AddressReference number: PD95
Position summary
Selection criteria
Essential:
- Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Appropriate Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) for practice that meets the requirements of section 129 (1) of the National Law.
- Current Working with Children Check.
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Current Police Check.
Desirable:
- Approval of the Commonwealth Health Minister for access to the Australian Government Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).
- Approval for access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
- An understanding of the Commonwealth Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
- An understanding or experience of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practices.
- An understanding of Rural Health.
Key responsibilities
Organisational:
- To comply with regulatory requirements of relevance and MTHCS policies and procedures.
- Support systems that provide safe, high quality care that increases patient experience and patient centred care.
- To comply with Code of professional conduct and the Code of ethics for nurses in Australia.
- To comply with the NMBA’s Nurse practitioner standards for practice.
- To comply with MTHCS Code of Conduct.
- To ensure that MTHCS Infection Control guidelines are fully implemented.
- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of diversity and culture.
- MTHCS has a responsibility to maintain current policy; it is the responsibility of all staff to be aware of current policy.
- MTHCS has a responsibility to maintain current policy; it is the responsibility of all staff to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and MTHCS policies and procedures.
- Support systems that provide safe, high quality care that increases patient experience and patient centred care.
- To comply with MTHCS Code of Conduct.
- To ensure that MTHCS Infection Control guidelines are fully implemented.
- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of diversity and culture.
Professional:
- The NP must practice in accordance with the NMBA’s Safety and quality guidelines for nurse practitioners.
- The NP is accountable operationally to the EDON and Practice Manager for the safe and effective care of patients and clients of the health service.
- With the Practice Manager, develop and monitor measurable Nurse Practitioner key performance indicators and reporting framework in conjunction with MTHCS policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the deployment and implementation of evidenced based clinical practice guidelines.
- Ensure a patient centered practice and deliver education on clinical issues to patients and carers within the clinical environment.
- Liaise with medical clinic staff to solve problems related to patient care as needed.
- Provide high quality, primary health care services to the community, in keeping with best practice standards.
- Provide appropriate care and services to patients of all age ranges and level of health care needs.
- Respond to medical/health problems presented by patients including history taking, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral as appropriate.
- Provide after hours, on call and hospital services as rostered if applicable.
- Provide management of long-term chronic conditions in line with National guidelines and pathways.
- Prescribe for patients as appropriate to need.
- Ordering diagnostic tests as required.
- Referring patients to other provers as appropriate.
- Other duties as directed.
Employment with MTHCS
Child Safe Organisation
Mallee Track Health and Community Service is committed to preventing child abuse, identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental
All MTHCS employees will:
- Ensure that they take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, and the health and safety of others.
- Use any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
- Obey reasonable instructions given by MTHCS in relation to health and safety at work.
- Help MTHCS meet our duty of care, such as by undertaking hazard inspections.
- Comply with all MTHCS OHS policies and procedures.
- Ensure they do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.
Section 21 of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, requires an Employer to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonable and practicable, a safe workplace for all employees and ensure that no employee is placed at risk of injury while performing the duties and responsibilities required by their position.
To comply with this obligation, MTHCS requires all candidates/employees to have the mental and physical capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position they are applying for (or have been appointed to).
If a risk is identified and fitness to safely perform the duties of the position needs to be determined, MTHCS with the agreement of the candidate/employee, will arrange an independent medical assessment to determine capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position to minimise the risk of injury or aggravation of any pre-existing condition the candidate/employee may have.
Compulsory Training
As per the schedule.
Performance Appraisal
Conducted as per appraisal schedule.
How to apply
Your application must clearly state the position title specified on the advertisement and include:
- A statement addressing each Key Selection Criteria clearly demonstrating your ability to meet the objectives of the role. Note: Read the Position Description (PD) carefully so you have a good understanding of what is required and remember to address what knowledge, skills and attributes you have.
- General resume.
- Copies of any formal qualifications. Note: hard copies of your qualifications will need to be produced at interview.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a Police Record Check and also a Working With Children Check for nominated positions.
To apply please forward current resume with covering letter addressing the key selection criteria to:
People and Culture
PO Box 130, Ouyen VIC 3490
Or alternatively an application can be emailed to payroll@mthcs.vic.gov.au
