Clinical Nurse Consultant (Advanced Care Planning)
Transitional Care Services are looking for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Advanced Care Planning) to join their team
Summary about this job
Government - State
Company: Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service
Location: Gold Coast
Work type: Full Time
Salary: $107 804 - $117 037 p.a.
Phone: +61-3-8194-1812
Fax: +61-3-6676-7206
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Detail information about job Clinical Nurse Consultant (Advanced Care Planning). Terms and conditions vacancy
The Role
An opportunity has become available for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Advanced Care Planning) to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 9000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to over 550,000 people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region.
You will take responsibility for
- Strategically developing and supporting a framework for Advanced Care Planning (ACP) for the Hospital and Health Service that achieves the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) requirements as outlined in the Department of Health Service Level Agreement.
- Training and supporting staff to improve and sustain uptake of ACP with patients within their clinical area.
- Integrating and operationalising key objectives and strategies that promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development within ACP context.
- Developing specialised education resources for patient/carer community to be utilized by other health care professionals.
- Foster and encourage active patient engagement in the development of health care goals which promote self-management and seek to improve patient health literacy.
Requirements for the role
- A Bachelor of Nursing, Midwifery or equivalent is a mandatory qualification for this position.
- Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- It is a condition of employment in this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) and hepatitis B.
- Experience in senior nursing positions within a relevant specialty is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Career Development
- Leave loading
- Mentoring
- Salary Packaging
- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
Salary information
- Permanent full time
- Base salary ranging from $107 804 - $117 037 per annum
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% leave loading
About the Unit
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a system-wide approach utilised to effectively identify those patients who will most likely benefit from ACP conversations. The Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (GCHHS) ACP patient-centred model ensures there are ongoing person-centred ACP discussions between the patient within the Hospital System that are linked to General Practice Services and Residential Aged Care Facilities.
GCH is committed to attracting the right people for our organisation. To help us with this we have developed a Core Capability Framework which defines the skills and behaviours required to perform successfully as an organisation.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button to review the Role Description and submit your application by Tuesday, 31 July 2018.
Job Ad reference: GC282403
Please note: no third party applications will be accepted.