Children's Health Queensland (CHQ) is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant to provide advanced clinical expertise and consultancy within our Division of Surgery & Perioperative Services.

Job details

About the Team

The division of surgery & perioperative services at CHQ provides a comprehensive state-wide consultant-led tertiary referral service providing ambulatory and in-patient care.  The multiple specialty teams provide quaternary care for pre-term infants, babies, children, and young people requiring emergency, urgent and planned acute care.  The teams work as part of larger multidisciplinary clinical teams and in concert with the divisional Nurse and Nurse Unit Managers, Nurse Navigators, Nurse Practitioners, and the Divisional leadership team to deliver comprehensive care across the continuum of CHQ's services.   

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the infant care within surgical services. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Educator and wider health care team support the clinical unit in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice. This role will:

• Collaborate with peer NUMs and CNCs to undertake an analysis of the in-patient ward configuration to facilitate the safe integration of infants in surgical home wards. This includes the physical environment, equipment, and clinical workforce capability.
• Establish and implement a framework to support the surgical inpatient team's delivery of infant-specific care that is underpinned by contemporary, evidence-based principles of family-centred care. This will have a particular focus on ensuring babies are considered as a person with the ability to communicate, initiate and respond to their environment and caregivers.
• Identify and implement system improvements that prioritises communication between staff, parents and infants and facilitates the sharing of appropriate infant care skills and knowledge.

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.

• 648231 - NG7 CNC Infant Surgical Care - RD (PDF, 620KB)
  Role Description
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF, 862KB)
  Application Kit
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF, 837KB)
  Information Package for Applicants