Inpatient Assistant in Nursing Clare Holland House

**Description**

**Employment Type** - Casual Positions

**Classification** - Assistant in Nursing

**Title**:

- Inpatient Assistant in Nursing Clare Holland House

**Position Number**: LC0035

**Salary **- $55,927 - $57,820 (Plus Super) pro rata

**Location** - Clare Holland House Barton, ACT

**Section** - Nursing

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.

**About the Hospital**:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.

The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.

Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

**About the role**:

- Clare Holland House (CHH) provides palliative care including pain and symptom control, respite and end of life care as part of Canberra Health Services (CHS). We are focused on supporting patients and families who are dealing with a life limiting illness. Our goal is to help patients achieve dignity, comfort and maximise the quality of life as they progress into end of life. Clare Holland House comprises of an inpatient unit, Specialist Palliative Aged Care Team (PEACE), and community specialist palliative care service (CSPCS), which provide palliative care to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.

There is an expectation that the successful applicant/s will maintain accountability for their own practice standards, education and work collaboratively with the Clare Holland House/ North Canberra Hospital team

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the **_Position Description_**_._

**How to apply**:

- Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;
- Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees
- A maximum two page pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response.
- Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
- To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an _Australian citizen or_ a permanent resident”_
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
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- A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available._
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**Job**: Nursing & Midwifery

**Salary Range**: 55,927.00 - 57,820.00

**Closing Date**: Ongoing