Special Care Nursery Clinical Development Nurse - Rn Level 2

Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6 - 12 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2 (P14205)
Salary: $100,957 - $107,000 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Clinical Support & Projects
Closing Date: 11 March 2024

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

The Department of Neonatology is the only tertiary level 5-6 Neonatal Unit in the ACT and surrounding NSW. It includes Intensive Care (NICU), Special Care (SCN), ACT NETS retrieval service, Newborn and Parent Support Service, and NICU Growth and Development Clinic. NICU and SCN have 30 funded beds with the growth capacity of 34 beds. There are approximately 3,500 births per year at Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), and 700 neonatal admissions to the Unit. The facility offers individualised family centred care in a developmentally appropriate and technologically state-of-the-art environment.

Together with a small team of Clinical Development Nurses (CDN) you will support nursing staff in the Special Care Nursery (SCN) to achieve excellence in clinical practice, standards of care and improved outcomes throughout the patient journey. CDN support and education is occurs across morning and evening shifts, seven days a week.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011is required.

To Apply:

To apply for this position please submit a CV, and a maximum 2-page application addressing Selection Criteria, listed in the position description.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Sarah Neale on 0403 957 ***.