Registered Nurse - Virtual After Hours Palliative Care
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ590591
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
Nepean Hospital is seeking a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Virtual After Hours Palliative Care Team. In this innovative role, you will provide expert nursing support and symptom management advice to patients, carers and health professionals in the community—after hours and from a virtual care platform. This position is a unique opportunity to help ensure patients receiving palliative care at home feel supported, safe and connected during some of their most vulnerable moments.
As a Virtual Palliative Care Registered Nurse you will provide timely clinical advice and emotional support via telephone or video consults, triage symptoms, recommend care strategies and escalate urgent issues appropriately. This will see you work closely with the broader Palliative Care team, GPs and community services.
Join the team today and contribute to a compassionate model of virtual care that supports dignity and comfort at home.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse Division 1 with AHPRA.
- Demonstrated Clinical skill in Palliative Care Nursing as a Registered Nurse including completion of a new graduate Registered Nurse program or equivalent experience working as a Registered Nurse.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide effective nursing care that is person centred, family inclusive and culturally sensitive to people accessing health services.
- Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise work.
- Demonstrated excellent communications written and verbal skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Ability to work and effectively communicate with multiple clinicians within a multi-disciplinary team to provide the best possible patient care.
- Ability to work a flexible, rotating roster across seven (7) days with ability to work overnight on-call shifts according to the supportive and palliative care service requirements.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Spinks on sarah.spinks@health.nsw.gov.au
