• Limestone Coast Local Health Network
  
• Location negotiable within the Limestone Coast
• Salary: $128,327 - $133,758 p.a - RN/RM4
• Ongoing Full Time

Join Our Team as an Advanced Nursing/Midwife Consultant - Clinical Risk

Are you a highly skilled and experienced Nurse or Midwife looking to make a meaningful impact on patient care and safety? The Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is seeking an Advanced Nursing/Midwife Consultant – Clinical Risk to provide expert clinical leadership and drive improvements in patient safety and care outcomes across our network.

In this dynamic and autonomous role, you will use your clinical expertise to manage and mitigate clinical risk, ensuring the highest standards of safety and compliance, while enhancing overall organisational performance and the consumer experience.

What the Role Involves:

As an Advanced Clinical Risk Consultant, you will:

• Lead and support the implementation and management of clinical risk strategies across LCLHN, ensuring effective outcomes in line with organisational objectives.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and advice to nursing and midwifery teams, medical officers, executives, quality, risk & safety teams, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and lead projects and programs that enhance patient, client, and service outcomes.
• Manage and provide medico-legal advice to the LCLHN, ensuring regulatory compliance and risk minimisation.
• Facilitate the investigation and management of adverse events, collaborating with relevant stakeholders, including clinical staff, patients, and consumers, to develop corrective actions.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of relevant Departmental and Government policies and state-wide portfolios.

What We’re Looking For:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Qualifications: Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse or Nurse/Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Leadership: Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with excellent communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
• Autonomy & Innovation: The ability to work independently with a high degree of autonomy, bringing creative and innovative solutions to complex clinical risks.
• Collaboration: Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and promote consumer engagement initiatives.
• Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years post-registration experience as a Nurse and/or Midwife.
  • Demonstrated competence in the relevant area of nursing and/or midwifery practice, including risk management and clinical leadership.
  • Proven track record in managing and leading change initiatives, project management, and contributing to organisational risk assessment and monitoring.

Why Join Us? 

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued.
• Job security and financial incentives: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.

The Region

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network is surrounded by a world class wine region, outdoor adventures, and some of South Australia’s best coastline, offering a work-life balance like no other.

Your lifestyle

• Relaxed and affordable lifestyle
• Access to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surf
• Outstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilities
• Well-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campuses
• Plenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiences
• Conveniently located approximately halfway between two major cities: Melbourne and Adelaide

Find out more about working with the Limestone Coast Local Health Network at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/workatLCLHN   

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s) 

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 886650

Enquiries

Application Closing Date

2 December 2024, 11:55PM

Attachments

886650 Role Description.pdf

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