Clinical Nurse Consultant Intensive Care Unit

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Clinical Nurse Consultant
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South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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REQ567300 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time, Until 31 October 2025
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $66.51 - $67.83 per hour, plus super
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ567300
Applicaitons Close: Sunday, 27 April 2025

Prince of Wales Hospital - Clinical Nurse Consultant Level 2, Intensive Care Unit




Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building (ASB) including a state of the art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. POWH provides an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person-centred care.

Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.

Join Prince of Wales ICU Team – Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 2): An exciting opportunity awaits for experienced and passionate nurses to step into a pivotal leadership role in our Intensive Care Unit!

We're looking for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 2) to bring expertise, innovation, and mentorship to our ICU team. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a real impact in critical care, we want to hear from you!

The Role:

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The Nursing and Midwifery – Our Strategy for Transforming Person Centred Cultures 2024-2029 guides our profession in the development of effective person-centred practice and healthful cultures within SESLHD. We advocate for shared decision-making, collaborative relationships, compassionate and person-centred leadership, and supporting innovative practices.
 
The nursing vision for Prince of Wales Hospital is ‘Transforming Person-Centred Care Together’. This approach to all nursing practices ensures we collaborate together on all aspects of healthcare, inclusive of staff, placing the person at the centre of shared decision making underpinned by respect, mutual understanding and facilitated choice.
 
As a Clinical Nurse Consultant in SESLHD you will play a pivotal role in clinical service and consultancy, clinical leadership, research, education and clinical services planning and management.
 
The Clinical Nurse Consultant – ICU at Prince of Wales Hospital is an expert in the specialty of Intensive Care Nursing, and who has responsibility for supporting the needs of the ICU and providing consultancy to the broader hospital.

You will be part of a team that strives to support each other to reach our potential, focus on what matters most and continue to be innovative in approaches to practice.

Benefits:

  • Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
  • Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay!
  • Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
  • Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
  • Discounted Private Health Insurance.
  • Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs beaches, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door 

For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page

 
  1. Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse/ Midwife
  2. Have at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in Intensive Care Nursing. In addition, must have approved postgraduate nursing qualifications relevant to the field in which he/she is appointed, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation. An employer may also require a higher qualification in the specialist nursing field where such a qualification is considered essential for the performance of the individual position.
  3. Demonstrated ability to apply clinical expertise in a consultant role and the ability to work independently.
  4. Proven clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
  5. Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidenced based nursing care.
  6. Demonstrated experience in leading and implementing change, and developing direction in clinical practice by initiation, utilisation, review and translation of evidence-based research into practice, within a person-centred framework.
  7. Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, advanced computer skills and use of software programs to analyse data and produce reports.
  8. Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.



Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards

2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Megan Pinfold on Megan.Pinfold@health.nsw.gov.au

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

SESLHD values a diverse workforce. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy here.

 

Reasonable Adjustments:

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required. 



Information for applicants:

  • An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
  • Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
  • Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
  • Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
  • SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website 

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