Job title: Clinical Nurse Consultant – Renal Vascular Access
Company: Tasmanian Government
Job description: The role:
The Clinical Nurse Consultant – Renal Vascular Access (CNC) provides clinical leadership and expertise within a multidisciplinary team located at the North West Renal Satellite Unit to improve the quality and continuity of care and support provided to clients.
Working in partnership with Consultant Nephrologists, Nurse Unit Manager, CNC Radiology team, Renal nursing staff and the multidisciplinary team to provide an autonomous nursing service using advanced clinical judgment and knowledge for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and haemodialysis (HD) patients.
- Provide clinical leadership, and authoritative expertise in clinical care and interventions, including knowledge and guidance for individual case management, regarding renal vascular access for all referred patients.
- Work in collaboration with the LGH CNC – Renal Vascular Access to maintain a single centre point of referral and co-ordination for all renal vascular access creation, management, and education
- Develop and provide the delivery of patient care with respect to renal vascular access surveillance, monitoring and management through promotion of quality improvement activities, including staff competencies, audits, and data collection.
- Develop and support the delivery of patient and care giver education.
- Work in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager North West Renal and LGH CNC – Renal Vascular Access, to ensure development of nursing practices are consistent with the broader renal specialisation and addressing inconsistencies between nursing practice and policy.
Note: – Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.
The North West Renal Satellite team:
North West Renal Satellite Unit located in Burnie is a highly specialised area of renal nursing which will provide:
- Great work life balance: Monday to Friday day work with rotational on call.
- Nurse led Outpatient Clinical Environment
- Opportunity to work collaboratively with the entire renal team including Nurses, Consultants, Social Work and Allied Heath to provide a holistic approach to the provision of renal vascular access planning and management.
Living and working in the best place on earth
Tasmania offers an enviable lifestyle in one of the world’s most beautiful natural environments. It is the smallest Australian state, with all the services and facilities of a big city in a relaxed and safe community setting. Short commutes to restaurants, beaches, and iconic at-home getaways within close proximity make for the perfect work life balance.
Details of Appointment
Permanent, part time, day worker position working 40 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.
*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 full time and part time vacancies.
Salary: $111,506 to $118,336 pro rata, per annum. Our employer 11% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
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, plus other benefits if eligible.
- Salary range is in accordance with Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2023
Eligibility:
Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria: * Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse
- Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered
Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable: * A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse with Renal experience
- Holds or is working towards relevant post graduate qualifications in renal nursing
The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted: * Conviction checks in the following areas:
- Crimes of violence
- sex related offences
- serious drug offences
- crimes involving dishonesty
- Identification check
- Disciplinary action in previous employment check.
Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents
We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.
Statement of Duties
Applicant Guide
How to Apply
Apply Online. Please click the “Apply” button on this screen. This ensures 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.
Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
Please note:
- All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
- Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.
For more information
Jennifer Reynolds
Position: Nurse Unit Manager
Phone: (03) 6477 7742
E-mail: jennifer.reynolds@ths.tas.gov.au
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Job date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 01:01:22 GMT
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