Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 Renal and Haemodialysis

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2
Remuneration: $109,945.46 - $113,556.22 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ490487
Location: Broken Hill NSW

• Great opportunity to join a supportive team and where you can make a real impact in providing the best patient experience.
• We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia.

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

• Make a real difference helping some of the most vulnerable people in NSW
• Work within a supportive, multi-disciplinary healthcare team at the Haemodialysis Ward of the Broken Hill Hospital
• Provide our renal dialysis patients with person centred, evidence-based nursing care
• Develop your skills and progress your career with more responsibility and autonomy than you would get in larger hospitals
• Meaningful career path with all the perks of country living including no traffic and affordable housing

What is on offer

• 1 week extra paid annual leave
• Salary packaging (pay less tax!), includes Remote Area Housing Assistance and Meal Entertainment Card
• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
• Special rates at local gyms
• Fitness passport
• Support through advanced education & training
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing
  
  

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW.. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

How to apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible.

1. Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years’ experience working in the clinical area of the specified post-graduate qualification (or such other qualifications or equivalent experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation).
2. Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and ability to exercise autonomous decision making in providing complex care.
3. Demonstrated application of professional and ethical boundaries to the delivery of patient care in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
4. Demonstrated application of evidence-based practice and critical thinking in in the planning and delivery of individualised person-centred patient care.
5. Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner, and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
6. Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, families and employees in a culturally safe and respectful way, to enhance health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
7. Demonstrated effective, excellent written and verbal communication skills and information technology skills.
8. Ability and willingness to travel for work purposes between Broken Hill Health Service and Wilcannia Multipurpose Service. This may also involve driving long distances within the Local Health District with some overnight stays.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health.

If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:
https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Philip Seda on Philip.SEDA@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 4th November 2024

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

Location: Packsaddle, AU

Posted Date: 10/31/2024