Common use of Level 5 Clause in Contracts

Level 5. An employee at this level may also be known as a Director of Nursing. An employee at this level: • holds any other qualification required for working in an Aged Care or Home Care practice setting; and • is appointed as such by a selection process. In addition to the duties of an RN4, an employee at this level may perform the following duties: • being accountable for the standards of nursing care for the Facility and for coordination of the nursing service in the Facility; • participating as a member of the executive, being accountable to the executive team for the development and evaluation of nursing policy, and generally contributing to the development of wider policy; • providing leadership, direction and management in accordance with policies, philosophies, objectives and goals established through consultation with staff and in accordance with the directions of the Facility Manager (or similar) and 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 of nursing to the executive team; • managing the budget for nursing services; • ensuring that nursing services meeting changing needs of residents and/or clients through proper strategic planning; and • complying, and ensuring the compliance of others, with the code of ethics and legal requirements of the nursing profession.