CRVCID: 714636
This is a Permanent Part
Time vacancy at 56 hours per fortnight (0.7 FTE).
Overview of the
Role:
As a Clinical Nurse in Palliative
Care, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality
patient care within the palliative care setting. Your advanced
skills in patient assessment, planning, implementation, and
evaluation will enable you to provide expert clinical advice while
leading a multi-disciplinary team. You will actively participate in
improving care services and be accountable for the efficient use of
resources, ensuring that our patients receive holistic and
compassionate support throughout their journey.
Ideal
Candidate:
- Must be eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse by
the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Demonstrated advanced nursing practice within a palliative
care setting is essential.
- Strong planning, coordination, and decision-making skills
tailored to palliative care.
- Well-developed leadership skills, with the ability to lead
and be a part of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal,
along with strong interpersonal abilities.
- Experience in incorporating risk management and quality
initiatives into nursing practice.
- Current driver's licence (C or C-A Class) is required.
Key
Responsibilities:
- Provide an expert clinical role in community and hospital
settings, offering professional advice on clinical standards
and symptom management.
- Assist the Nurse Manager with resource planning and
management strategies for palliative care services across the
South West.
- Facilitate effective communication with patients, families,
staff, and the general public, identifying patient education
needs.
- Actively contribute to quality improvement and research
programs to enhance Palliative Care services.
- Monitor the nursing practice and support the implementation
of strategies to improve care delivery.
About Us
The WA Country Health Service’s
core business is the provision of quality, accessible health
services to people from large regional centres to those in small
remote communities.
Our vision is to
be global leader in rural and remote healthcare.
Our values of Community,
Compassion, Quality, Integrity, Equity and Curiosity shape
who we are, how we behave, how we interact with each other, how we
make decisions and how we provide care to our patients.
About the
REGION
Learn more about living and working
in country WA by visiting our website at
WA Country Health Service - Living and working in country
WA
To learn more about the role,
please refer to the attached Job Description Form or contact
Claudia Tschopp on 08 9772
5235.
Why work for us:
In addition to the great salary our employees enjoy an amazing
range of benefits:
- 12% employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your
choice. For further information click
here.
- As a WA Country Health Service employee, you’re entitled to
discounts across some private health care funds (flyer
attached)
- Generous salary packaging benefits:
- Up to $9010 on a range of benefits such as mortgage,
your rent or other everyday living expenses
- Up to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday
accommodation and venue hire
- Access to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a
car and expenses
- Professional Development Opportunities and Study
Leave/assistance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flexible leave arrangements
- Other professional and location-based allowance
Application
Instructions: Applicants are requested to apply online via
the ‘apply for job’ button below. Please provide the following
documents and information as part of your application:
- A detailed cover letter and resume that clearly
demonstrates your relevant work experience and achievements
including the contact details of 2 referees (including a
current line manager).
- A written statement addressing the work-related
requirements in the JDF (maximum 3-4 pages).
If you experience difficulties
while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77
for immediate assistance during business hours.
Eligibility to
Apply: To be eligible for appointment, applicants
must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be
an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live
and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments.
Eligibility for sponsorship may be considered for some vacancies.
You are encouraged to discuss this with the contact person listed
in the advertisement before completing the application as there are
several steps that are required to be completed prior to
progressing any application for employment.
WA Health is committed to
eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of
our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage
applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people
with disabilities.
WA Health supports flexible working
practices within the context of a quality health service. WA
Health is committed to a smoke free environment across all
buildings, grounds, and vehicles.
Other
Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of
trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to
undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part
of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment
on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical
behaviour.
This vacancy is subject to a
Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For
further information please refer to the WWC website
at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
Please note this recruitment
process requires completion of satisfactory Pre-Employment Health
Assessment (PEHA). Any offer of employment with WA Country
Health Service (WACHS) is conditional on satisfactory PEHA to
ensure you are able to perform the inherent requirements of the
position. An unsatisfactory PEHA will result in the offer of
employment being withdrawn. Please see the attached WACHS
PEHA Policy for further information.
We are committed to fostering a
diverse and inclusive workforce where every employee feels valued
and empowered. We believe that a diverse team brings unique
perspectives and drives innovation to meet our community’s needs.
We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences to join us
in shaping a more equitable future and as a measure to achieve
equality, under sections 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal Opportunity
Act 1984, encourage applications from people living with a
disability, Aboriginal people, people from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds, women and youth (24 years of
age and under).
Similar
Vacancy: Whilst this selection process will initially
be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill
other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In
addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate
the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may
also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain
valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the
authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.
Lodgement is system
generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be
accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE
CONSIDERED.
