Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse looking to step into a leadership role that truly changes lives? We are seeking a dedicated Nurse Navigator – Palliative Care to join our Integrated Care Services team at Bundaberg Hospital. This is your opportunity to deliver person-centred care, support patients and families with complex needs, and work across sectors to coordinate holistic, high-quality care during some of life’s most vulnerable moments. Bundaberg offers the ideal balance of career and lifestyle. Enjoy meaningful work in a supportive health service, while living in a vibrant regional city with beautiful beaches, affordable housing, and a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere.

Job details

Take a chance, progress your career and discover all that the Wide Bay has to offer.

Your opportunity: 

• The Nurse Navigator Service is a state-wide model of care designed to provide holistic support to patients with complex health conditions requiring an expert level of healthcare co-ordination. This integrated and proactive approach to health care service delivery will help ensure patients receive the most appropriate service when and where they need it. Nurse Navigators work across system boundaries to actively advocate and improve health literacy, in close partnership with patients and families, other health and allied-health services to improve the patient's healthcare experience and quality of life.
• The Nurse Navigator role employs advanced clinical and professional practice capabilities to deliver a positive patient centred health experience for individuals. This role aims to facilitate a safe and efficient patient journey across the care continuum through the reduction of service fragmentation, educating and empowering individuals and coordinating patient care. The Nurse Navigator must demonstrate capabilities that support the effective coordination of patients with complex care needs across all speciality services, focussing on those with multiple co-morbidities and high frequency presenters for unscheduled care.

We encourage applications from First Nations nurses and midwives in line with Health Equity, Growing Deadly Families, and Hospital and Health Plan Strategies.

Find out more in the Role Description.

Our offer:

You will receive a competitive remuneration package value up to $54,017 p.a., comprising salary rates $66.86 - $72.59 p.h., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Nurse Grade 7) (Permanent Part Time, 25 hours p.f.). (Applications will remain current for 12 months). Job Ad Reference: H2509WB658349

Other benefits include: 

• Generous superannuation contribution (up to 12.75%)
• Annual Leave Loading (17.5%)
• Fantastic salary sacrificing benefits
• Professional Development Allowance
• Professional Development Leave
• Flexible work arrangements
• Lower cost of living

Discover Bundaberg   

Bundaberg and the Coral Coast region is where the coastline meets the country, just four hours' drive north of Brisbane. Indulge in the region's fresh local produce, seafood and iconic drinks and enjoy endless stretches of family-friendly beaches and nearby national parks where you can camp, fish, swim and surf the day away. Bundaberg is the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef and has an enviable year-round climate. The city boasts excellent shopping, sporting, cultural, education and tourism facilities including Mon Repos Turtle Rookery.  

How to apply:

The Role Description and Information Package provide specific information on how to apply for the advertised position. ***APPLICATIONS ARE ONLY ACCEPTED ONLINE*** 

Join our Hospital and Health Service family and see what it's like to be in a supportive workplace with engaged teams working together to ensure

‘Care, connection and compassion for all'

Further information

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

File types accepted: .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .png, .rtf, .txt, .doc and docx. Do not upload zipped files, tagged pdfs or protected documents. If you have difficulty viewing the role description in pdf format, contact: Recruitment-Wide-Bay@health.qld.gov.au

Documents

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

• Launch your career with the WBHHS (PDF, 792KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Information for Nursing Applicants - 2023 (PDF, 293KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Document Preparation Guide (PDF, 3.57MB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  H2509WB658349 RD (PDF, 867KB)
  Role Description