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Pri­ma­ry Health, North West

The Role:

With­in a pri­ma­ry health care frame­work and in accor­dance with Agency pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dures the Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er (NP) is respon­si­ble, with­in the defined scope of prac­tice, for high lev­el clin­i­cal lead­er­ship in the devel­op­ment, pro­vi­sion and eval­u­a­tion of the Com­mu­ni­ty Rapid Response Ser­vice (Com­RRS) with­in Com­mu­ni­ty Health Nurs­ing Ser­vice North West that ensures opti­mal patient/​client/​family and com­mu­ni­ty outcomes.

The NP is respon­si­ble for eval­u­at­ing and imple­ment­ing changes to clin­i­cal prac­tice, ini­ti­at­ing research and qual­i­ty improve­ment activ­i­ties and will act as a leader, advi­sor and men­tor for oth­er nurs­es and clin­i­cians to ensure high lev­el clin­i­cal excel­lence in the field of chron­ic, com­plex care.

The Ser­vice:

The Com­mu­ni­ty Rapid Response Ser­vice (Com­RRS) is a com­mu­ni­ty based, hos­pi­tal avoid­ance ser­vice that works col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with GPs, to pro­vide care to clients in the Com­mu­ni­ty, that oth­er­wise may have had to access hos­pi­tal ser­vices to receive this care. It is a ser­vice which deliv­ers time­ly, com­plex, client cen­tred care, from high­ly skilled practitioners

This is a Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er (NP) lead ser­vice, work­ing 7 days per week, cov­er­ing 14 hours per day, pro­vid­ing care in the com­mu­ni­ty across the North West Coast of Tas­ma­nia from Port Sorell to Wyn­yard and is based in Ulver­stone at the Cen­tral Coast Com­mu­ni­ty Health Centre.

The NP works col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with GPs, to imple­ment care and assess­ment in the com­mu­ni­ty, work­ing with the pri­ma­ry health prin­ci­ples of client direct­ed care. They are expect­ed to pro­vide advanced and extend­ed nurs­ing skills to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive assess­ment, diag­no­sis, plan­ning, co-ordi­na­tion, imple­men­ta­tion and eval­u­a­tion of care in a ser­vice deliv­er­ing rapid and inten­sive response for those in the com­mu­ni­ty with acute ill­ness, injury or exac­er­ba­tion of pre-exist­ing com­plex and, or chron­ic conditions. 

We are look­ing for suit­ably qual­i­fied NPs to work with­in this dynam­ic and autonomous ser­vice, requir­ing indi­vid­u­als that have excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, enjoy work­ing in a cohe­sive and enthu­si­as­tic team, pre­pared to men­tor less expe­ri­enced nurs­es and over­see the pro­vi­sion of high-lev­el care to our clients.

If you are this per­son, we want to hear from you. Assis­tance with relo­ca­tion expens­es is negotiable

Details of Appointment

Per­ma­nent, Full Time, Shift Work­er posi­tions, work­ing 76 hours per fortnight 

Salary: $128,929 + 10% super­an­nu­a­tion + access to salary packaging 

What We Offer:

• Flex­i­ble work­ing hours to enable work/​life balance
• Relo­ca­tion allowance for suc­cess­ful inter­state appli­cants can be negotiated
• Diverse career path­ways includ­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for sec­ond­ment into high­er duties and access to high­er duties allowance
• Oth­er employ­ment con­di­tions and allowances avail­able under the Tas­man­ian Nurs­es Award and Agreement

Nurs­ing careers in Tas­ma­nia — https://​www​.dhhs​.tas​.gov​.au/​c​a​r​e​e​r​/​h​o​m​e​/​n​u​rses2

Please fol­low the below link for more infor­ma­tion and to apply:

Tas­man­ian Gov­ern­ment Jobs (page​up​peo​ple​.com)

APPLI­CA­TIONS CLOSE 20TH JULY 

For More Infor­ma­tion Contact

Lynn Sims — NUM Com­mu­ni­ty Spe­cial­ist Services

Phone: (03) 6464 3081

Email: lynn.​sims@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au