Registered nurse - team

Registered Nurse level 2 - GRACE Team

Full-time Permanent

Closes: 24 May 2024

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2

Salary: $100,957 - $107,000 plus superannuation

Position No: 600468 - 02HPI

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 06 May 2024

Contact Officer: Louise Roberts on

What can we offer you:

● City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live in Canberra.

● Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.

● Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

● Flexible working conditions.

● 11.5% Superannuation.

About the Hospital:

North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra's Northside.

The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra's expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.

Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

About the role:

This role is part of a team of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the North Canberra (NCH) Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation (GRACE) Service who liaise between Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) residents, their family and carers, GPs, Emergency Department (ED) staff, inpatient units of North Canberra Hospital, Canberra hospital and ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS), for improved care delivery to acutely unwell residents.

The primary aim of the position is to provide assessment and clinical management of residents of Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) in order to prevent avoidable presentations to public Emergency Departments (EDs). The position will report to the Level 3.2 CNC, GRACE Service.

GRACE services include:

• An outreach service including advice / support / education resource to RACF staff,
• Acute assessment and clinical support to acutely unwell RACF residents at their place of residence,
• A co-ordinated single entry point for those residents requiring transfer for acute care to an ACT public hospital,
• Case management and advocacy for RACF residents within the ED, with post-discharge support, and
• Case management and advocacy for RACF residents admitted to hospital, with post-discharge support.

Under direction of the GRACE CNC in the RN 2 role you will:

• Participate as part of the clinical GRACE team to provide high quality and evidence based, clinical care, in RACFs, ED and acute facilities
• Liaise with GPs, the primary clinical governance for resident care
• Provide care within the scope provided in the GRACE MoC, relevant facility policies, procedures and guidelines and any other guiding documents
• Work in collaboration with other members of the team and operationally report to the CNC,
• Assist with identification of RACF educational needs, and participate in the delivery of an educational program,
• Comply with and contribute to operational reporting requirements, including data entry where required

About you:

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Behavioural Capabilities

• Strong organisational skills and high degree of drive
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive service to meet the needs of residents

Requirements/Qualifications:

Mandatory

• A registered nurse with relevant post graduate qualifications and a minimum of 5 years' experience working professionally in acute nursing
• Hold a current drivers licence without restrictions
• Be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Desirable

• An understanding of the residential aged care system and associated stakeholders
• Experience in providing high quality formal and informal education to a broad audience
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

For more information on this position and how to apply 'click here'

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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