Clinical Nurse Specialist - Healthscope

Are you an enthusiastic and experienced RN or current CNS looking for the next step in your Recovery Nursing Career?

Nepean Private Hospital is seeking a Recovery Coordinator / Team Leader to assist in the coordination of nursing care and work in partnership with the PACU Team. This new role is graded as a Clinical Nurse Specialist grade 2 and will be responsible for providing supervision, direction and guidance to ensure safe practice, quality care and leadership.

About us

Nepean Private Hospital is located in the multi-cultural Western Sydney City of Penrith and has established an excellent reputation in the community for its high commitment to customer service, staff satisfaction and quality improvement. The hospital is a modern 109 bed facility providing a wide range of health services to the local community since 2000 including : orthopaedics, spinal, gynaecology, ENT, plastics, urology and general surgery, endoscopy, cardiology, cardiac angiography and obstetrics. We have eight operating Theatres, one hybrid / cardiac catheterisation theatre and an endoscopy suite, supported by a critical care unit which includes intensive care.

It is an exciting time for Nepean Private Hospital. We have investing in our future with an exciting $38M redevelopment which has seen our Hospital grow to meet the needs of our growing community with 4 new operating theatres, purpose built pre-admission area, new sterilising department, new foyer and retail space, new consulting suites, refurbished main entry and a new car park. And we have just purchased a new $3.5Million Da Vinci Robot to expand our complex surgery program!

As a Recovery Team Leader (Clinical Nurse Specialist 2) your responsibilities will include :

• Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of excellent standard of evidence based, person centred
• Collaborate with the perioperative management team to provide strategic leadership, supervision and oversight as required
• Demonstrate professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope's polices and processes
• Foster a learning environment through clinical presentations to support the nursing team with their professional development and maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and providing supervision and teaching to peers, ENs, graduates and students
• Act as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices
• Collaborate with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care across the health care continuum
• Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes

Essential Criteria :

• Current AHPRA registration
• Minimum of 4 years' experience as a Recovery RN
• Prior experience as a CNS, acting NUM or in charge in PACU will be highly regarded
• Post Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing (or working towards)
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
• Demonstrate the ability to show initiative and work within a team environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Passion for teaching, educating and up-skilling staff in cardiac operating theatres

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

Applications close : 2nd May 2025

To Apply : Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

More Information : Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.

If you are successful in the role, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant registered nursing experience against the current Healthscope and NSWNMA / ANMF - NSW Nurses and Midwives' - Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2024, a salary ranging from $55.66- $57.48 per hour.