Assistant Director of Nursing

**Description**

**Employment Type** - Permanent, Full Time Position

**Classification** -Registered Nurse Level

**Title**:

- Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) - Surgical Services

**Position Number**: LP8224

**Salary **- $156,715 (Plus Super)

**Location** - North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

**Section** - Surgical Division

**Closing Dat**e - 11th November 2024

**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**:
The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) (Surgical Services, which includes Territory Wide Breast Care Services, Day Procedure Unit (DPU), Endoscopy, Preoperative Assessment Clinic (PAC), and Specialist Outpatients) is responsible for the clinical governance, nursing and operational management and leadership, and day to day operations of these services at North Canberra Hospital, Surgical Division NCH. The ADON is an experienced nursing professional, registration with the Australian Hospital Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). They have a critical role in supporting education 2 and training for their workforce and in this position, they have a key clinical leadership role within the organisation.

NCH is a major general hospital with Level 4 Role Delineation. The hospital supports a broad range of acute and sub-acute services including community based services to the Northside of ACT and Southern NSW. NCH provides surgical and pain management services for a number of services including Dental Surgery, Endoscopy, General Surgery, Gynaecology (including Oncology) and Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ENT), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology Surgery and Vascular Surgery. NCH also works collaboratively with The Canberra Hospital which is the tertiary level surgical service in the ACT.

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

**How to apply**:

- 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 when drafting your response. **This document is required and must be submitted to be considered for the role.**
- 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_
- 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**: Registered Nurses & Midwives

**Salary Range**: 156,715.00 - 156,715.00

**Closing Date**: 11/Nov/2024, 6:59:00 AM