- Permanent, Full Time - 80 hrs per f/n (4 days considered)
- RN Grade 4B
- Great staff benefits!
Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- Permanent position
- Full Time - 80 hrs per f/n (4 days considered)
- RN Grade 4B
- Located at The Alfred
- Great staff benefits!
The Department
The Victorian HIV Service provides a wide range of specialist outreach services and a care coordination service in collaboration with other health care and service providers, hospital staff and community agencies. Within its statewide mandate the service aims to identify emerging HIV health service needs and work with agencies to address gaps in services, ensure equitable access to HIV care across Victoria and across populations and provision of quality HIV care.
The position is one of several specialist HIV nurses working in an outreach capacity within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality HIV nursing care. The focus of the service is on patients either in the community setting or another health service’s ambulatory/inpatient setting. This will include; aged care settings, GP practices, hospital settings, custodial settings, supported accommodation services.
The Role
The role will provide clinical leadership in; developing service responses and provision of best practice HIV services in partnership with agencies, care coordination of patients with complex health and psychosocial needs and leadership in the provision of HIV nursing care. They will provide education and support to health professionals, health services and care providers to maximise care for people living with HIV (PLHIV). They will demonstrate a high degree of clinical autonomy and work in partnership with the Infectious Diseases Physician who provides a leading role in HIV medical outreach service development and has responsibility for clinical governance within the Statewide Outward Program.
As part of a multidisciplinary care coordination team they will provide nursing care coordination to patients with a range of complex health and psychosocial needs with guidance from senior team members. This will include undertaking expert HIV nursing assessments and development of and implementation of care coordination plans with a range of health and community service providers. They will provide mentoring and support to junior nursing staff within the team.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Post graduate qualification in HIV/Infectious Diseases or other relevant field is desirable but not essential
- Tertiary qualification in nursing or health related field or working toward same desirable
- Experience in the HIV/ID field or Community Nursing is desirable
- Strong clinical nursing background and strong professional identity
- Current Victorian Driver’s license is essential
Staff Benefits
- Salary packaging and novated leasing are available
- Health and wellbeing incentives
- Discounted health insurance
- Staff car parking available (subject to availability) and close proximity to public transport
Please contact Fiona O'Keeffe (m 0407 577 101) for all enquiries relating to this position
Applications close at 11 pm Wednesday, 1st May 2024
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This is in accordance with the Vaccination of Health Care Workers (COVID-19) Directions - Health Services. All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against influenza. This is in accordance with the Mandatory Vaccination of Health Care Workers (Influenza Vaccine) Directions - Health Services Establishments for influenza.
Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au