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SalaryAn exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and dynamic registered nurse, with experience in management, to join a dynamic team of community nurses at Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service, Brookvale. This role requires the NUM to work a seven day rotating roster, with on call after hours and covering all 6 sites at weekends every 4-6 weeks.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Unit Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $2,445.60 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ331878
Where you'll be working
You will be working at the NSHNS centre based in the Brookvale Community Health Centre.
What you'll be doing
You will be providing clinical leadership and management to the team of RNs, ENs, CNC and Admin Staff, ensuring that patients and carers receive safe, quality, appropriate, person centred and effective nursing care.
Included in this role is managing the Centre and assuming responsibility for Service at weekends, evenings and public holidays as rostered / delegated.
The NUM grade 3 is responsible for the maintenance of safe, quality clinical patient care standards and ensuring all care is developed within a collaborative framework where patients and carers are partners in care
Leading the ongoing development of processes to fully integrate quality, risk management, patient safety and infection control processes within APAC/NSHNS at the centre level.
Communicating effectively with the NSHNS Management Team in relation to all aspects of patient care, staff and resource management.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
- Registered Nurse-Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) AND Relevant management tertiary qualification OR equivalent work experience, OR a combination of study and work experience; and demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and support a clinical team.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications, roster management systems and electronic medical records.
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in change management and initiating a new service delivery model within an established service.
- Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focussed care, clinical governance and quality improvement.
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For role related queries or questions contact Karen Femia on Karen.Femia@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9887 5444
All NSW Health workers are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, as defined by NSW Health. Employees working in a clinical area or are required to attend clinical areas are considered category A. Category A positions are required to provide evidence of having received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (TGA) and meet the requirements of the .
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.
Applications Close: 12 December 2022
