You are invited to join a dynamic team with Emergency Department as Clinical Nurse Consultant – Forensic Coordinator. In this role you will provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the specialty of Forensic Medicine.

Job details

About us: The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will:

• Lead and support Hospital and Health Service clinicians to review, embed, and sustain Forensic medical models that are evidence-based at the local level.
• Integrate direction and priorities for quality improvement into care that establishes a quality framework which supports achievement of evidenced based care outcomes for consumers/persons following sexual assault.
• Collect and analyse patient and/or service/s data and reporting in achieving key performance indicators and specialist standards.
• Perform independent forensic procedure and examinations of assault complainant and person of interest within the scope of practice and in line with best practice requirements.
• Coordination and delivery of clinical practice at an advanced level within the speciality area of Forensic Medicine.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH636974 Role Description (PDF, 545KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants