Job Details
Job no: 937574
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health
* Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre– Respiratory & Sleep Services
* Salary $130,190 - $136,010 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M3 | Ongoing Position, 32 Hours Per Week
Senior Respiratory Nursing Role - Drive Innovation at SALHN
Join SA Health as a Part Time Nurse Consultant Respiratory at Flinders Medical Centre, where you will provide expert clinical leadership and drive excellence in respiratory care delivery. This ongoing position offers the opportunity to lead a team of nursing staff, lead quality improvement initiatives, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient outcomes. Be part of South Australia's largest healthcare network and make a meaningful impact on respiratory nursing practice in a supportive, innovative environment.
About the role
Reporting to the Nursing Director, this role is responsible for providing expert clinical consultation to patients within the respiratory service primarily with relation to the provision of home oxygen while leading quality improvement initiatives and mentoring nursing staff in respiratory care delivery across the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Duties
* Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that is expected at this level. Expert clinical knowledge of Respiratory Nursing underpins and informs the ability to support, lead and/or provide expert clinical care to improve and optimise nursing care.
* Provide direct, expert clinical nursing care and advice with relation to home oxygen patients, select and implement different therapeutic interventions, and provide individual case management to a defined population of patients/clients and evaluate progress.
* Use available information systems to inform decision making, implement and co‐ordinate processes for quality improvement, monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, ensure quality and safety is not compromised, evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff.
* Contribute to the development, implementation of, and monitoring of corporate policies and processes and lead in area of expertise.
* Manage resources with due diligence.
About you
* Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
* Effective leadership skills including highly developed communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
* Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
* Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines.
* Demonstrated ability to foster a workplace environment that develops staff potential.
* Registration as Registered Nurse or Midwife with at least 3 years post‐registration experience.
* Demonstrated competence in Advanced Respiratory nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards.
* Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and/or midwives.
Benefits
* Salary sacrifice benefits to save money on everyday expenses through pre‐tax salary packaging.
* Flexible working arrangements including part‐time options; flexible working arrangements can be discussed for this role.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
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