Position overview

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centered care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary, and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.

Canberra Health Services is committed to the delivery of person and family centered, safe and high-quality care in a sustainable health system. This will be achieved with key strategic priorities for CHS which includes ensuring the delivery of Canberra Health Service’s Quality Strategy and government priorities and aligning them with ACT Health’s Territory Wide Services Framework.

The key strategic priority for acute services is to deliver timely access to effective and safe hospital care services. The hospital delivers a full range of medical, surgical and obstetric services, including complex procedures in areas such as cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and neonatal intensive care.

Strong links exist between hospital and community-based services, as many of the operational divisions deliver services across the continuum of care to ensure continuity of care for patients. The community-based services of Canberra Health Services include early childhood, youth and women’s health; dental services, rehabilitation and community care; mental health and alcohol and drug services. In addition, justice health services are provided within the Territory’s’ detention facilities.

The Children’s Hearing Service operates from Belconnen Community Health Centre and provides a full hearing assessment to children from 18 months to 18 years at no cost to the family. Families are given information about their child’s hearing and provided with education and health promotion around hearing health. Appropriate referrals are put in place where required.

Canberra Health Services is a partner in teaching with the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Under limited direction of the School Services Manager, You will:

1. Provide accurate audiology assessment of the client and plan, implement and evaluate interventions in accordance with existing practice standards, health promotion and illness/injury prevention strategies.
2. Advocate for the client and their family by supporting, advising and educating in accordance with primary health principles that promote health and wellbeing.
3. Effectively communicate with children and their families to effect best practice health outcomes.
4. Contribute to research projects and quality improvement activities that promote best professional practice.
5. Foster collegial relationships within the multidisciplinary team, including referring the client as appropriate.
6. Actively contribute to education, support, peer review and preceptor ship of colleagues in Audiometry and the broader team setting.
7. Assume responsibility for professional development of self in accordance with the expectation of the discipline for lifelong learning.
8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Competencies

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs.
• High Level communication skills and the ability to critically think.

Qualifications

Essential

• For Nurses:
  • Post graduate qualification in audiometry nursing
  • Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• For Health Professionals:
  • Relevant undergraduate or graduate entry tertiary qualifications.
  • Eligibility for full membership with Audiology Australia with Certificate of Clinical Practice (CCP)

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Experience

Essential

• For Nurses: A minimum 4-years full time equivalent experience in nursing.
• For Health Professionals: A minimum 3-years' experience.

Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, and all other related frameworks.

Prior to commencement

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances:

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act2011is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals. (for Health Professionals only)

Important information

All employees are required to:

• Adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct.
• Act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

What you Require (Key Selection Criteria)

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience and must be addressed in your application:

1. Demonstrated high level of competence to provide audiology assessment for children in accordance with existing practice guidelines and policies with the ability to function as a role model and core resource person.
2. Demonstrated commitment to the provision of evidence-based practice that adheres to quality standards in clinical practice. Ability to conduct quality improvement activities that promote best professional practice and improved health outcomes. Ability to contribute to policy development and audit processes.
3. Demonstrated ability to maintain effective and collegial interpersonal relationships within the workplace team and the broader workplace.
4. Demonstrated ability to precept, supervise, assess, and facilitate competency-based practice for students and new or less experienced staff and peers, and function as a role model and core resource person.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind.

Work environment description

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.