Registered Nurse - Experienced Child and Family Health Nurse

In this role you will be supporting children and families through evidence-based care and services. This position offers the chance to contribute during a significant period of growth, innovation, and transformation at Karitane, while developing your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment. 

• Department: Integrated Care
• Operational Base: Randwick Parenting Centre, Eastern Suburbs.
• Status: Permanent Part Time 16 hours per week with scope to increase hours next year.
• Vaccination Category: A (influenza Vaccinations)
• Responsible to: Responsible to the Director of Clinical Services through Randwick Nurse Unit Manager
• Industrial Award: Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (state) Award 2021

PURPOSE

This role provides secondary Child and Family Health support to children aged 0-5 years and their families, with a focus on sleep and settling, feeding, adjustment to parenting, infant and child behaviour, and parental mental health and wellbeing. Based at the Randwick Parenting Centre in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, the position delivers care through both in-centre services and virtual care, ensuring families have access to flexible, family-centred support.

Karitane staff provide safe, effective, quality care consistent with the organisation’s mission, philosophy, values and standards of care, and adhere to the Professional Code of Conduct.

Professional practice must reflect adherence to agreed professional standards. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of clinical services to families in centre or virtually via a telehealth platform.

Karitane is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment for all children and young people. We are dedicated to upholding the Child Safe Standards, all staff share responsibility for maintaining a child-safe culture.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:

(Each criteria below must be addressed in your cover letter)

1. NSW Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
2. Recognised post graduate qualifications in Child and Family Health or equivalent experience (Minimum 2 years).
3. Ability to demonstrate individual and group facilitation skills while working in partnership with families.
4. Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
5. Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to build positive therapeutic relationships with clients, families, and colleagues, and to communicate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
6. Understanding of the principles of secondary health care in the context of Child and Family Health Nursing
7. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation: Respect, Innovation, Collaboration and Excellence.
8. Demonstrated computer skills including the use of online health databases such as EMR, IPM and Microsoft 365
9. Current drivers licence recognised in NSW.

STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Listed are the primary duties of this role and the performance standards required to undertake the duties.

Responsibilities

Practices in accordance with the recognised standards for Nursing Practice, Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Australian nurses, plus legislation affecting nursing practice and common law.

Child and Family Health RN: All Child and Family Health nurses (RN) have an obligation to be familiar with and practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board registration codes, guidelines and statements for Registered Nurses. Secondly, Child and Family Health nurses are required to operate within the scope of practice, standards and professional development elements as outlined within the NSW CAFHNA Child and Family Health Competencies 2009 and comply with their registration CPD requirements using the Child and Family Health Professional Practice Framework 2022 to guide their professional development. All registered nurses are to provide evidence of National Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is current.

Reference:

• MaCAFHNA - National Standards for Child and Family Health Nurses (2017)
• CAFNA NSW- Child and Family Health Nursing Professional Practice Framework (2022)

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Various employment status is in accordance with the Named NSW (Non - Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Nurses Agreement 2017. Shift times and days may be varied according to the needs of the organisation. Karitane services are provided at a number of sites within the Sydney Metropolitan Area and across NSW.

The majority of Karitane services close for approximately two weeks over the Christmas/New Year period, during which time employees are required to take leave.

Karitane supports a smoke free environment including grounds, buildings and vehicles.

Applicants will have a commitment to EEO & WHS, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity.

Relevant Police Check, Working with Children Check, Apprehended Violence Orders and prior employment checks, including relevant disciplinary proceedings, will be conducted on recommended applicants

Full advert and position description can be found on our Karitane website.

Inquiries to:

Becky Jean, Becky.Jean@health.nsw.gov.au using the subject line: Registered Nurse - Experienced Child and Family Health Nurse enquiry via EthicalJobs - 0419 990 780 - Mon-Thurs.