Nurse Practitioner Candidate - Emergency ... Internal Employees Only

Position Details
Reference Number 182449
Position Title Nurse Practitioner Candidate - Emergency Services
Internal Only This position is open to employees of Barwon Health only
Employment Status Permanent Part Time, Temporary Part Time
Program Medicine, Specialist Medicine & Emergency Medicine
Location Barwon Health North
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 240
Position Summary

• Ongoing training and professional development in a supportive team environment
• Enhance your career with one of Victoria’s leading regional health care services
• Multiple part-time positions available

With around 80,000 presentations each year, the Barwon Health Emergency Department at University Hospital Geelong plays a vital role in providing timely and effective care to people in need.
To ensure that patients receive appropriate care, the department has established short stay units for both adult and paediatric patients. This approach allows the department to deliver the right care at the right time, improving patient outcomes and overall quality of care.
We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our Emergency Services Nurse Practitioner Candidate program. The Nurse Practitioner Candidate (NPC) role is an integral member of the health care team across the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate advanced practice through critical thinking, complex reasoning, reflection and analysis in a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging situations. The NPC is responsible for the provision of best practice and high quality patient centred care underpinned by education, research and leadership
The NPC has expert clinical decision making abilities that include the following extensions to practice: The ability to prescribe medications, order and interpret diagnostics and pathology, provide absence from work certificates, referral to medical specialities and the ability to admit and discharge patients autonomously.
Barwon health offers an opportunity to be part of a growing regional service and a progressive organisation with an eye on the future. We support nurses who want to further their career as well as those who are just starting out and need direction and mentoring.
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Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: A clinically relevant certificate or graduate diploma?
Desirable: Currently undertaking study that leads to a qualification enabling Nurse Practitioner endorsement
Essential: Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to work in an environment of change
Essential: Significant years experience post specialist qualification, and evidence of working at a level of advanced practice in the clinical area
Desirable: Active involvement in teaching, quality improvement and best practice activities
Essential: Sound knowledge of team function and ability to work and support a cohesive team across Emergency Services sites
Essential: Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
Contact Person Tara Kimberley
Contact Person Job Title Interim Nurse Unit Manager - UCC
Contact Number 0411 656 944
Closing Date 22/03/2024