Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 3 (Violence, Abuse and Neglect)
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- Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
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- REQ555093 Requisition #
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 3
Remuneration: $70.43 - $71.74 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ555093
Applications Close: 04/03/2025
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.
About Us
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, 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.
This position will see you provide expert clinical consultancy and developing significant educational resources for clients, colleagues and stakeholders whilst undertaking ongoing analyses of current practice and the impact of new directions to deliver a cohesive integrated service in collaboration with the NBMLHD Sexual Assault Service.
The Clinical Nurse Consultant will provide forensic responses for victims of sexual assault, including collecting forensic samples; writing medico-legal reports; preparing Expert Witness Certificates and providing expert evidence in court where required and holds an important strategic role at a service level. You are responsible for initiating, developing, implementing and evaluating strategic changes and annual plans for the service, and developing specialist clinical education for the local health district.
If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunities excite you, please apply now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) for Full Time employees only
- 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.
What you will bring to the role
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency with minimum seven years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least five years full time equivalent experience in a relevant clinical specialty (i.e. sexual health, family planning, women’s health, obstetrics and gynaecology or emergency nursing) and post graduate qualifications relevant to the field of sexual assault or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate.
- Have completed the NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence Graduate Certificate in the Medical and Forensic Management of Adult Sexual Assault (or equivalent) and have completed at least three supervised medical and forensic consultations on a patient reporting recent sexual assault. • Have completed or be studying towards within 6 months of commencing in the role: Education Centre Against Violence training modules Forensic Photography; Supervised Medico-Legal; and Provide a Medical and Forensic Response to Domestic and Family Violence (when available), or equivalent courses.
- Evidence of consistent demonstration of behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation with all stakeholders including colleagues, direct reports patients and consumers.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice and an ability to apply clinical expertise in integrated trauma informed and patient-centred consultancy with the ability to work effectively both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
- Demonstrated advanced communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and proven application of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
- Demonstrated ability to implement changes and develop direction in clinical practice by the initiation, utilisation and review of evidence-based research.
- Demonstrated leadership in strategic and clinical service planning and expertise in the management of organisational and cultural change.
- Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use same as required for the position and the ability to participate in an on-call roster.
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.
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For role related queries or questions contact Amanda Horton-Hallett on Amanda.Horton-Hallett@health.nsw.gov.au
