What can we offer you:
● City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live inCanberra.
● 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 role of Clinical Development Nurse (CDN) is to provide a coordinated and structured approach for nursing education for staff members of the relief pool and casual nurse pool within the Patient Flow Unit (PFU). The PFU CDN works as a member of the PFU Leadership Group to deliver formal, informal and/or opportunistic education to staff, as well as support the development of clinical skills. In addition, this role provides clinical leadership for nursing professional and clinical practice, education and supports management activities including portfolio responsibilities.
Under limited direction of the PFU Nurse Unit Manager, you will:
• Support the transition of new nurses into the organisation and nursing workforce, including the preceptorship of new staff.
• Deliver formal and informal education to staff, including (but not limited to) orientation / supernumerary shifts
• Provide ‘hands on’ clinical support and backfill, as required
• Assist in identifying and facilitating departmental learning needs
• Enhance nursing professional development; as well as promote evidence based practice and clinical skill development
• Assess clinical competence and provide feedback on work performance
• Assist staff to achieve mandatory training requirements
• Role model clinical excellence and leadership
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.
About you:
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.
Behavioural Capabilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate different learning styles and individual learning needs.
• High level of self-motivation and ability to organise competing priorities
• High level leadership skills.
• High level communication skills and the ability to critically think.
Position Requirements / Qualifications
Mandatory
• Registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) (nil conditions or restrictions)
• Ability to undertake shift-work on a flexible, 7 day rotating roster; including weekends and public holidays.
• A minimum of 3 years postgraduate nursing experience.
• Demonstrated excellent clinical skills in providing direct patient care for all specialties, utilising the nursing process (incorporating a risk assessment approach) while working within professional legislation and existing policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated leadership in clinical practice, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development of self and others; as well as a strong understanding of the principles of quality management, nursing practice review, clinical research and policy review.
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
Desirable
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and delivers a range of learning and professional development opportunities for nurses, while measuring education to identify learning retention by clinical staff associated with the patient experience and health outcome/s
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate the full range of materials for education and training to meet the learners’ and service needs; as well as ability to consider diversity and different learning styles, for example, simulated and online learning.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Postgraduate qualification in nursing education (current or working towards)
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under theWorking with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
How to apply:
Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;
• Applications must include a copy of a current CV anddetails 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 anAustralian citizen ora permanent resident”
What you require:
These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience.
• Demonstrated excellent clinical skills in providing direct patient care for all specialties, utilising the nursing process (incorporating a risk assessment approach) while working within professional legislation and existing policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated leadership in clinical practice, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development of self and others; as well as a strong understanding of the principles of quality management, nursing practice review, clinical research and policy review
• Demonstrated understanding of the adult learning principles and ability to incorporate the full range of materials for education and training; as well as an ability to motivate performance and ensure successful learning
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and delivers a range of learning and professional development opportunities for nurses, while measuring education to identify learning retention by clinical staff associated with the patient experience and health outcome/s
• Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Jack Daly, [email protected]
A merit pool will 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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