Australia Job Openings

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Nurse Practitoner/Transitional Nurse Practitoner (Safe Assessment Unit)

Kingswood

FULL TIME

October 18, 2024

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Until 30/06/2026)
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: Dependent On Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ528151
Applications Close: 31/10/2024

Position Classification & Remuneration:

Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2: ($64.57 - $65.86 per hour)

Midwife Practitioner/Nurse Practitioner: ($68.38 - $73.22 per hour)

With CORE Values of C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment,

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.

The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Drug and Alcohol Service offers free, non-judgemental services and treatments for drug and/or alcohol use, including information and support for families.

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Nurse Practioner in a Temporary Full time role located at Nepean Hospital.

The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a Registered Nurse educated and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role.

Your role as The Nurse Practitioner includes Assessment and Management of consumers with Mental Illness and substance use disorders. You will utilise your expertise and skill to assess consumers, make referrals to other appropriate health care professionals, prescribe medications and order diagnostic investigations. The Nurse Practitioner's role is grounded in the nursing profession's values, knowledge, theories and practice and provides innovative and flexible health care delivery that complements other health care providers.

This opportunity will allow you to be engaged in meeting the needs of our community members. The scope of practice of the nurse practitioner is determined by the context in which the nurse practitioner is authorised to practice. The scope of practice of the Dual Diagnosis Clinician is advanced to meet the needs of complex consumers attending with comorbid drug and alcohol issues to the SAU as outlined below:

To consult and attend patients within the established benchmarks around timeliness of assessment and determination of care needs.
To provide direct patient care to a defined cohort of patients within the Scope of Practice of the Nurse
Practitioner Mental Health and Nurse Practitioner Drug and Alcohol.
To actively participate in improving service delivery for consumers and their families.
To produce measurable quality outcomes for consumers supported within the SAU.
To achieve high standards of nursing care at the level of advanced practice.
To develop and lead collaborative partnerships between the doctors and nurses to provide better health care for patients in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunity excites you, please apply now!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

Accrued Day Off (ADO)

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:

Registered Nurse Division 1 with AHPRA including endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner or working towards same as per the NMBA Guidelines on endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner, with evidence of eligibility to attain authorisation within 2 years.

Post graduate qualifications at Master’s Level, in a NMBA approved program of study or relevant clinical specialty, or working towards.

Demonstrated high level knowledge and advanced clinical nursing skills including comprehensive assessment, interpretation of diagnostics, implementation of treatment modalities and relevant referral skills applied to a broad range of challenging, complex and changing situations.

Demonstrated understanding of the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol delivery systems and ability to lead and implement changes and develop direction in clinical practice by the initiation, utilisation, and review of evidence-based research.

Proven high level knowledge and expertise in complex client centred consultancy, practice development activities including mentoring, education, active participation in communities of practice, policy development and quality improvement.

Demonstrated advanced clinical leadership role, negotiation, liaison, interpersonal and problem-solving skills across the mental health and drug and alcohol service settings.

Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and accountability while also working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary and multi service environment.

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?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Lisa Sheens on Lisa.Sheens@health.nsw.gov.au

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