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Form of workClassification: Registered Nurse Level 3 Grade 2
Position No: 40333 - 02G40
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 21 February 2024
Contact Officer: Anne Douglas on ************@act.gov.au or 0434 945 ***
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Scholarships for education support
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates subject to the hiring managers approval
About the Role:
The Division of Cancer, Ambulatory Support (CAS) provides a comprehensive range of cancer screening, assessment, diagnostic and treatment services and palliative care through inpatient, outpatient and community settings. This Division is also responsible for the support functions for ambulatory and community health including the Central Health Intake team, Central Outpatients, Transcription and the Walk in Centres.
The Walk in Centres (WiCs) are a primary health service staffed with Advanced Practice Nurses and Nurse Practitioners providing episodic care for minor injury and illness to the ACT community and surrounds. The CNM and nursing staff provide care to clients using their advanced clinical assessment skills supported by protocols and medication standing orders.
The CNM role is a composite role with clinical and managerial responsibilities. As part of the permanent selection process, candidates will need to qualify as an Advanced Practice Nurse and successfully complete a 4-week training program and relevant OSCE Assessments. Failure to complete or pass the program and assessments will result in an unsuccessful application and no permanent offer being extended. Please contact the listed Contact Officer for further information regarding this process.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Note: This is a temporary position available for 3 – 6 months with Possibility of extension and/or permanency.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
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.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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NoteThis is a temporary position available for 3 – 6 months with Possibility of extension and/or permanency.
Career interest categories:Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
