AddressPosition Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $109945.46 - $113556.22 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ465750
Location: Broken Hill NSW
- Great opportunity to join a supportive team and where you can make a real impact in providing the best patient experience.
- We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia.
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.
What you'll be doing
- The overall purpose of this role is to identify, initiate and collaborate in the development and provision of programs to improve the delivery of quality end of life care to persons with a life limiting illness in the Far West Local Health District.
- The role is focused on integrating care for the person at end of life by developing the skills and knowledge base of staff, the patients and their carers.
What is on offer
- 1 week extra paid annual leave
- Salary packaging (pay less tax!), includes Remote Area Housing Assistance and Meal Entertainment Card
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
- Special rates at local gyms
- Support through advanced education & training
- A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing
About the Far West LHD
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW.. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.
In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.
With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.
How to apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible.
- Current practicing registration as a nurse or midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- At least five years post graduate nursing experience with 3 years in the specified area.
- Highly developed effective communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to act as an independent consultant; effectively engage with a multidisciplinary team; and confidence in negotiation at all levels of the organisation.
- Demonstrated highly developed verbal and written communication skills necessary for documenting and promoting current research findings and providing clinical service information directly to patients/clients.
- Proven clinical leadership experience skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
- Demonstrated ability to provide verbal and written reports, record minutes, map health care pathways and develop resources.
- Current Class C NSW Health driver's license, with a willingness to travel in accordance with the demands of the position.
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Rebecca Smith on **************@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 29/2/2024
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
