Hepatology Clinical Nurse Consultant - Whittlesea, Australia - State Government Of Victoria, Australia

Description

Hepatology Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) - Fixed Term (Undefined)

Job posted:29/04/2024

Location:
North East Region | Whittlesea


Job type:
Fixed term - Part time

Organisation:
Northern Health


Occupation:
Health and Allied Health

Reference:44081


The Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for a experienced nurse to join the Hepatology & Gastroenterology team at Northern Health.

This role requires a Hepatology Gastroenterology Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) to work as part of a team in our Outpatient & Liver Well at Home program.

Fixed Term- 12 months (Parental Leave relief)
40 Hours/Fortnight.
0.5 EFT.
Commencing early July 2024.
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct clinical care to patients with liver disease.
The Northern Health Hepatology Service is one of the fastest growing Hepatology referral services in Australia.
The CNC will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide evidence-based care to this patient group.

The Hepatology CNC plays a pivotal role in the co-ordination and management of patients with liver disease in the ambulatory environment, and be intricately involved in the delivery of a Liver Well at Home initiative at Northern Health.

The role requires a detailed understanding of liver disease and treatments and will be responsible for providing patient education and support to optimise self-management, monitoring of medication adherence and treatment impacts/outcomes.

The CNC will be required to undertake home visits to patients with liver disease, perform assessments, and institute changes of therapy in consultation with the Head of Service, Hepatology.

The CNC will maintain relevant databases and contribute to research as required.
To be successful in this role you will have:
AHRPA registration as Registered Nurse
Post graduate qualifications or working towards
Working knowledge of hepatology and gastroenterology nursing
Excellent organisational skills with a flexible approach to changing situations
Ability to be part of an effective team, as well as work autonomously
Solid verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt language to the requirement of patients of diverse populations, pharmaceutical companies and senior consultants
Competencies in Microsoft word, excel, outlook and a familiarity with data bases
A passion for improving patient care and health care systems
Next Steps.
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.
Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please contact:
Thi Nguyen –Director of Operations, Medicine & Cancer Service s at or click on Position Description
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Job type:
Fixed term - Part time

Job classification:
Undefined


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