Clinical Midwife/Nurse Specialist (Gde 2) - Nicu Lactation Support

Clinical Midwife/Nurse Specialist (Gde 2) - NICU Lactation Support

South Western Sydney Local Health District

REQ493182

Employment Type:
Permanent Part Time, 16 hours per week
Location:
Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification:
Clinical Midwife Specialist Grade 2, Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration:
$55.45 - $57.27 per hour
Requisition ID:
REQ493182
Application Close Date:
23/06/2024
Interview Date Range:
26/06/2024 - 03/07/2024
Contact Details:
Leah Winder -
About the Opportunity:
Liverpool Hospital is seeking a Clinical Midwife/Nurse Specialist Grade 2 specialising in lactation support.
You will play a pivotal role in promoting breastfeeding and providing specialised lactation care to mothers of preterm neonates. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring optimal feeding practices, enhancing mother-infant bonding, and supporting the overall health and well-being of our neonates.
At Liverpool Hospital, we are committed to providing exceptional care for our smallest and most vulnerable patients. Our state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is designed to deliver comprehensive, family-centered care that supports both the medical and emotional needs of our patients and their families.
Apply today and become a vital part of our caring and expert team!
What You'll be Doing:
The Clinical Midwife/Nurse Specialist Grade 2 will provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centred specialist care and work in collaboration with patients/families/carers and a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes.
Where You'll Be Working:

• Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
• The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
• Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
• Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the University of NSW and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
• Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.

How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

• Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). 3 years relevant Full Time equivalent post registration experience and approved post graduate nursing/midwifery qualifications in a field relevant to the specialty field, or such other qualification, or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in providing complex care in the relevant field.
• Demonstrated ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs.
• Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
• Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidenced based nursing care.
• Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.

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