Senior Registered Nurse - Regulatory

Job description
Role Description

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We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Registered Nurse - Regulatory to join our team. The successful candidate will provide clinical advice, support, and guidance to SIRS assessors managing notifications within clinical issues.

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Responsibilities

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Analyse evidence from a range of sources, including clinical documentation and compare it with expected clinical practice in aged care to identify clinical risks and deficiencies in care provision.
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Provide clinical advice, support, and guidance to SIRS assessors managing notifications within clinical issues.
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Create a positive and collaborative culture that encourages and acts on feedback via Quality Assurance (peer to peer review) of clinical advice provided by other SIRA Registered Clinicians (RCs) and/or Clinical Advisers from CCAG's Clinical Unit.
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Contribute to and support the development of clinical governance within SIRA.
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Contribute to triage and assessment of referrals and requests for clinical advice of notifications and information received.
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Manage your own caseload by ensuring timely and effective advice while contributing to the overall objectives and outcomes of your team.
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Requirements

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To be eligible for this position, you must:

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Be an Australian citizen.
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Satisfy a National Coordinated Criminal History Check.
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Satisfy a pre-existing medical condition declaration.
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Have current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
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Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to assess and manage risk, work within legislative requirements, make impartial recommendations, and access and use specialist advice when needed.
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Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write comprehensive evidence-based clinical advice with justifiable reasoning for decisions.
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Why Join Us?

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This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our role as the national regulator to safeguard and protect older Australians receiving aged care services.