Job description
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist - Grade 2
Remuneration: $105,719.00 - $109,188.88 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ403955
Applications Close: 28 June 2023
Vaccination Category: A (including influenza and 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccination)
Outstanding Experience. Infinite Opportunities.
Here in the Riverina, we treasure your skills and experience and we’re ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome you to town.
We’ve prepared oodles of goodies to help you move and settle in, including:
Salary packaging up to $20,600 per annum tax free for living expenses! Take advantage of novated leasing a new car!
482 temporary visa sponsorship considerations
Relocation assistance and accommodation support considerations
Subsidised gym and leisure centre membership for you and your family
Free confidential counselling services for you and your family
Craving a fresh start somewhere new and actually interesting? Join the incredible team in the Murrumbidgee District. Jump in at a comfort level that suits you: from state-of-the-art hospital that will remind you of the city, to small multi-disciplinary health facility where you literally get to do it all. No matter where you choose, your learning will be nurtured, and you’ll be well supported to operate at the top of your scope.
And don’t worry - there are already oodles of young people here to welcome you: at work, in local clubs, at the pub, and down at the river.
There’s heaps to show your family when they come to visit, which is a breeze - you’ll be central to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. (You can always pop home for the weekend on a quick flight if you find a break in your social calendar!)
To help you make the move to our little slice of heaven, we’ll help cover your relocation and travel expenses, help you find housing and get settled, and help in other handy ways - just let us know how we can help.
Want to know more about the MLHD community? Visit us here.
About Your Role
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 (CNS2) is a crucial member of the Murrumbidgee Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Workforce. The CNS2 is responsible for the provision of high-level patient centred, evidence-based clinical nursing care and is expected to embrace and lead a practice development philosophy in the delivery of that care. The Respiratory and Heart Failure CNS2 is primarily responsible for overseeing a coordinated approach to nursing care for people with chronic respiratory and heart failure conditions in order to reduce demand for hospital services, promote multidisciplinary care in the community and support patients to remain healthier at home for longer.
The Respiratory and Heart Failure CNS2 is a highly skilled Registered Nurse that exercises extended autonomy of decision making, professional knowledge and judgement in providing complex care requiring advanced clinical skills. This outcome is achieved through undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments, providing expert consultation and educational support to staff, patients and family in complex chronic disease management. The CNS2 is also responsible for evaluation and supervision in the provision of complex nursing care directed towards patients who are inpatients in hospital, during the transition home and while providing care in the community.
The CNS2 will demonstrate the ability to act as a professional role model, delivering a high level capacity for patient advocacy and cost benefit practice while demonstrating the ability to act as a change agent, provide effective clinical leadership and the ability to practice as an autonomous professional with the capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
Learn more about the role and requirements here.
Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD
Your application will require you to include a resume and cover letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position.
Go on, you’ve earned a promotion, a world-class workplace, inspiring colleagues, award-winning staff and patient programs - all wrapped up in a rich tapestry of cultural treasures. Contact Denise Newman, Acting Clinical Operations Manager Community Care on 0436 654 090 or Denise.Newman@health.nsw.gov.au now for a confidential chat.
New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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