Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

at  ACT Health

DESCRIPTION

Employment Type – Permanent, Full Time Position
Classification –Nurse Practitioner – RN 4
Title – Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner - PEACE team
Position Number: LP7726
Salary – $140,121 (Plus Super) pro rata
Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT
Section – Clare Holland House
Closing Date – 5th May 2024

BEHAVIOURAL CAPABILITIES

• Individual initiative with strong problem solving and consultation skills.
• High Level communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to practicing holistic health care that considers, and is sensitive to, a resident’s unique psychological, spiritual and socioeconomic background.
• Ability to liaise effectively with staff at all levels and across disciplines.
• Organisational ability and time management skills.

Clare Holland House provides Specialist Palliative Care Services throughout the ACT including Home-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient settings along with outreach to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and North Canberra Hospital. The Inpatient Hospice, situated on the shores of Lake Burly Griffin in Barton, provides admission for end-of-life care, symptom management & optimisation and carer respite for patients diagnosed with a life-limiting illness.

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners within the PEACE teamwork from Clare Holland House, they provide a consultative service to people who have malignant or non-malignant life-limiting illness with specialist palliative care needs who are living in residential aged care facilities in the ACT by:

• working at an advanced level of palliative care nursing practice that includes comprehensive holistic assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic management, quality use of medicines, monitoring and evaluation of care tailored to the person’s needs.
• collaborating with multidisciplinary and other health care professional/service providers to ensure the residents and their family/carer remain the focus of care, and
• working together with GP’s and RACF staff ensuring resident’s goals of care/advance care plan are agreed upon and upheld.

The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner will continue to develop/evolve to meet the changing clinical requirements of both CHH and the Residential Aged Care Facilities.
The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner will be based within the Clare Holland House, within the palliative aged care (PEACE) team and will, in collaboration with palliative care consultants, general practitioners and other health professionals, clinically manage palliative care patients within aged care facilities across the territory who have complex palliative care needs.