• Classification: Registered Nurse Level 4.2
• Salary: $140,121 plus superannuation
• Position No: 20805, several - 029WJ
• Directorate: Canberra Health Services
• Contact Officer: Nikki Goddard on [email protected] using the subject line: Nurse Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs or (02) 5124 1787

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. We provide acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

POSITION OVERVIEW

Are you a qualified Nurse seeking a new challenge with a great team and employment benefits? Do you have highly developed leadership skills and a passion for leading a team to success? If you answered yes to these questions and want to work for a Health Service that is passionate about the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care, then this opportunity is for you!

Women, Youth and Children Community Health Programs deliver a range of primary health care community-based services to children, families and women. These services include support, education, and information; counselling, assessment and screening; early identification and referral; and the delivery of public health programs. Services are delivered within a multidisciplinary context if not by a multi-disciplinary team.

The Enhanced Health Services (EHS) includes the Early Family Support Service (EFSS), Enhanced Child Health Service (ECHS), Developmental Paediatric and Child Protection Medical Service (DPCPMS), and Women’s Health Service (WHS). These services provide high quality and holistic, nursing, medical and allied health interventions to women, children, young people, and families for whom there is an intersection of complex health and psychosocial needs.

The Nurse Practitioner position provides clinical Leadership to the Medical and Nursing Team within the Women’s Health Service.

Women’s Health Service

The Women’s Health Service provides nursing, medical, counselling, and nutrition services for women who have significant difficulty accessing mainstream health services. Registered Nurses within WHS provide short to medium term, comprehensive care to assist women to organise their health needs and ideally link them with a general practitioner in the community. Nursing outreach is provided at Community Health Centres, Child and Family Centres and various women’s refuges to support access to health care for vulnerable women escaping family violence. This is a rewarding position. The successful applicant will enjoy a varied role and join a vibrant, empathic and well-supported service that is committed to the delivery of high quality, trauma-informed and holistic care with an understanding of delivering services to women from a feminist perspective.

The primary location of this position is City Health Centre but may include outreach to facilities within Canberra.

Benefits

A nursing career at Canberra Health Services (CHS) offers:

• Nurse ratios across many of our services with more planned.
• Training pathways at all levels.
• Education and training support, scholarships, study assistance and conference attendance.
• Research and teaching opportunities.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
• Salary packaging with full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Reimbursement for relocation expenses.
• Flexible working, purchased leave, attractive superannuation.
• Employee Assistance program for staff and members of immediate family
• We take the health and wellbeing of our team members very seriously. We provide a range of services to help our staff. We are a breastfeeding friendly workplace and hold Silver Status as a Healthier Workplace
• Visit the Enterprise Agreements page for more information on rates of pay, allowances and leave.

Our vision is to create exceptional health care together, that is personal, effective, accessible and safe.  This requires communication, support and engagement.  If you possess these qualities, you could be our next team member.

ABOUT YOU

This position is a protected position and is open to women only as ACT Health, consistent with section 34(2)(i) of the Discrimination Act 1991, considers that it is a genuine occupational qualification for a woman to be employed in this position to most effectively provide the nursing/medical service.

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment we welcome applications from women, and those that align with this group, from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Questioning (LGBTIQ) are particularly encouraged to apply.

Behavioural Capabilities

• Strong clinical, leadership and interpersonal skills
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs.
• The ability to work respectfully in partnership with staff and stakeholders

Position Requirements / Qualifications

• Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Qualifications in primary health care; and experience or qualifications in women’s health
• Must hold a current ACT drivers licence.
• 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.
• The successful applicant will need to be available for occasional weekend and after-hours work, with access to flex time.
• 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:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for nurse practitioners.

Note: This is a temporary position available for six months with possibility of extension and/or permanency.

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