Job Share Role Totalling 32 Hours / Week

Community Nurse

2 x Part time Positions

Job share role – totalling 32 hours / week

January 2018

1. Information for Applicants

1. Position Description

1. Employment Application Form

1. Pre-Existing Injury Declaration

1. Organisational Structure

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

Community Nurse

1. Please prepare a cover letter and your application under each of the headings in the Selection Criteria of the Position Description provided. Examples and descriptions of how you are able to meet these requirements must be provided. You must also attach your Resume.

1. Please complete the Employment Application Form & Pre-Existing Injury Declaration and forward with your application.

1. If you are required to attend an interview, a current police check should be brought to the interview if available which will enable the appointment process to be finalised quickly. Offers of employment will only be made following a satisfactory Police Record Check and WWC.

1. Your salary and allowances will be paid in accordance with theNURSES AND MIDWIVES (VICTORIAN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR) (SINGLE INTEREST EMPLOYERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016 – 2020

1. Hours of work arepart time up to 32 hours per week job share.

1. Otway Health will pay superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to a nominated Superannuation fund.

1. Attach copies of any relevant qualifications to your application (if applicable).

1. The names of at least two professional referees are required including, if possible, your supervisor if you are currently working or a previous supervisor if you are not currently working.

1. Applications close5.30pm Thursday 25th January 2018.

1. Address applications toGeorgina Harrison

Human Resources Co-ordinator

Otway Health

PO Box 84

Apollo Bay VIC 3233

or

Position is subject to a satisfactory Police Check and Working with Children Check.

Otway Health is an equal opportunity employer.

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Position Description

Community Nurse

JOB TITLE

OTWAY HEALTH

Otway Health is a Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) located at Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road in South West Victoria. The MPS is a joint Commonwealth and State Government initiative for isolated areas. This model concept draws together appropriate health and community services within the one organisation. The aim of Otway Health is to provide an integrated health service consisting of community and allied services, primary care, in-home support services, adult education, neighbourhood house, flexible aged care residential places, a small acute unit and an Urgent Care Unit for emergencies.

MISSION

To enable people in our region to optimise their wellbeing through providing access to health and community services.

VALUES and BEHAVIOURS

Professional:We deliver excellent, confidential, reliable and safe services to the community with integrity.

Compassionate:We deliver person centred care and are welcoming and equitable to all people engaging with the service.

Responsive:We are dynamic, innovative and adaptable in responding to changing health and social environments.

Accountable:Our actions are trustworthy, principled and transparent.

Respectful:We are consultative; providing a non-judgemental, accepting environment where needs are acknowledged and considered.

POSITION BACKGROUND

The Community Nurse is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the community nurse program at Otway Health. This involves high quality clinical assessment, treatment and review of community clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBILITY AREA 1:Organisational Responsibilities

• To understand and adopt OH values in all areas of responsibility with attention to consumer focus, teamwork and community orientation.

• Proactively take responsibility for your own health and safety and for the health and safety of anyone else who may be affected by our acts or omissions in the workplace.
• Understand and proactively work within Occupational Health and Safety Acts, regulations and codes of practice.

• Ensure effective and timely risk identification, assessment, control and issue resolution processes are maintained.

• Ensure all activities are within the approved policies, legal and ethical framework of the organisation.
• Understand and take responsibility to work within the delegations of authority.

• Ensure all services are provided within a quality and risk management framework, with demonstrated outcomes.
• Understand the quality standards and accreditation requirements relevant to the role and ensure systems and processes are consistent.

• Ensure skills are up to date and in accordance with best practice guidelines.
• Keep up to date with changes in Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure all mandatory LMS training is undertaken within all required timeframes.

• Demonstrate an understanding of Child Safe Standards and appropriate behaviours and actions according to the do’s and don’ts of the Otway Health Child Safe – Code of Conduct.

• A current National Police Check is required for Otway Health Employees.

RESPONSIBILITY AREA 2:Clinical Practice / Professional Practice

Otway Health strives to deliver the highest level of care possible. To enable this to occur, all personnel need to develop and maintain appropriate professional behaviours in all areas of practice. This covers both clinical and non-clinical workplaces, and is the physical manifestation of the Otway Health values.

Clinical –

• Ensure client assessment, care planning and care evaluation/outcomes are in line with funding stream requirements and best practice frameworks/guidelines.
• Patient centred care underpins service delivery and evaluation.
• Clinical documentation is contemporaneous and encompassing of clinical care undertaken.
• Ensure clinical information is handed over at the end of each shift.

• All patient information is reviewed and approved for use by consumers.

• Implementation of a multidisciplinary care plan.

• Evidence of contemporaneous documentation.

Professional –

• Maintain effective relationships with other stakeholders of care provision.

• Meetings, phone calls and evidence of collaboration with other stakeholders of care.

• Maintain registration with Nurse's Registration Board.

• Evidence of registration.

• Majority of time is used in direct client care.

• TRAK (Community) used to document direct and indirect service provision.

• Client case load may determine location of role on a daily basis.

• Maintain daily TRAK schedule with current clients and allocated times noted, to ensure up to date information on incumbents location is available to relevant staff.

• Co-operates, collaborates and shares information with others in the pursuit of team goals and coordinated client care.

• Attendance at Internal & External Case Conferences.
• Demonstrates effective communication which reflects Otway Health's core values.

RESPONSIBIITY AREA 3:Information Management (inc Communication & Documentation)

Otway Health understands the need for effective communication and rigorous documentation in the delivery of health care. How we manage information within the organisation is crucial for our customers trust, our reputation in the wider community and how they perceive Otway Health.

• Utilise Otway Health's IT systems to ensure accurate development and maintenance of clinical and nonclinical documentation in a timely manner.
• All information obtained in the course of employment remains confidential and private. This does not cease on the completion of employment with Otway Health.
• Maintain client files according to the policies and procedures of Otway Health.
• Ensure client confidentiality and privacy at all times.

• IT systems have the correct and complete information stored on them.
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy at all times.
• Documentation complies with legal and regulatory bodies' requirements and retrospective file audits reflect compliance with documented protocols.
• Discussions between Health Professionals about patients/residents/clients ie case conferences, one on one client contact should be limited to that exchange of information which is necessary in service delivery and should occur in an appropriate environment.

SCOPE OF PRACTICE

The Community Nurse will be limited to:

• Managing the Community Nurse client case load.
• Providing feedback on community nursing program to the Clinical Nurse Manager.
• Assisting throughout Otway Health as required by the Clinical Division.

ORGANISATION CHART

Reports to:Clinical Nurse Manager

Supervises:NIL

External Liaisons:Represents Otway Health to the community as required. Establishes and maintains relevant

Networks and links with appropriate agencies.

Internal Liaisons:All Otway Health staff

REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

1. Essential Education: A tertiary qualification in Bachelor of Nursing or its equivalent.

1. Requirements:

• Current Registration as RN DIV 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Previous experience as a District/Community Nurse or comparable community /primary health role (preferred).
• Competencies:

• Medication administration via CVC
• Medication administration via Niki infusion pump
• PICC, Port or CVAD dressing management.
• Niki Infusion Pump Dressing Management
• Glucometer Readings
• Wound management

• Working knowledge of community nurse program planning, development, implementation and evaluation.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teamwork and service coordination.
• Ability to work autonomously and make sound clinical decisions in the field.

• Active Service Model Approach: Understands Active Service Model Approach and uses this approach for client care planning, assessment and review.
• Self-Management: Plans and prioritises work to ensure outcomes are achieved; uses strengths to contribute constructively and consciously manages the impact of own weaknesses.
• Organisational Awareness: Understands and is able to work within an organisation helping to promote a positive culture and workplace.
• Communication: Clearly and confidently communicates ideas and issues in both written and verbal format so that the target group is able to understand and a positive outcome can be achieved. The target group may be staff, management team, external agencies, clients or community.
• Computer Skills: Is able to use common software applications for word processing and email.
• Teamwork: Co-operates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; collaborates and shares information.
• Initiative and Accountability: Takes responsibility for own actions and is proactive in trying new ideas to achieve an outcome.
• Current Drivers Licence.
• A current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Evidence of completion of competencies relating to your current role.

AGREEMENT

Pre-Existing Injury

Prior to any person being appointed to this position, it will be required that they disclose full details of any pre-existing injuries or disease that might be affected by employment in this position.

Position Description Approved______Date ______Manager/Director Signature

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Position

I acknowledge and accept that this position description represents the duties, responsibilities and accountabilities that are expected of me in my employment in the position.

_Date ______Employee Signature

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Employee Name (please print

Employment Application Form

APPLICANT SECTION

Previous Employment (most recent first)

Declaration

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the information given is true and correct. I understand that inaccurate, misleading or untrue statements or knowingly withheld information may result in termination of employment with this organisation. I understand that this application does not constitute an offer of employment. I understand that, in some cases, police and credit checks will be required and I will be notified if this applies to this application.

Pre-existing Injury / Disease Declaration

Otway Health is committed to protecting the health, safety and well-being of all employees. To achieve this, the Service strives to ensure that employees are not required or permitted to undertake work for which they are not suited and to take appropriate measures to allow work to be done in a manner which will not put any person at risk to their occupational health and safety.

To assist Otway Health in achieving this objective, the following information on key activities is provided about the job for which you have applied. On the second page of this document information is requested from you as to any pre-existing injury, illness, disease or condition, which may be affected by the nature of the key activities.

This job involves the following key activities:

Work

Manual

People

Transport

In applying for this job you are required to disclose any (all) pre-existing injuries or diseases suffered by you which you reasonably believe could be accelerated, exacerbated, aggravated or caused to recur or deteriorate by you undertaking this job, the details of which are set out above.

Where you have a pre-existing injury and or disease, consideration will be given to reasonable modifications to the environment or tasks.

If you fail to disclose this information or if you provide false or misleading information you and your dependents may not be entitled to Work Cover benefits in the event of any recurrence aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of a pre-existing injury or disease, arising out of, or in the course of, or due to the nature of this employment with Otway Health.Where you have a pre-existing injury and or disease, consideration will be given to reasonable modifications to the environment or tasks.

Pre-existing Injury / Disease Declaration

Employee Declaration

The following declaration is made for the purposes of sections 41 (1)-(2) of The Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (WIRC Act).

I,…………………………………………………………….. (Name of applicant) declare that:

1. I have read and understood this form, including the information above.

1. I acknowledge that I am required to disclose all pre-existing injuries or diseases which I believe may be affected by my undertaking the job of……………………………………………..……(job title)

AND (Strike out whichever is not applicable)

a)I do not believe that any injury or disease that I have is likely to recur or deteriorate, accelerate or be exacerbated or aggravated by the key activities required to be undertaken which impact on health and safety, as listed above:

OR

b)I have suffered the following injuries and/or diseases that may recur or deteriorate, accelerate or be exacerbated or aggravated by the duties described above.

(List injuriesand/or diseases)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I acknowledge that any non-disclosure or false or misleading information on my part may result in section 41 (2) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (WIRC Act) being applied. This would disentitle me or my dependents from receiving benefits relating to any recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of any pre-existing injury or disease which I may have.

To the best of my knowledge the information provided in this Declaration is true and correct.

DATED: ______/______/_20______

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Print Name of ApplicantPrint Name of Witness

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Signature of ApplicantSignature of W

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