Children's Health Queensland's Learning and Workforce Development Service are seeking a Clinical Practice Facilitator who plans, facilitates and evaluates learning opportunities in partnership with the relevant Nurse Educator. The Clinical Practice Facilitator provides advanced clinical care within a specialty area, supporting the functioning of the unit through the application of leadership, best practice teaching and learning strategies and education portfolio management.

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About the Learning and Workforce Development Service

The Learning and Workforce Development Service provides education, research and workforce development support across the CHQ acute and community-based services and education support across the State of Queensland. In collaboration with the education teams in each clinical area, the Undergraduates (Student Placements) and Graduates Team facilitates nursing student clinical practice placements and provides support for new graduates as beginning level Registered Nurses as they complete their Transition to Practice Program.

About the Role

The role will involve working closely with the Nurse Educator to support organisational transition and ongoing practice development within all nursing roles at Childrens Health Queensland including:

• Undergraduates (Student Placements)
• Graduates
• Undergraduate Student in Nursing (USiN's)
• Nursing Cadets

In his role you will act as a professional role model for students and will be responsible for maintaining positive relationships with education provider partners to enhance students' learning experiences and facilitate formal and informal learning experiences of undergraduate nursing students in placement.

To assist the students to develop the knowledge, attributes and skills necessary to practice within the clinical environment, you will:

• Collaborate and work collegially with all stakeholders
• Collaborate with Clinical Practice Facilitators in each clinical area to ensure theoretical and clinical knowledge objectives of the placement can be met
• Support clinical teams to enable nursing students' clinical and professional skill development so that they are able to achieve the clinical learning objectives
• Conduct formative and summative performance assessments, providing timely and constructive verbal and written feedback
• Identify, document and escalate concerns about students' clinical performance to education providers
• Document all relevant information regarding incident reports or issues related to the clinical placement
• Complete and submit timesheets and placement attendance summaries (where applicable) following the completion of the placement.

 About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; Please review the Role Description and Application Pack for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• 646942 - NRG61_Clinical-Practice-Facilitator_Undergrads and Grads - RD (PDF, 697KB)
  Role Description
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF, 862KB)
  Application Kit
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF, 837KB)
  Information Package for Applicants