Child and Family Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Child and Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 positions available within the dynamic, innovative NSLHD Child & Family Health Service. A Registered Nurse (RN) with Child and Family Health qualifications will find rewards and challenge in a position which extends their role and provides a continuum of care in the support of families. The role involves working autonomously undertaking home visiting, providing child health checks, and advance clinical practice.
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $62.82 - $64.89 per hour
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ674843
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Lower North Shore Ryde Sector. We are also welcoming applicants to create an eligibility list for those CFHNs interested in working in any future Child and Family Health CNS2 roles in the Northern Beaches and Hornsby Sectors.
What you'll be doing
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS2) works as part of the Extended Child and Family Heath Support Service (ECFHSS) within the community-health based, multidisciplinary Child and Family Health Service. The ECFHS is an early intervention service supporting parents/primary carers, with children aged 0-to commencing school, who are experiencing health and/or psychosocial challenges, which are impacting their own wellbeing and/or their capacity to parent and care for their child.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners’ Regulation Authority (APHRA), with post-registration qualifications relevant to child and family health (CFH) nursing and at least three (3) years full time equivalent clinical experience working in a child and family community health setting or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to apply high level CFH skills, knowledge and clinical reasoning relevant to assessing parent-child relationships, all aspects of child health, development and wellbeing, parental psychosocial and emotional needs and formulating care plans.
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge of, and ability to apply, family- partnership, person-centred, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and inclusive care principles in practice.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in a community health setting, and autonomously apply clinical reasoning to interpret complex assessment findings and making decision about client-goal oriented care plans.
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For role related queries or questions contact Danielle Munro on Dani.Munro@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
