• Appli­ca­tions close: Sun­day 9 Feb­ru­ary, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 5
• Salary: $106,570 to $112,440 pro rata, per annum
• Employ­ment type: Mul­ti­ple FTE — F/T & P/​Tpos, Part Time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: North West Region­al Hospital

The Role:

The North West Region­al Hos­pi­tal are seek­ing ded­i­cat­ed Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ists to join our team in the ICU.

The Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist — Inten­sive Care Liai­son (CNS) is a clin­i­cal expert who acts as a clinical/​educational resource for nurs­ing, med­ical and allied health staff involved in the man­age­ment of patients with com­plex care needs with­in the ward set­ting, work­ing with oth­er mem­bers of the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team to deliv­er com­pre­hen­sive care for patients.

A key role of the posi­tion is to devel­op and main­tain col­lab­o­ra­tive links between nurs­ing, med­ical and allied health staff and the Inten­sive Care Unit (ICU). The CNS acts as a bridge between the skills and resources of the ICU and the ward envi­ron­ment, sup­port­ing con­ti­nu­ity of care and patient flow, min­imis­ing relo­ca­tion stress for patients and their families.

The CNS will iden­ti­fy qual­i­ty improve­ment or research activ­i­ties on a hos­pi­tal-wide approach and imple­ment appro­pri­ate strate­gies to improve prac­tice. Expect­ed out­puts are an improve­ment in patient out­comes, staff sat­is­fac­tion, patient safe­ty and an over­all reduc­tion in Inten­sive Care length of stay and readmissions.

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your application.

Why Tas­ma­nia

The Depart­ment of Health Tas­ma­nia over­sees var­i­ous hos­pi­tals across the state, includ­ing the Roy­al Hobart Hos­pi­tal, Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, North­west Region­al Hos­pi­tal, and Mersey Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pi­tal, as well as dis­trict hos­pi­tals and ambu­lance ser­vices. Addi­tion­al­ly, it pro­vides com­mu­ni­ty health, men­tal health, and pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vices to the Tas­man­ian com­mu­ni­ty through more than 300 sites.

Tas­ma­nia, Aus­trali­a’s only island state, offers unpar­al­leled nat­ur­al beau­ty and a lux­u­ri­ous lifestyle. Pur­su­ing your health career in Tasmania’s pub­lic health sys­tem means build­ing strong con­nec­tions with col­leagues and patients. It also means embrac­ing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extra­or­di­nary expe­ri­ences out­side of work while mak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant impact on the com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing work.

Details of appointment:

Mul­ti­ple vacan­cies avail­able, let us know what works for you:

Per­ma­nent, part time, shift work­er posi­tion, work­ing up to 32 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from a mutu­al­ly agree upon date.

Fixed term, part time, shift work­er posi­tion, work­ing up to 56 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as pos­si­ble until May 2025.

*notwith­stand­ing hours to be nego­ti­at­ed with the suc­cess­ful applicant.

Appli­cants should note that, for a peri­od of twelve months from the date of pub­li­ca­tion, this selec­tion process may be used to fill sub­se­quent or sim­i­lar part time and casu­al vacancies.

Salary: $106,570 to $112,440 pro rata, per annum. Our Employ­er 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023

Allowances:

You’ll have access to salary pack­age a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing liv­ing expens­es up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible.

Pay­ment of $15,000 staged over three years is avail­able for Nurs­es and Mid­wives who move to Tas­ma­nia from inter­state and remain employed full time for three years or more, on top of relo­ca­tion allowance already available.

In addi­tion, the fol­low­ing allowances cal­cu­lat­ed on the salaried incre­men­tal point may be available:

• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 10 % based on qual­i­fi­ca­tion type

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates 

• Trav­el and relo­ca­tion assis­tance sup­port avail­able up to $15,000 for eli­gi­ble appointees. 
• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• Excel­lent leave ben­e­fits: 20 days annu­al leave (pro rata), 20 days per­son­al leave (pro rata), and study assis­tance leave if eligible.
• Fit­ness Pass­port – You, and your fam­i­ly can access 40+ fit­ness facil­i­ties across Tas­ma­nia for just $13.95 per week per per­son, or $25.95 for a family.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria.

• Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as a Reg­is­tered Nurse

Appli­cants should note the fol­low­ing cri­te­ria are desirable:

• Holds a rel­e­vant Post Grad­u­ate Crit­i­cal Care Qual­i­fi­ca­tion or has had a min­i­mum of 5 years’ expe­ri­ence in ICU as a senior clin­i­cian and is work­ing towards a Post Grad­u­ate Crit­i­cal Care Qualification

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of Essen­tial require­ments, Desir­able require­ments and pre-employ­ment check.

Down­load the State­ment of Duties and any Asso­ci­at­ed Documents

We encour­age you to review the State­ment of Duties, Appli­cant Guide, pri­or to apply­ing for an overview of the duties, pro­gram, selec­tion process and appli­ca­tion guidance.

State­ment of Duties: 

• 502207, 527619 Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist — Inten­sive Care Liai­son G5 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.pdf
• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton at https://careers.pageuppeople.c… to ensure that impor­tant ques­tions about you are answered.

You will be prompt­ed to com­plete a 1 – 2 page appli­ca­tion detail­ing your expe­ri­ence, skills and knowl­edge as they relate to the attached State­ment of Duties. A sep­a­rate state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria in the State­ment of Duties is not required.

For more information:

Appli­cants who require fur­ther infor­ma­tion are encour­aged to con­tact the Con­tact per­son for detailed infor­ma­tion about the vacancy.

Trudy Seg­ger
Posi­tion: Nurse Unit Man­ag­er — Crit­i­cal Care Depart­ment
Phone: (03) 6464 1019
Email: trudy.​segger@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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