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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $35.32 - $49.60 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ468215
Applications Close: 3 March 2024
What you'll be doing
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision of high quality, professional nursing care that is underpinned by compassion and consistent with NSW Health and ISLHD values, policies and standards.
The Registered Nurse is required to work to their scope of practice. The Registered Nurse is to retain responsibility and accountability for their personal and professional actions.
The Registered Nurse will work with the Enrolled Nurse and Assistant in Nursing, and ensure that delegated functions are suitable to their scope of practice.
The RN Palliative Care will work within the ISLHD Community Palliative Care Service to provide patient centred Palliative Care for people with advanced life limiting illnesses, their families and carers. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the role provides direct care to clients and their caregivers in the home environment and works with primary care, community based services, other specialist services or clinicians, aged care facilities and group homes. The role requires a commitment to Palliative Care and the ability to work independently in the community with guidance and support from senior Palliative Care clinicians. Responsibilities include Palliative Care assessment, symptom management and ongoing care planning and nursing care.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (2 doses) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.
Talent Pool
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool / eligibility list where candidates may be offered casual, ongoing permanent, or temporary full-time or part-time positions within the next 18 months.
Please note: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of their recruitment documentation. The applicant must be certified as compliant with before employment can commence.
Criminal record checks will be undertaken on successful applicants. This position is designated as child-related employment and you will be required to obtain a Working With Children clearance from the Office of the Children’s Guardian. To apply, please go to
Your claim against the selection criteria is the most important part of your application as it will help determine whether or not you have met the standard of response required by the panel to be eligible for an interview. You should read the Position Description and then address the selection criteria for the role, giving examples where required. Applicants are encouraged to review the following information on Applying for a position within NSW Health at:
Selection Criteria * Current registration with the Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse 2nd Year or above and a current NSW drivers licence class C.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver person-centred care in the relevant health care setting.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and work in an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a time efficient manner.
- Demonstrated ability to use evidence to inform clinical practice.
- Demonstrated interest or experience in Palliative Care Nursing.
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For role related queries or questions contact Charmaine Tatton on Charmaine.Tatton@health.nsw.gov.au
