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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

Job posted: 23/09/2024
Applications close: 20/10/2024 (Midnight)
5 days remaining

5 days remaining

Job Description

Location: North East Region | Mitchell

Job type: Ongoing - full time or part time

Organisation: Seymour Health

Salary: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing and Aged Care

Reference: R065092024

Reference: R065092024

Occupation: Nursing and Aged Care

Salary Range: Salary not specified

Work location: North East Region | Mitchell

About the position

Seymour Health currently has vacancies for suitably qualified Registered Nurses with Post-Graduate qualifications, or who have experience working in Palliative Care, to join the Lower Hume Palliative Care team.

The position is Permanent Part-time, with 0.5 EFT available. We also have Casual positions available.

Key Duties:

  • Work within Scope of Practice as defined by their AHPRA Registration, Qualifications and Clinical Competencies to be completed and maintained
  • Provide high quality, comprehensive, evidence-based, client-focused care
  • Act as a resource and role model to other staff
  • Act as a support to Students on clinical placement
  • Communicate and collaborate with other health professionals
  • Demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge and skills in palliative care
  • Demonstrate knowledge and commitment towards quality improvement activities and actively participate in departmental accreditation processes
  • Demonstrate knowledge and promote the use of advanced care planning for residents/clients/patients

The Clinical Nurse Specialist is responsible for:

  • Contributing to the strategic direction of Lower Hume Palliative Care and the Health Service.
  •  Acting as a clinical leader within the area of palliative care providing clinical support to other members of the health care team

In return, Seymour Health offers:

  • Salary Packaging
  • Free on-site parking
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Staff Social Club

About Seymour Health

Seymour Health is a leading small rural health service. At our site in central Seymour, over 350 staff deliver health and allied services.

Our services include a 30-bed public hospital that provides public and private Acute medical and surgical, renal dialysis and day procedures. Seymour Health’s breadth of services extends to post-acute care, palliative care, sub-acute ambulatory service, oral health services, district nursing and community services. Barrabill House is a 40-bed residential aged care service that provides highly rated residential aged care.

Seymour Health is conveniently located an hour north of Melbourne via the M31 Hume Freeway and V/Line train service.

Closing date: Sunday 20th October 2024

Applications must be submitted by 11.59pm.

All employment with Seymour Health (SH) is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Police Check and Victorian 'Employee' Working with Children's Check and NDIS Worker screening check.

All employees of SH must comply with the health service's vaccination requirements procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Department directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated and provided evidence of vaccination for various diseases such as, but not limited to, Influenza and COVID-19.

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

Job type:

Ongoing - full time or part time

Job classification:

Undefined

Contact:

SHHRRecruitment@seymourhealth.org.au - Seymour Health Recruitment - (03) 5793 6100

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care