Clinical Nurse Consultant - Consultation Liaison (527423)

Job Description:

The Team:

Provide a specialist consultancy service providing authoritative expertise in the provision of clinical advice to acute care treatment teams/settings, general practitioners and other community health providers who have patients with complex alcohol and drug issues.

Promote a patient centred, evidence-based practice and a multidisciplinary approach to working with patients who have alcohol and drug use and/or related conditions.

Develop partnerships and collaborative working relationships between providers to ensure optimum treatment and management outcomes for patients, including Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) specialists and hospital medical staff, nursing and allied health staff, general practitioners and community sector services.

The Role:

• Work with Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS), acute care staff and community sector providers to assist in the implementation of protocols, national standards, tools and practices for use within the ATOD and by non-ATOD specialist professionals, such as screening and brief intervention tools.
  
  
• Establish, maintain and promote referral pathways to and from acute care and community settings to the Consultation Liaison Service.
  
  
• Receive and respond to consultation referrals from hospital medical, nursing and allied health staff in relation to patients attending the Emergency Department and/or admitted to the hospital wards.
  
• Liaise with and provide a consultative service to general practitioners, other professionals and personnel within the Agency, government departments, community sector organisations and private providers.
  

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Position Features:

• Roles are based in the North and North West regions of Tasmania, working across multiple sites, as required, including the Alcohol and Drug Services, hospitals and within the community sector
  
  
• Travel is necessary mainly within the North West region
  
  
• Other statewide travel may be required

Details of Appointment:

Permanent, full time, day work, position working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing from as soon as possible

*notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Location:

Mental Health Services – North West

Base Salary: $104,735 to $111,334 per annum + 10.5% superannuation

• Salary range is in accordance with

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Post Graduate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qualification type
  
  
• Professional Development Allowance of up to $750 per annum

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse
  
  
• Working with Children Registration

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Holds, or is working towards, a tertiary qualification in the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) field
  
  
• Current Driver’s Licence

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:
1. crimes of violence
2. sex related offences
3. serious drug offences
4. crimes involving dishonesty
   
   
2. Identification check
   
   
3. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide and Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

• 522412, 527423, 527426 Clinical Nurse Consultant - Consultation Liaison G6 (Dec 2022) HR22 (2).pdf
• 522412, 527423, 527426 Clinical Nurse Consultant - Consultation Liaison G6 (Dec 2022) HR22 (3).docx

Applicant Guide

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

How to Apply

Please note that our application process has changed. Refer to the application guide for information on the new application format.

Apply Online. Please click the blue "Apply now" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please Note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For More Information

Wendy Edwards
Clinical Nurse Consultant (Team Leader) Alcohol & Drug Services
(03) 6464 3131
[email protected]

Important Information

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