Registered Nurse - Clinical Coach - Roy Fagan Centre
Tasmanian Government
- Lenah Valley, TAS
- $96,558-102,908 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Contributes to workplace activities and works collaboratively in assisting and supporting the Nurse Unit Manager in achieving the goals of the service by contributing to workplace activities beyond the immediate responsibility of delivering clinical care to clients. This will include the Clinical Coach Portfolio, with active involvement in clinical education; clinical leadership and management; safety and quality; and practice development.
- Contributes to positive client outcomes by facilitating the competence and confidence of novice clinicians via clinical coaching.
- Plan and participate in the clinical management of patient care within the clinical area; identifying, anticipating and prioritising needs, and working with the interdisciplinary team to achieve individualised patient and unit goals within required timeframes.
- Practice in accordance with the NMBA codes and guidelines for registered nurses.
- Involve patients/clients and their families/significant others in the planning and implementation of care.
- Maintain and promote a safe work environment.
- Maintain accurate and objective documentation.
- Understand and adhere to relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
- Teamwork:
- Work with Nurse Unit Managers, Clinical Nurse Consultants and Clinical Nurse Educators to provide leadership within the multidisciplinary healthcare team, working effectively and contributing to strong team cohesion through open communication and a positive supportive approach.
- Think critically and act to resolve local and/or immediate nursing care or service delivery problems.
- Interact effectively with patients/clients' families and other healthcare team members to facilitate the provision of optimum patient/client care.
- Support and assist in implementation of agreed change management processes.
- Actively contribute to effective communication, including attending and participating in team meetings and actively relaying key messages to all staff where required
- Promote cooperation, teamwork and understanding in undertaking nursing practices for effective health care outcomes.
- Excellence in Practice
- Active involvement in maintaining and continually improving the quality of patient/client care. This may include participation in research to enhance evidence-based practice to improve standards of contemporary health care and/or implementation of evidence-based practice that results from research findings.
- Maintain currency of knowledge appropriate to the service including but not limited to related to National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHSS) and profession specific standards which might apply.
- Contribute to the review and development of policies, procedures and best practice related to patient/client care.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing strategies towards meeting anticipated patient/client outcomes and make recommendations of alternative approaches to the Clinical Nurse Leaders.
- Learning Culture
- Lead, support and promote a learning culture by encouraging reflection and professional development; and assist others to maintain professional portfolios.
- Utilise evidence-based practice, clinical innovation and available research to develop, plan and implement improvements to the delivery of complex service delivery.
- Participate and contribute to a learning environment, through continuing education and professional development.
- Maintain knowledge of innovations in clinical practice and research.
- Participates in an integrated interactive teaching model.
- Support and work collaboratively with less experienced members of the healthcare team and participate in orientation, precepting, clinical teaching, overseeing learning experiences, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience.
- Assist and provide feedback to the Nurse Unit Manager, relating to the performance development of less qualified or experienced members of the team.
- Providing Leadership
- Support the Nurse Unit Manager in the coordination of patient/client care delivery through the effective allocation and prioritising of nursing resources.
- Assist in supporting and guiding staff performance.
- Actively participate in clinical education, practice development and other clinical leadership activities.
- Manage the clinical portfolio and contribute to research and other practice activities within the relevant service.
- Contribute to research and other practice activities within the practice area.
- The Roy Fagan Centre is a dynamic and supportive workplace within Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS), that prides itself on our collaborative and multidisciplinary team approach.
- The Roy Fagan Centre is a specialised facility to assess and treat elderly persons with mental illness and dementia.
- We have a strong focus on supporting ongoing professional and career development and on the relationship with patients, families and colleagues.
- Located in a scenic and peaceful location in Lenah Valley with free parking.
- Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.
- Post Graduate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qualification type
- Professional Development Allowance of up to $500 per annum
- Salary range is in accordance with Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2023
- Possess or working towards relevant postgraduate qualifications appropriate to clinical area
- Membership with the relevant professional organisation (e.g. Australian College of Nursing, ACM, ACORN, ACCCN)
- crimes of violence
- sex related offences
- serious drug offences
- crimes involving dishonesty
- Identification check
- Disciplinary action in previous employment check.
- We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.
- All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
- Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.
Phone: 0499 874 501
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