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 Registered Nurse Level 2 (RN2) forms a key part of direct patient care and lays the foundation of clinical leadership at NCH. This entails advance knowledge in medical nursing practice, highly developed clinical skills and experience of team leadership. At NCH, the role of the RNL2 encompasses four key categories: clinical, management, education and research, the successful applicant is expected to perform high in all four categories.

The RN2 plays a vital role in ensuring that services meet the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2nd edition), improving staff performance and delivery of high quality evidence based patient care. The RN2 is responsible for liaising with the multidisciplinary team and stakeholders regarding patient care requirements, and informing management of any issues that may impact meeting organisational targets.

Under limited direction of the Clinical Nurse Consultant you will provide clinical leadership and advice to the team in regard to complex nursing matters, demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate the workflow and patient flow of a busy medical ward, to deliver quality safe nursing care.

You will:

Under direction of the Clinical Nurse Consultant, the RN2 will:

• Provide comprehensive client focused care to patients using evidence based practice.

• Provide leadership and promote a commitment to high quality customer service principles, practices and attributes.

• Maintain individual professional development activities through formal and informal training, sharing acquired knowledge, supporting the development of others and contributing to learning.

• Participate in nursing practice review, quality improvement, clinical research, policy development and review.

• Contribute to communication processes which demonstrate a commitment to effectively deal with challenging behaviours and the resolution of conflict.

• Practices in a way that acknowledges the dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights of individuals and/or groups. Promotes high quality customer service, adhering to relevant standards, policy and legislation.

• 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

• Strong leadership skills

• Communicates effectively

• Works well under high pressure environments

Requirements/Qualifications:
Mandatory

• Relevant registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

• Undertaking, or completed post graduate relevant qualifications or studies

• The successful applicant will need to be for weekend and after-hours work.

• 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

• 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 ability to perform at high level in a busy acute medical environment and to effectively lead a clinical team and prioritise work loads

• Demonstrated clinical leadership skills, including experience in preceptoring, within a multi-disciplinary team

• Experience in the development of Quality Improvement Plans or Activities

• Participation in ongoing professional development of self and others.

• 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 Janine May, [email protected]

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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