• Fitzroy location
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Permanent 32 hours/week
About the Role
TheEpilepsy Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC)willprovide specialist clinical care, patientconsultation,advanced nursingleadership, educationand care coordination for patients managed by the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program. The role provides continuity of care across emergency,inpatientand outpatient settings, ensuring patients receivetimely, coordinated and evidence-based care throughout their epilepsy journey.
The CNC acts as a consistent point of contact for patients, carers and healthcare professionals,facilitatesprogression through complex care pathways including epilepsy surgery, supports multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making, and contributes to service development, qualityimprovementand staff education.
Provide longitudinal careconsultation and carecoordination for patients with complex epilepsy across outpatient,inpatientand emergency settings.
Act as a designated epilepsy resource for patients requiring non-urgent clinical advice using agreed service communication pathways.
Coordinate patients progressing through the epilepsy surgery pathways (including stereo-EEG),ensuringtimelycompletion of required investigations and multidisciplinary review.
Classifications for this position will be ZJ4($113,646.00 pro rata per annum)
Your Contribution
Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
NationalPolice Check
Post Graduate Qualification in relevant discipline
Demonstrated experience in neuroscience or epilepsy nursing.
What we Offer
• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement
About The Department of Neurosciences
The Department of Neurosciences is dedicated to delivering excellent, evidence-based and compassionate neurological care to Victorian patients from metropolitan, regional and nearby interstate areasClinical Neurosciences is a multidisciplinary unit dedicated to improving the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders. The unit provides a complete clinical and diagnostic service andmaintainsa strong research focus; principally centred on epilepsy, multiplesclerosisand movement disorders.
Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.
Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
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At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
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The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
