Enhanced Care and Safety Culture Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave.
- Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary.
- Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 3
Remuneration: $139,661.16 - $142,254.43 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Westmead Hospital
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides high quality healthcare to diverse communities, guided by values of collaboration, respect, and empowerment. Join a team dedicated to better health services for Western Sydney and beyond.
- Serves Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Cumberland, and Parramatta LGAs.
- Offers primary, secondary, and tertiary health care.
- Supports over a million residents in the Greater Western Region.
- Committed to innovation and patient centered care.
- Strong focus on collaboration and respect in service delivery.
- Empowering teams to make a lasting impact.
What you'll be doing
The Enhanced Care & Safety Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides leadership and expertise in improving care for patients with neurological impairments across WSLHD. The role focuses on reducing aggression and other adverse outcomes, such as falls and infections, through collaboration and strategic initiatives.
- Leading improvement initiatives to reduce aggression, falls, and infections in patients with neurological impairments.
- Collaborating with facility CNCs and safety leads to monitor and evaluate care outcomes.
- Acting as a subject matter expert for de-escalation strategies and staff training.
- Supporting the implementation of service improvements and education.
- Building strategic relationships with stakeholders to drive evidence-based initiatives.
How to Apply
Essential Criteria:
- Qualification: Approved nursing and midwifery postgraduate qualifications relevant to the field or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the Local Health District.
- Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse/Midwife Division 1 with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Selection Criteria:
- Minimum seven (7) years full time equivalent post registration experience with at least five (5) years’ full time equivalent experience in the specialty field and approved postgraduate nursing/midwifery qualifications relevant to the field or other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.
- Established experience in the development and implementation, including the review of policy, procedures, and education programs.
- Highly developed communication, coaching and facilitation skills with a proven ability to work independently and develop/maintain professional relationships and networks across multiple disciplines.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to utilise information technology within a health care setting.
- Demonstrated excellent time management and organisation skills with attention to detail.
- Demonstrated skill in the analysis of clinical practice and the implementation of new clinical practices, including the ability to monitor and evaluate outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead nursing research or large quality projects across multiple services which requirement large stakeholder engagement.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence, class C and ability to travel within WSLHD.
Requisition ID: REQ540274
Applications Close: 5th January 2025
Need more information?
- Discover more about the application process.
- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- For inquiries about the role, contact Anna Lam on Anna.Lam@health.nsw.gov.au.
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
