AddressEmployment Type – Temporary, Full Time Position (12 months)
Classification –Registered Nurse Level 3
Title- Tissue Viability- Clinical Nurse Consultant
Position Number: 600734
Salary – $115,743 - $120,506 (Plus Super) pro rata
Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT
Section – Hospital in the Home
Closing Date – 24th June 2024
What can we offer you: ● City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
● Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
● Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
● Flexible working conditions.
● 11.5% Superannuation.
About the Hospital:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
About the role:
The primary purpose of the Tissue Viability- Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is to provide advanced nursing care within a defined scope of practice to inpatients of North Canberra Hospital, they will also be a point of liaison for outpatient services including ED and the GRACE team.
The Tissue Viability CNC will provide a high standard of evidence based care using assessment, planning and early intervention and evaluation of patients who are at risk of wound occurrence or recurrence as well as advise on current wound management. They will consult and collaborate with the MDT to inform patient treatment options and will provide relevant and appropriate teaching and practice development opportunities.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Provision of clinical leadership by advising and assisting with the assessment, evaluation and planning to prevent and treat tissue damage
• Provide expert recommendations to the multidisciplinary team on appropriate evidence based treatment options
• Act as a clinical role model on the treatment and management of tissue damage.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
How to apply:
Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;
• Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees
• A maximum two page pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response.
• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
Applications from third parties or agencies will not be considered
To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident”
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.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Rowena Hogan,
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A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.
Over 11 months with union consult
This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.
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