Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, 16 Hours Per Week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1
Remuneration: $ -$ Per Hour
About the Opportunity
The team at Liverpool Hospital are recruiting for a friendly, dedicated and outgoing Clinical Nurse Consultant to join the Team and make a true difference to the local community.
Working within the Immunology, Allergy & HIV Department at Liverpool hospital the CNC will be an integral part of the Clinical Immunology and Allergy portfolio. The CNC will manage Allergy clinics and will provide leadership and governance for Clinical Immunology and Allergy across the organisation.
This role requires someone who can interact with others in a highly professional and personable manner. You will be a critical thinker who facilitates evidence based practice by working collaboratively with the Nursing team to provide expert clinical advice to patients, carers and other health care professionals.
We are looking for someone who is a true leader and can become a person of influence in their role. The role requires someone with strong negotiation skills and who can drive change in the facility. You will bring your expert knowledge to the role and be ready to grow and develop the service through sharing your expertise with the team.
You will be able to work both independently and as part of a strong, multidisciplinary team and you will bring with you your professional knowledge and judgement in providing care in highly complex cases.
Collaboration is at the forefront of this role and you will be able to form professional working relationships with NUMS, Education providers, students and the wider team.
What You'll be Doing
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is an expert practitioner who, through leadership facilitates evidence based practice. The CNC will promote a service which fosters clinical excellence, research and professional leadership.
The CNC contributes to quality health care by collaborating with the health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes. The CNC is responsible for providing services which facilitate effective management of the care in the given specialty.
Where You'll Be Working
1. Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
2. The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
3. Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
4. Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the University of NSW and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
5. Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
6. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience
7. Approved post graduate nursing qualifications in a field relevant to the specialty field or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation
8. Demonstrated evidence of strategies used to maintain current knowledge of clinical practice advances and research in the relevant specialty
9. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs
10. Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise
11. Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidenced based nursing care
12. Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace