Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care
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Job Description:
Role title: Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care
Role type: Permanent full time
Department and location: Sacred Heart Health Services St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst
Salary: $ 139661.16 $149538.56 super
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest notforprofit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operatepublic and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.
About the role
The role provides a palliative care consultancy service to patients living in 22 local residential aged care facilities.
The role will analyse the educational needs of RACF workforce and provide specialist
Needs Rounding in 22 RACFs to improve palliative care skills of nursing and care workers in facilities.
Working within a multidisciplinary team to enhance the links with internal/external stakeholders to improve end of life care for patients living in RACFs.
About you
Current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) and endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board as a Nurse Practitioner specialising in Acute Aged Care and or Palliative Care or working towards same as per NMBA guidelines on endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner
Proven high level knowledge and expertise in complex client centered palliative care consultancy practice development activities including mentoring education policy development and quality improvement and current unrestricted NSW Class C license.
Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with external agencies eg: Residential Aged Care Sector Primary Health Network to support the strategic and operational requirements of the hospital.
Demonstrated high level palliative care 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 ability to work autonomously and within the interdisciplinary team and multiservice environment and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development and quality improvement projects.
Why work at St Vincents
Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most atrisk people in our community
Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary taxfree.
Committed to financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave
About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincents hospital Darlinghurst.
A busy innercity hospital in a beautiful location
Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches
A place of expert clinical care for atrisk people
Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located oncampus
Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
Please note for candidates who possess the required qualifications accreditations and experience visa sponsorship may be available for this position and will be determined on application.
Preemployment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all rolerequired preemployment checks including relevant immunisations.
Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 26 May 2025.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
