Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Nursing/Midwifery
- Women's and Children's Health Network, 3D Health Sub Acute and Allied Health, – Mile End 5031
- Salary – RN/M3- Registered Nurse / Midwife LV 3 –$121,537 - $126,970 pro rata
- Employment – Part Time (0.8 FTE) – Contract until 30 June 2025
About the Opportunity
An exciting opportunity exist within 3D Team to join us as a Nurse Consultant - Neurodiversity Education Health Collaborative (NEHCo) in a part time (0.8 FTE) capacity, until 30 June 2025.
The Nurse Consultant Employees provides clinical nursing expertise in the field of disability and mental health for children, young people and their families for a specified client group. Considered an expert within their area and stream of practice, the Nurse Consultant has a significant degree of autonomy and decision making. Various practice models may be used to enact this role, including but not limited to:
- Primarily providing disability and mental nursing care.
- Providing clinical leadership to nurses.
- Coordination and leadership of projects and/or programs that contribute clinical expertise to improve patient/client/service outcomes.
The Nurse Consultant NEHCo will use their clinical knowledge and expertise to bring an emotional health focus to how education understands and responds to the social and emotional needs of students with disability and complex health.
Employees in this role accept accountability for their nursing/midwifery practice, the outcomes of nursing/midwifery practices for the specific patient/client group, the professional advice given, delegations of care made and for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy.
About You
- You should be eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and holds, (or who is eligible to hold), a current practicing certificate, and is enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- At least 3 years post registration experience.
- Demonstrated competence in nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards and in at least one of the relevant following areas; paediatric, community, disability or complex health.
- Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in 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 competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment to children, young people and their families experiencing complex, acute or chronic mental illness/ trauma or a wide range of emotional and behavioural disturbance.
To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.
What WCHN Can Offer You
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program
About Us
The Women’s and Children’s Health Network’s 3D Health offers support to young people living with disability or complex health needs. Support is also provided to parents and carers, and community services.
3D Health includes:
- Access Assistant Program
- Encompass
- Health Education Interface
- Home Equipment Centre
- Home Oxygen Service
- MyTime
The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:
- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.
Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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Special Conditions
To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.
Immunisation Requirements Checklist
Applicant Documents Checklist
Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 886631
Enquiries
Jodie-Ann Hochuli, Nursing Director, 3D Health, Phone: 0458 112 366 Email: Jodie-Ann.Hochuli@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: Thursday 19th December 2024 – 11:55pm
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