Common use of Level 3 Clause in Contracts

Level 3. An Employee at this level: • holds any other qualification required for working in an Aged Care or Home Care practice setting setting; and, • is appointed as such by a selection process. An Employee at this level may also be known as a Clinical Nurse Consultant or Nurse Educator. In addition to the duties of an RN Level 2, an Employee at this level will perform the following duties in accordance with practice settings and resident or client groups. Duties will substantially include, but are not confined to: • providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others particularly in the areas of action research and quality assurance programs; • staff and patient/client education; • staff selection, management, development and appraisal; • participating in policy development and implementation; • acting as a consultant on request in the Employee’s own area of proficiency; for the purpose of facilitating the provision of quality nursing care; • delivering direct and comprehensive nursing care to a specific group of residents or clients with complex nursing care needs, in a particular area of nursing practice within a practice setting; • coordinating, and ensuring the maintenance of standards of the nursing care of a specific group or population of residents or clients within a practice setting; and • coordinating or managing nursing or multidisciplinary service teams providing acute nursing and community services. • The Clinical Nurse Consultant may also be the most senior Registered Nurse. Duties of a Nurse educator will substantially include, but are not confined to: • providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others including the Clinical nurse consultant and the Nurse manager, particularly in the areas of action research; • implementation and evaluation of staff education and development programs; • staff selection; • implementation and evaluation of patient or client education programs; • participating in policy development and implementation; • acting as a consultant on request in the employee’s own area of proficiency (for the purpose of facilitating the provision of quality nursing care); and • being accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing education and staff development programs for a specified population. RN Level 4 Clinical Care Coordinator means a registered nurse appointed to assist the Clinical Operations Manager in the management of a Facility and take a shared responsibility for the clinical care of residents. The Clinical Care Coordinator may also be the most senior Registered Nurse. In addition to the duties of an RN Level 3, an Employee at this level will perform the following duties: • Being accountable for the standards of nursing care; • Participating as a member of the executive of the Facility; • Providing leadership, direction and management in the Facility in accordance with policies, philosophies, objectives and goals established through consultation with staff and in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors; • Providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others, particularly in the areas of staff selection, promotion of participative decision making and decentralisation of nursing management and generally advocating for the interests within the Facility; • Ensuring that nursing services meet the changing needs of clients or residents through proper strategic planning; and • Complying, and ensuring the compliance of others, with the code of ethics and legal requirements of the nursing profession.

Level 3. An Employee at this level: • holds any other qualification required for working in an Aged Care or Home Care practice setting setting; and, • is appointed as such by a selection process. An Employee at this level may also be known as a Clinical Nurse Consultant or Nurse Educator. In addition to the duties of an RN Level 2, an Employee at this level will perform the following duties in accordance with practice settings and resident or client groups. Duties will substantially include, but are not confined to: • providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others particularly in the areas of action research and quality assurance programs; • staff and patient/client education; • staff selection, management, development and appraisal; • participating in policy development and implementation; • acting as a consultant on request in the Employee’s own area of proficiency; for the purpose of facilitating the provision of quality nursing care; • delivering direct and comprehensive nursing care to a specific group of residents or clients with complex nursing care needs, in a particular area of nursing practice within a practice setting; • coordinating, and ensuring the maintenance of standards of the nursing care of a specific group or population of residents or clients within a practice setting; and • coordinating or managing nursing or multidisciplinary service teams providing acute nursing and community services. • The Clinical Nurse Consultant may also be the most senior Registered Nurse. Duties of a Nurse educator will substantially include, but are not confined to: • providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others including the Clinical nurse consultant and the Nurse manager, particularly in the areas of action research; • implementation and evaluation of staff education and development programs; • staff selection; • implementation and evaluation of patient or client education programs; • participating in policy development and implementation; • acting as a consultant on request in the employee’s own area of proficiency (for the purpose of facilitating the provision of quality nursing care); and • being accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing education and staff development programs for a specified population. RN Level 4 Clinical Care Coordinator means a registered nurse appointed to assist the Clinical Operations Manager in the management of a Facility and take a shared responsibility for the clinical care of residents. The Clinical Care Coordinator may also be the most senior Registered Nurse. In addition to the duties of an RN Level 3, an Employee at this level will perform the following duties: • Being accountable for the standards of nursing care; • Participating as a member of the executive of the Facility; • Providing leadership, direction and management in the Facility in accordance with policies, philosophies, objectives and goals established through consultation with staff and in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors; • Providing leadership and role modelling, in collaboration with others, particularly in the areas of staff selection, promotion of participative decision making and decentralisation of nursing management and generally advocating for the interests within the Facility; • Ensuring that nursing services meet the changing needs of clients or residents through proper strategic planning; and • Complying, and ensuring the compliance of others, with the code of ethics and legal requirements of the nursing profession.