BETTER AND FAIRER CARE. ALWAYS.

We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

ROLE TITLE: CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (GRADE 2)

Role type: Permanent Part time (16 hours per week)
Department and location: Co-ordinated Care - Diabetes Service, Darlinghurst Campus
Salary: $113,243.20 - $116,963.50 (pro-rata) + super.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• This role provides expert clinical care, leadership, and education in the management of diabetes across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• The successful applicant will be expected to be able to provide evidence-based, clinically sound and holistic patient care in partnership with clients and their families and other health professionals.
• Take an extended leadership role in the coordination of nursing and health care within and across different care contexts to facilitate optimal health outcomes.
• Triage referrals, manage waitlists and lead multidisciplinary meetings, while collaborating with internal and external key stakeholders.
• Practice independently and interdependently with an extended scope of practice, autonomy and decision making, assuming accountability and responsibility for their own actions and delegation of care to registered nurses, enrolled nurses and health care workers

In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional healt