Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care – Community Impact

Department of Health, Tasmania; West Coast; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 116,000; Part time

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Job summary

Department of Health Tasmania is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to deliver contemporary, person-centred specialist palliative care across community, hospital, and residential aged care settings. You will work with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to provide clinical expertise, education, and support to patients, families and clinicians.

The role requires collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager to ensure high-quality care and efficient service delivery within a Tasmanian

Responsibilities

• As part of an interdisciplinary team delivering high quality specialist palliative care, provide expert knowledge utilising an advanced clinical framework in the assessment and management of clients referred to the Specialist Palliative Care Service.
• Assist the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) and other senior staff with the planning and management of staff and resources, and the coordination of day to day client care activities and flow.
• Work in collaboration with the NUM and other senior staff to ensure the efficient and effective provision of palliative care nursing practice based on contemporary best practice within a collaborative interdisciplinary framework.

Job description

Department of Health Tasmania is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to deliver contemporary, person-centred specialist palliative care across community, hospital, and residential aged care settings. You will work with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to provide clinical expertise, education, and support to patients, families and clinicians.

The role requires collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager to ensure high-quality care and efficient service delivery within a Tasmanian