Clinical Nurse Speacialist
Permanent part time CNS2 position available for the person looking for challenging but rewarding work with families struggling with parenting. The role is focused on working in partnership with families to help them provide the optimal environment for their child to thrive.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2)
Remuneration: $57.11 - $58.99 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ561087
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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai sector, based at the Koala Family Care Centre, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
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 0-2 years of age, 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. The CNS2 offers specialist, trauma-informed child and family health nursing support in partnership with vulnerable families, to support children’s healthy physical, social and emotional development. This service also aims to promote children’s health and wellbeing to address the escalating prevalence of adult disease and morbidity (NSW Health First 2000 Days Framework). The ECFHSS seeks to engage and work in partnership with families to identify and moderate parent psychosocial challenges, using evidence-based, trauma-informed, attachment-based nursing interventions to promote optimal health and wellbeing for both children and parents.
The ECFHSS aims to promote positive parent-child relationship development and enhance parenting self-efficacy and confidence. The CNS2 works autonomously, within a small team, providing specialist child and family health nursing consultation, liaison and case management. This includes identifying parent and child needs and formulating person-centred, strengths-based and goal-oriented care plans for children and parents with complex needs.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
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.
- Excellent professional writing skills, ability to effectively use digital health records and Microsoft applications. Current NSW Driver’s licence and willingness to travel within NSLHD.
- 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.
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Rogers on Julie.Rogers@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 . 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.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 27 March 2025
