RPN 4 Features Clause Samples

RPN 4 Features. (a) Positions at this level undertake the most complex 'hands-on' clinical practice in this structure. Community or facility nurses at this level will be experts whose clinical judgments will be recognised as authoritative. In clinical matters, positions will undertake the full range of cases within their area of practice and neither will require nor receive clinical guidance from a more senior nurse. Non- clinical project and program positions will have carriage of complex matters without requiring technical advice, guided only by the broad policy constraints of the facility's nursing department. Unit manager positions will be expected to independently manage all nursing services in an area and provide leadership to staff in clinical matters. Nurse educators utilise their expert knowledge to instruct students in the practical and theoretical aspects of their course. (b) Positions are professionally accountable for their nursing decisions, RPN 4's in charge of wards or programs will manage their areas with independence, and will be accountable to the nursing executive for the delivery of a high-quality psychiatric nursing service. Positions will participate in peer reviews and will report as required on the areas under their control. Direct supervision is not compatible with the high level of expertise expected of positions at this level.