Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1

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.

Prince of Wales Community Health offers a range of community services in the home to keep patients safe and healthy. 
 
As a Clinical Nurse Consultant in SESLHD you will play a pivotal role to Community Health in clinical service and consultancy, clinical leadership, research, education and clinical services planning and management. 
 
As the Clinical Nurse Consultant, you will utilise your extensive experience and/or qualifications to improve outcomes for clients, carers and their families in the community. The CNC has responsibility for providing advanced clinical advice, coordination and consultancy services to clients, families, carers and other health professionals relating to complex care needs. The CNC is a clinical expert in Complex & Chronic care who, through leadership facilitates excellence in evidence based clinical practice, education and research. The CNC works with clinical teams across Community Health to develop, facilitate the implementation of, and evaluation of care management plans for clients. The role is focused on integrating care and acting as a resource across Community Health and Prince of Wales 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. 

1. Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and current NSW Driver’s License and willingness to travel as required in role.
2. Having at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience and in addition holding approved post registration nursing qualifications relevant to the field in which he/she is to be appointed, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation.
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.

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For role related queries or questions contact Patricia Comerford on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au