Clinical Nurse - Southern Adelaide Palliative Care Services

Description:

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Rehabilitation, Aged Care and Palliative Care
• Salary $87,416.00 - $110,497.00 (Pro Rata) RN/M2C| Part Time 32 hours per week – Ongoing

Flinders Medical Centre is looking for their next Clinical Nurse to join their Southern Adelaide Palliative Care Services Department in an ongoing role

This role will be over a 7 day roster and involved in providing palliative care nursing services across a variety of health service settings which has been consolidated by experience and/or further study with staff at this level developing from competent to proficient practitioners.

About the role:

As the Clinical Nurse you will be required to work within a multidisciplinary health care team and provide support to less experienced members of the nursing team.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients in a defined clinical area
• Provide monitoring and support for inpatients, patients in the community or attending outpatient clinics
• Assist and support the Nurse Consultants or equivalent in management, clinical, and education activities
• Oversee the provision of nursing/midwifery care within a team/unit
• Monitoring patient/client care plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved on a daily basis

About you:

• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated competence in palliative care nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses
• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate
• Proven experience in delivering high quality and safe care consistent with the National Safety and Quality Health Care Service Standards

To be considered for the RN2C (Clinical Nurse) level you must have at least three years, full time equivalent, post registration experience with experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Maria Garcia, RAP Casual Pool Clinical Support Nurse , (08) 8404 2657 , Maria.Garcia2@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 1st April 2025

Attachments:

• 897162 RN2 Clinical Nurse - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 897162

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.