Clinical Nurse - Palliative Care

Our Palliative Care Ward – Granada is a busy 15 bed unit providing specialised palliative care to our patients. Our ward is staffed by a dedicated team of nurses, doctors, and support staff who are trained in managing pain and providing emotional support to patients and their families.

The Position

• Supervise clinical practice of all caregivers taking responsibility for standard of care delivered.

• Initiate reviews and coordinate care of patients with complex health problems.

• Serves as a patient advocate, protecting the rights and safety of patients at all times.

• Actively contributes to the development of clinical policies and procedures in area of specialty.

• Responsible and accountable for nominated portfolios as designated by Nurse Unit Manager and actively communicate with Nurse Unit Manager regarding updates.

• Participate in and takes responsibility for the education of other caregivers by conducting formal and informal teaching sessions.

• Systematically evaluate actions and document the outcomes of nursing/medical interventions (including monitoring diagnostic results) and report significant anomalies promptly.

• Ensure documentation of planned nursing care and holistic care plan remains current and regularly evaluate documentation of the multidisciplinary team to determine their compliance to hospital policy.

• Prioritise departmental workloads using resources appropriately and cost effectively.

• Assist the Nurse Unit Manager with the submission of annual capital budget and business plans relevant to the Department.

You will hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse and ideally you will be pursuing/possess a postgraduate certificate in palliative care and demonstrate experience in training/educating junior staff. You will demonstrate significant recent post-registration experience and the ability to practice at an advanced level. 

To succeed you will demonstrate well-developed leadership skills, including the ability to supervise, give direction and delegate to the team. In addition, you will have the ability to plan, assess and develop team and individual performance. 

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $109,599 to $115,681 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus 12% superannuation

• A permanent part-time position, working 56 hours per fortnight

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance

• Access to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and expenses

• Free on-site parking

• Access to fitness and wellbeing benefits through Fitness Passport

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• A welcoming and supportive culture

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements

For enquiries contact Maeve O'Malley, Clinical Nurse Manager, on (08) 9722 1609