MQ Health North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

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Talent Acquisition Consultant at Macquarie University

- Opportunity for a Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse. Full time, Fixed-Term contract (12 months)
- From $133,462 per annum plus super. Access to salary packaging via Maxxia to maximise your take home pay. (Including venue hire, meals, entertainment and novated leasing).
- Be part of a University-owned, innovative academically integrated healthcare organisation where professional development, ongoing education and career progression are supported and encouraged.

The Role

We have an exciting fixed-term opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our Team as a Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse. You will work as part of a dedicated and highly skilled team, providing nursing consultancy and expertise on prostate cancer care. The level of intervention by the Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse will vary according to the complexity of care required, based on the individual need of the patients in their care. You will develop and implement a coordinated, evidenced based, seamless, patient focused approached care of prostate cancer patients,



particularly towards providing knowledgeable nursing advice throughout patient’s diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The post may require some travel and attendance at meetings and forums both within state and interstate.

Key Duties for Position

Provision and Coordination of Care

This domain relates to the coordination, organisation and provision of nursing care that includes the assessment of individuals/groups, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. It consists of these four practice dimensions:

Disease and treatment related care

- Provides initial assessment of need using a systematic evidence based approach
- Maintains accurate records of nursing assessments and outcomes
- Triage patients to determine areas of need and levels of assistance required
- Maintains understanding of the rationale for the use of treatments and therapies used in the management of prostate cancer and their related clinical effects, both acute and delayed
- Identify opportunities for patients to participate in clinical trials.
- Provides ongoing psychosocial support in accordance to the individual needs of the patient
- Act as a resource for contact, information and support for those affected by cancer.

Coordinated care

- Coordinates a patient caseload and ensures the continuity of care




- Ensures that key elements of care occur in an ordered and timely manner
- Identifies and makes referrals to appropriate health and social agencies as per individual need
- Ensures the transfer of patients between services within the area health service and external to the area health services when required.

Information provision and education

- Identifies educational and supportive care needs of people affected by cancer and provides appropriate verbal and written information to meet those needs
- Provides direct education to people affected by cancer within a range of settings
- Supports and empowers patients to influence and participate in decisions concerning their care by providing information on a range of specialist care and services.

Collaborative and therapeutic practice

This relates to establishing, sustaining and concluding skilled relationships with individuals/groups.

- Maintain communication and links with other members of the cancer care team
- Support the delivery of multidisciplinary care and participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings or video conferencing as required
- Advocate on patient’s behalf including at multidisciplinary team meetings
- Uses effective communication skills to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with people affected by cancer throughout the cancer journey.

Professional Practice

This relates to the professional, legal and ethical responsibilities which require demonstration of a satisfactory knowledge base, accountability

📌 Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse (Sydney)
🏢 MQ Health
📍 Sydney