The Medical Imaging Department at CHS operates 24 hours, seven days a week, offering a wide range of state-of-the-art radiology modalities including Interventional Radiology, CT, MRI, PET, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine services for patients in Canberra and the Southeast regions.

Medical Imaging Level 1 Registered Nurses demonstrate a broad range of nursing knowledge and skills to support the provision of all clinical radiology services in accordance with the RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology.

The successful candidate must be available to work a rotating roster, including morning, evening, night shifts, and participate in an on-call roster to support emergency interventional procedures including acute stroke thrombectomy.

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

• Apply comprehensive, best practice nursing care and treatment for clients within medical imaging.
• Practice within own scope of practice, maintaining core competencies and engaging in activities to enhance knowledge and skills that support the delivery of quality patient outcomes in Medical Imaging.
• Provide patient care within ethical and professional frameworks and in accordance with the relevant legislation.
• Integrate organisational policy and guidelines with professional standards to provide evidence-based processes that support the Medical Imaging model of care.
• Participate in risk assessment, incident and accident reporting, continuous quality improvement activities, program-based research and accreditation that aim at improving the level of service to patients.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with staff and patients, respecting the human rights principles of equity, access, privacy, safety, respect, partnership, and information.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

Accountability

• Provide safe clinical care and contribute to best practice health care standards.
• Participate in learning and development.

Job Context and Environment

• Understand CHS vision, role and values and comply with all policy and procedures.
• Have knowledge of the Medical Imaging Model of Service and procedures.

Independence and Decision-making

• Work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality service delivery.
• Be flexible and adapt to operational changes that support high quality timely access to radiology procedures.

Stakeholder Management

• Use effective communication skills to work collaboratively with all stakeholders.

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

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Nursing or related qualification in nursing.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Desirable

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

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

Essential

• A minimum of 1 years’ fulltime equivalent experience as a Registered Nurse
• Be available for weekend and on-call work to meet department needs.

Desirable

• Completion of a nursing graduate program
• Prior experience in an acute or subacute hospital setting will be highly desirable.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, and all other related frameworks

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

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

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
• Be available for weekend and/or after-hours work.
• 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.

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Proven commitment and competency in the provision of effective nursing care and best practice clinical standards.
2. Demonstrated commitment to enhancing personal capabilities to provide quality care and improve health outcomes.
3. Effective interpersonal and communication skills to foster positive relationships with colleagues, patients and their family members.
4. Knowledge and understanding of Quality Improvement processes to improve health service delivery and provide exceptional care.
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.

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.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Frequently
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Frequently
Graphical/analytical based	Occasionally
Sitting at a desk	Frequently
Standing for long periods	Frequently

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Never
Frequent travel – driving	Never

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Never

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Occasionally
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Never

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Never
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Occasionally
Excessive noise	Occasionally
Low lighting	Never
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Never
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Never

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 – 9kg	Occasionally
Lifting 10 – 15kg	Never
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Never
Running	Never
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Never
Foot and leg movement	Occasionally
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Frequently
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Never
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally