Job Description - Palliative Aged Care Clinical Nurse Consultant – PEACE team (02HR0)Job DescriptionPalliative Aged Care Clinical Nurse Consultant – PEACE team
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Job Number:
02HR0
)DescriptionEmployment Type
– Permanent, Full Time PositionClassification
–Registered Nurse Level 3.2Title
- Palliative Aged Care Clinical Nurse Consultant – PEACE teamPosition Number
: LP7502Salary
– $130,846 (Plus Super)Location
–Clare Holland House Barton, ACTSection
– Home based palliative care (HBPC) and Palliative aged care (PEACE)Closing Dat
e – 28 th
May 2024What 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.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:Clare Holland House provides Specialist Palliative Care Services throughout the ACT including Home-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient settings along with outreach to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and North Canberra Hospital.The Inpatient Hospice, situated on the shores of Lake Burly Griffin in Barton, provides admission for end-of-life care, symptom management & optimisation and carer respite for patients diagnosed with a life-limiting illness.Palliative Aged Care Clinical Nurse Consultants provide specialist palliative care consultancy service to older people living with a life limiting illness across all 28 RACF in the Australian Capital Territory. This position, as part of the PEACE team, functions within the Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and liaises closely with nurse practitioners, medical staff within CHH and with a range of external stakeholders.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."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:• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.____________________________________________________________________________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.
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