Clinical Nurse Educator – Hepatitis C
Job No:
BI201820224
Location:
Hobart, Tasmania
PURPOSE
This purpose of this position is to lead the development and delivery of an educational training package to rapidly upskill the primary care workforce in Hobart and surrounding areas, Tasmania, so that all individuals in that geographic area with risk factors for hepatitis C are diagnosed, engaged in care and offered treatment. Delivery of a tailored education program will aim to develop confidence in hepatitis C testing, prescribing and establish ongoing best-practice management so that all individuals with hepatitis C are offered testing and treatment.
A nurse consultant with experience in hepatitis C management and education will lead the project to provide face-to-face training in primary care settings with staff that have a strong interest in hepatitis C or high case load of people at risk of hepatitis C. This will include general practices prescribing opiate agonist therapy and drug and alcohol services, or co-located or with strong links to needle syringe programs and community health services. The education program will consider and address the learning needs of all the workers in the practice including doctors, nurses and administration staff.
The format of the program will involve delivery of education focused on case-based learning via three hours of face-to-face contract per month for three months with each service. The program of education will be based on the individual health professional’s familiarity with hepatitis C and their learning needs. Broadly it will cover general liver assessment, behavioural assessment and treatment prescribing along with mechanisms to recall at risk patients for testing in the first session. The role will include providing support to clinical services with navigating medical software to perform clinical audits of clients with hepatitis C. Support in searching patient management software for hepatitis C diagnosis will be provided by Burnet staff with extensive experience in this area. Educational resources have already been developed by Eliminate hepatitis C (EC) Victoria team at the Burnet Institute including a primary care toolkit. It is anticipated that the primary care toolkit will form the basis of education package delivered in the clinical settings.
Subsequent training sessions (months two and three) will focus on discussion of cases and problems since the initial training session. Specialists in infectious diseases and hepatology will be available to provide support remotely as part of the case-based learning and assist in linkage to specialist care if required. The goal of the education program will be to develop confidence in hepatitis C testing, prescribing and establish ongoing best-practice management so that all individuals with hepatitis C can be offered testing and treatment options in the community.
The project of providing an educational training package to upskill the primary care workforce is seeking to contribute to the achievement of micro-elimination of hepatitis C from the greater Hobart area by end of 2019. Within this catchment in Tasmania, we will measure and report at the end of 2019 on:
- the number of primary care providers participating in education
- the proportion of individuals at risk of hepatitis C tested
- the proportion of individuals living with hepatitis C who commence treatment.
A steering committee including project leads, local stakeholders and supporting industry partners will be responsible for delivery and governance of the project.
This position is part time, 0.6 - 0.8 time fraction.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Site recruitment
- Providing face-to-face education for general practice clinics
- Ensuring sustainable practices and procedures
- Data management
- Institute participation
- Other tasks as required
Refer to the attached position description for full details.
CRITERIA
The successful applicant will be a qualified and registered nurse, midwife or equivalent allied health professional with over 5 years of clinical experience as well be registered or registrable with the PNG Nursing Council.
You will also have:
- Registered Nurse Div 1 with AHPRA
- Qualification and/or experience in designing and delivering adult education programs
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work autonomously
- Experience in designing and delivering face-to-face education in the primary care setting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated organisational and time management skills, including being able to manage multiple tasks and a demonstrated ability to work autonomously as required
- Clinical knowledge relating to testing and treatment of hepatitis C
- High level of reliability and professional conduct, problem solving skills and critical thinking ability
- Experience in undertaking an education and learning needs assessment and designing an education program (preferable)
Benefit from ongoing support and attractive salary packaging working for this leading not-for-profit organisation.
Burnet Institute is committed to providing our people with a supportive working environment. We value diversity and gender equity at the institute and provide flexible working arrangements for our staff. Burnet is participating in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Pilot of the Athena SWAN Charter in Australia.
APPLICATIONS
To apply for this position, please complete the details below and attach the following documents:
- Statement addressing the selection criteria (as outlined above and in the attached position description)
- Resume including the names and contact details of three referees
Applications close Sunday 31st March 2019 at 11:59pm AEST (GMT+11)
As part of our commitment to gender equity, we have included a question in the application process on gender. This will allow us to monitor and report on gender in relation to our recruitment process. This field is not compulsory.
Burnet is a child safe organisation. The successful applicant may be required to apply for a Working with Children check and/or criminal record check from the Australian Federal Police.