Continuing Care Coordinator

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1
**Location**: Nepean Hospital
**Remuneration**: $62.04 - $63.31 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 6
**Requisition ID**: REQ528977
**Applications Close**: 21/11/2024
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._

**About Us**

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

The Patient Flow Management team is seeking to engage a Clinical Nurse Consultant in the role of Continuing Care Coordinator. The role provides a specialized nursing consultancy service to patients, carers, and other health care professionals in the separation planning and continuum of care process at Nepean Hospital. This includes a timely facilitation, coordination, and planning of a person-centred, safe transfer of care for patients referred through e-Orders.

In this position, you will serve as a clinical expert who through leadership facilitates evidence-based practice. We are looking for an incumbent who will model our CORE (Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment) values and exercise autonomy in decision making within scope of practice.

**Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees**
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) as a Registered Nurse with a minimum of five years’ experience in an acute setting two years clinical experience in specialty
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication using information technology and sound written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of the Multidisciplinary Health Care team
- Proven ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Demonstrated ability to network and liaise with government and non-government service providers
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reflect the CORE Values; Collaboration, Openness ,Respect and Empowerment of Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.
- Understanding and knowledge of current NSW Ministry of Health Policy Directive Admission to Discharge Care Coordination and how this guides practice

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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