About the role
- The role provides a palliative care consultancy service to patients living in 22 local residential aged care facilities.
- The role will analyse the educational needs of RACF workforce and provide specialist
- Needs Rounding in 22 RACFs to improve palliative care skills of nursing and care workers in facilities.
- Working within a multidisciplinary team to enhance the links with internal/external stakeholders to improve end of life care for patients living in RACFs.
About you
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) and endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board as a Nurse Practitioner specialising in Acute Aged Care and or Palliative Care, or working towards same as per NMBA guidelines on endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner
- Proven high level knowledge and expertise in complex client centered palliative care consultancy, practice development activities, including mentoring, education, policy development and quality improvement and current unrestricted NSW Class C license.
- Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with external agencies eg: Residential Aged Care Sector, Primary Health Network to support the strategic and operational requirements of the hospital.
- Demonstrated high level palliative care knowledge and advanced clinical nursing skills including comprehensive assessment, interpretation of diagnostics, implementation of treatment modalities and relevant referral skills applied to a broad range of challenging complex and changing situations.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and within the interdisciplinary team, and multiservice environment and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development and quality improvement projects.
Why work at St Vincent’s?
- Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free.
- Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.
- A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
- Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
- A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
- Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
- Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, for candidates who possess the required qualifications, accreditations, and experience, visa sponsorship may be available for this position and will be determined on application.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.