Telehealth Specialist Nurse (Hereditary Cancer Nurse)

The role is part-time (8 hours per week), and will be predominantly working from home with occasional support needed at educational events or conferences.

Summary of duties:

• Assists all patients through the healthcare system by helping them to navigate services and by developing a holistic care plan to manage cancer risk.
• Support medical review of content and campaigns for the organisation and ensure content is evidence-based and in line with up-to-date guidelines.
• Participates in network meetings and quality improvement initiatives.
• Engage in nurse education programs within the network.
• Create online education sessions on topics that are relevant to the high-risk community.
• Participates in data collection, health outcomes reporting, and programmatic evaluation.
• Evaluates clinical care, utilisation of resources, and development of new clinical tools, forms, and procedures.
• As part of your role, you will conduct administrative tasks and small projects to support patient populations
• such as developing information materials, responding to support group questions, and creating content.

Education and experience

• Expertise and/or excellent knowledge of hereditary cancer, breast/ovarian cancer, and the Australian health system.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office (specifically Word and Excel).
• 5 years minimum experience in a clinical setting.
• Self-disciplined, energetic, passionate, and innovative.
• Confident in presenting at educational events and webinars.
• A team player who can follow a system and protocol to achieve a common goal.
• Highly organised and well-developed oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate
• medical information into consumer language.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Able to maintain confidentiality with all aspects of information in accordance with practice and local
• legislation/regulations.
• • Graduation from an accredited university with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree with AHRPA registration.

About the organisation

Pink Hope is Australia's leading patient-focused organisation committed to supporting people in understanding and reducing their risk of hereditary cancer. Our mission is to empower all Australians to understand and manage their hereditary cancer risk by educating them about their health history, providing evidence-based resources, and connecting them to support. We are a small organisation with 5 people in different states and territories. This role is focused on supporting individuals in managing their cancer risk and compliments what is provided in the clinical setting.

About the program

Australia has an excellent health system, and patients are offered exceptional treatment, care, support, and opportunities to participate in medical research. However, with so much to offer comes complexity, difficulty in navigating the health system, and challenges in knowing about and accessing existing services, resulting in decreased satisfaction with the health system. In addition, with an ever-evolving clinical trial environment and new technologies emerging, we need to create systems that can adapt and keep up to date with these opportunities while supporting patients and their families. When diagnosed with a condition, the first point of call for many patients is to go to local patient organisations for information and support. The Pathways Telehealth Service makes the most of this relationship by establishing a central point of contact within non-profit organisations - a specialist, Pathways nurse – to help patients and their families access existing services and connect them with opportunities to participate in medical research and patient feedback initiatives. Pink Hope is one of the partner organisations within the Pathways program.

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