program is an interdisciplinary service dedicated to the care for patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or intellectual disability (ID) displaying behaviours of concern(BOC) and their families.

There are several positions within the program, of which this is one of the key roles. This full-time position could be satisfactorily filled by an applicant from either nursing or Allied Health disciplines.

What we offer:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff Wellbeing Hub

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Daryl Efron Ph:03 3945 5579 Email: ***********@rch.org.au